Anime
Anime is the Japanese word for Animation. In Japan, the animation industry is more in the forefront than in the US, and animated shows covering virtually every genre can be found in the form of television shows, Original Animation Videos and feature films.
Much like any other entertainment medium, anime can range from the very silly to the very serious, and is not necessarily intended for children or any specific age group. Below is a hand-picked selection of titles that Alice's mavens consider the best of the genre on offer.
Right: 'Ghost In The Shell'
Royal Space Force: The Wings Of Honneamise (1994)
Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga
Starring: Melody Lee, Robert Matthews, Lee Stone
Stunning animation and Ryuichi Sakamoto's amazing score highlight this tale of politics and love set against the backdrop of social unrest in a war-ra... Read more
Genius Party (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Atsuko Fukushima, Shoji Kawamori, Shinji Kimura, Yoji Fukuyama, Hideki Futamura, Masaaki Yuasa, Shinichiro Watanabe
Seven all-star animators from Japan are given creative carte blanche in this anthology of shorts from Studio 4°C. Masaaki Yuasa explores an infant's f... Read more
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
7.6/10
Director: Mamoru Oshii
This highly anticipated sequel sees the return of Batou, the Section 9 cyborg cop who has almost nothing of his human self left - just a part of his b... Read more
Mirai (2018)
7.1/10
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Starring: Kumiko Aso, Masaharu Fukuyama
A young boy named Kun feels forgotten by his family when his little sister Mirai arrives. Running away from home, Kun stumbles upon a magical garden t... Read more
Ghost Hound: Part 1 (2007)
7.6/10
Director: Ryutaro Nakamura
Episodes 1-11. When he was three, Taro Komori and his sister were kidnapped, but the kidnapper was run over and killed before the ransom could be deli... Read more
Eden of the East: Series Collection (2009)
7.8/10
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Akira Takizawa wakes up naked outside the White House with no memories. He's got a gun in one hand, a cell phone in the other, and doesn't know if he'... Read more
Transformers: Super God Masterforce Collection (1987)
7.1/10
The original tale of the enduring '80s icons, 'The Transformers' continues in this second Japanese sequel! The sudden re-emergence of Decepticon foe... Read more
Death Note: Volume 7 (2007)
9/10
Volume 7 of 9. Episodes 25-28. With his memory recovered and Higuchi of the Yotsuba Group out of the way, Light can put his master plan into motion an... Read more
Death Note: Volume 8 (2007)
9/10
Volume 8 of 9. When Mello realizes that he may be Kira's next target, he bursts into the SPK headquarters to retrieve a picture of himself - and gives... Read more
Attack on Titan: Collection 2 (2013)
8.8/10
Eren Jaeger vowed to rid mankind of the bloodthirsty giants who devoured his mother and destroyed his city. Now, after discovering that he has the abi... Read more