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'
Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:4 (1997)
Director: Hideaki Anno
Episodes 12-14. The war for the fate of mankind shifts to a new field of battle as a promotion for Misato sparks an introspective review of the events... Read more
Cowboy Bebop: Volume 4 (1998)
8.9/10
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Starring: Animation
Volume 4 of 6. Life as a 'space cowboy' can be tough indeed. The crew of the Bebop are set on a collision course with their mysterious pasts. Faye sea... Read more
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
7.8/10
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
17-year-old Makoto is an outgoing tomboy of a girl, living a happy, carefree life - but on this particular day everything seems to be going wrong... i... Read more
Read or Die (2001)
7.5/10
Director: Kouji Masunari
A sinister plot is afoot and only one young schoolteacher with an overdeveloped affinity for literature can stop it - Ms. Yomiko Readman... better kno... Read more
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
8.3/10
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation
This is the mind-blowing final installment of the sensational two-part conclusion to the Neon Genesis saga (following on from 'Death and Rebirth'). Th... Read more
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Starring: Animation
Based on the third novel from Hideyuki Kikuchi's series about a futuristic human-vampire hybrid warrior. D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a... Read more
Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:5 (1997)
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation
Episodes 15-17. Betrayals and revelations erupt across NERV as Kaji's allegiance to an outside authority becomes apparent. Shinji's faltering abilitie... Read more
Memories (1995)
7.6/10
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura
"Akira" creator Katsuhiro Otomo joins with some of the top talents in anime for an eye-opening trilogy of animated tales, each with their own distinct... Read more
Death Note: Volume 1 (2006)
9/10
Light Yagami is an ace student who is bored out of his mind until he finds the Death Note - a notebook that will kill any person whose name is written... Read more
Akira ( Blu-ray ) (1988)
8.1/10
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Groundbreaking Japanese animated epic set in the post-WWIII metropolis of Neo-Tokyo. The labyrinthine plot revolves around a battle between oppressive... Read more