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 0:6 (1997)
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation
Episodes 18-20. The first test of the new Eva turns into a disaster as the giant bio-humanoid goes insane and proceeds to run amok! When the combined... Read more
The Wind Rises ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7.8/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
The great Japanese animator Miyazaki Hayao has announced his retirement at the age of 72. If he sticks to his word he will have gone out on a sublime... Read more
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
6.7/10
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Starring: Youki Kudoh
At the Yokota Air Force base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists within the walls of... Read more
Origin - Spirits of the Past (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Keiichi Sugiyama
In the not-too-distant future man has unleashed an environmental catastrophe. 300 years later the planet has recovered but mankind is still at odds w... Read more
Jin-Roh (1999)
7.5/10
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
An incredible animated feature from the creators of "Akira" and "Ghost in the Shell". Ten years after the end of World War II, anti-terrorist cop Fuse... Read more
The Garden of Words (2013)
7.6/10
Director: Makoto Shinkai
When Takao, a young high school student who dreams of becoming a shoe designer, decides to skip school one day in favour of sketching in a rainy garde... Read more
Paprika (2006)
7.7/10
Director: Satoshi Kon
Groundbreaking animator Satoshi Kon's visually stunning exploration of the boundaries between dreams and reality tells the magical tale of a revolutio... Read more
Perfect Blue (1998)
7.9/10
Director: Satoshi Kon
Starring: Animated
This groundbreaking anime details the adventures of a female pop star who forgoes her music career to become an actress. After appearing in a thriller... Read more
Cowboy Bebop: Volume 5 (1998)
8.9/10
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Starring: Animation
Volume 5 of 6. Being a space bounty hunter aboard the Bebop is getting stranger and more dangerous with each mission. Can an old Earth space antique,... Read more
Summer Wars (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Starring: Voice Of, Nanami Sakuraba, Ryunosuke Kamiki
Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community... Read more