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'
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
8.1/10
Director: Isao Takahata
Eight years in the making and hot on the heels of Miyazaki's The Wind Rises, Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata's adaptation of a centuries old Japanes... Read more
Cowboy Bebop: Volume 6 (1998)
8.9/10
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Starring: Animation
Volume 6 of 6. 'It's time to blow this scene'... as the exploits of the Bebop crew of space bounty hunters draw to their dramatic and action packed cl... Read more
The Place Promised In Our Early Days (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Makoto Shinkai
In an alternate timeline World War II has split Japan in two; in American-controlled Aomori three children become enthralled with a giant tower, far i... Read more
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind ( Blu-ray ) (1984)
8.1/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
This classic Miyazaki film in many ways foreshadows his later, more widely recognised hit, 'Princess Mononoke'. In the far future, man has destroyed t... Read more
Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:7 (1997)
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation
Episodes 21-23. The secret workings of NERV begin to become clear as SEELE mercilessly interrogates NERV's key personnel in a ruthless bid to uncover... Read more
Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:8 (1997)
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation
Episodes 24-26 (Final Genesis). In the deadly calm of the aftermath, the sudden and unexpected arrival of the Fifth Child hits like a hurricane, leavi... Read more
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997)
8.6/10
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Animation
Welcome to the Apocalypse.....In this, the first half of the sensational TWO-PART conclusion to the Neon Genesis saga. It is the dawn of a new milleni... Read more
Death Note: Volume 2 (2006)
9/10
The net begins to tighten around Light when the enigmatic detective L brings in FBI agents to assist on the case. Light becomes rattled when he meets... Read more
Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)
7.8/10
Director: Mami Sunada
Starring: John Lasseter, Hideaki Anno, Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki
This visit to Studio Ghibli proves gratifyingly akin to the pleasure of watching the films produced there. The place even looks like a Miyazaki movie,... Read more
Barefoot Gen / Barefoot Gen 2 (1983)
Director: Kazuo Oga
The powerful and tragic autobiographical story of manga artist Keiji Nakazawa, just six years old when an atomic bomb was dropped on his hometown of H... Read more