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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'

A Letter to Momo (2011)

7.3/10
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura

Clinging to an unfinished letter written by her recently deceased father, young Momo moves with her mother from bustling Tokyo to the remote Japanese... Read more

From Up on Poppy Hill ( Blu-ray ) (2011)

7.5/10
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Anton Yelchin, Sarah Bolger, Christina Hendricks

Goro Miyazaki directs this nostalgic coming-of-age animation from Japan's Studio Ghibli. As Japan readies itself for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, fatherle... Read more

From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

7.5/10
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Anton Yelchin, Sarah Bolger, Christina Hendricks

Goro Miyazaki directs this nostalgic coming-of-age animation from Japan's Studio Ghibli. As Japan readies itself for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, fatherle... Read more

Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)

7.2/10
Director: Makoto Shinkai

A.k.a. "Journey to Agartha". A coming-of-age anime from director Makoto Shinkai ("5 Centimetres Per Second") following the adventures of a young girl... Read more

Arrietty (2010)

7.6/10
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Aka "The Secret World of Arrietty". Mary Norton's novel "The Borrowers" gets an anime updating in this fun family tale co-written by Hayao Miyazaki. A... Read more

Arrietty ( Blu-ray ) (2010)

7.6/10
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Aka "The Secret World of Arrietty". Mary Norton's novel "The Borrowers" gets an anime updating in this fun family tale co-written by Hayao Miyazaki. A... 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

Bleach: Volume 17 (2009)

8.5/10

A powerful new enemy has appeared in Karakura Town. Known as Bounts, these creatures suck the souls from humans. Rukia, Yoruichi and Soi Fon are sent... Read more

Bleach: Volume 18 (2009)

8.5/10

The Bounts target Uryu and bring him before their leader, the megalomaniac Kariya, despite all efforts to stop them. Kariya's goal is to gain the uniq... Read more

Bleach: Volume 14 (2009)

8.5/10

The day of reckoning has arrived in the Soul Society, where unrest and dissent are running rampant. Soul Reaper is pitted against Soul Reaper when man... Read more