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'500 Essential Anime Movies - The Ultimate Guide' (Book)

Saw this over at Barnes and Nobles this morning and have to give a shout out to this book, since it's chock full of anime titles I haven't heard and the colourful pics really make this a stand out 'essential' book to ad to one's library. As for the number #1 title: can you guess, it's really not that hard to guess

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Akira


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This just covers movies, not tv series? Wow, that's a pretty big list, what were some of the titles that you had never heard of?
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First of all, the book suggest 500 or so "anime" movies (some can be seen as animation only releases). The only criteria is that it's in English. It can be a movie, OVA, hentai, legal foreign releases (UK,...). There is not a technical ranking. They list a top 10 of each category and they suggest some of the best of the rest. The full list can be viewed on the next post...
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Top 10 - Science Fiction
Spoiler:
  • Akira
  • Armitage III: Poly Matrix
  • Blue Submarine No. Six
  • Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of Winds
  • Paprika
  • Roujin Z
  • Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise

The Best of the Rest - Science Ficition
Spoiler:
  • 8 Man After Perfect Collection
  • A.Li.Ce
  • AD Police Files: The Phantom Woman
  • AD Police Files: The Ripper
  • AD Police Files: The Man Who Bites His Tongue
  • Adieu Galaxy Express 999
  • Adventure Kid
  • Ai City
  • Akai Hayate
  • Alien Nine
  • Angel's Egg
  • The Animatrix
  • Appleseed (1)
  • Appleseed (2)
  • Ash: The Ultimate Weapon
  • Assemble Insert
  • Babel II
  • Baldr Force EXE: Resolution
  • Be Forever Yamato
  • Birth
  • Blame!
  • Capricorn
  • Casshan: Robot Hunter
  • Chobits [OVA]
  • Cosmo Warrior Zero: Gaiden
  • Crusher Joe: The Movie
  • New Cutey Honey 1
  • New Cutey Honey 2
  • Dangaizer Three
  • Detonator Orgun
  • Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia
  • Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy
  • Dirty Pair: Project Eden
  • Dominion Tank Police
  • Full Metal Panic: The Secod Raid OAV
  • Galactic Pirates
  • Gatchaman 94
  • Gate Keepers 21 [OVA]
  • Genesis Survivor Gaiarth
  • Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society
  • Goku: Midnight Eye
  • Green Legend Ran
  • Grey: Digital Target
  • Iria: Zeiram the Animation
  • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
  • Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Series 1)
  • Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Series 2)
  • K.O. Beast
  • Kishin Corps
  • Macross: Do You Remember Love?
  • MazinKaiser OAV
  • Origin: Spirits of the Past
  • Outlanders
  • Parasite Dolls
  • Saikano: Another Love Song
  • Sol Bianca
  • Sol Bianca: The Legacy
  • Space Battleship Yamato: The Movie
  • Space Firebird
  • Spirit of Wonder: Scientific Boys Club
  • Spriggan
  • Starship Girl Yohko Yamamoto
  • Steamboy
  • The Ice Hell Prison
  • They Were 11
  • Time Bokan
  • Twin Signal
  • Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
  • Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dream Maker
  • Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet
  • Venus Wars
  • Zaion: I wish You Were Here

Top 10 - Robot & Mecha
Spoiler:
  • Black Magic: M-66
  • Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
  • The End of Evangelion
  • Escaflowne: The Movie: A Girl in Gaea
  • Gunbuster
  • Macross Plus
  • Metropolis
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
  • Robot Carnival
  • Voices of a Distant Star

The Best of the Rest - Robot & Mecha
Spoiler:
  • Big Wars
  • Bubblegum Crash
  • Cyber City Oedo 808: Virtual Death
  • Dangaio
  • FREEDOM
  • Galaxy Fraulein Yuna
  • Giant Robo
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0079: Movie 1
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0079: Movie 2
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0079: Movie 3
  • Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
  • Gundam G-Saviour
  • Hades Project Zeorymer
  • Irresponsible Captain Tylor: An Exceptional Episode
  • Irresponsible Captain Tylor: Side Story Collection
  • Irresponsible Captain Tylor: From Here to Eternity
  • Magnos the Robot
  • Megazone 23 Part 1
  • Megazone 23 Part 1
  • Plastic Little
  • Please Save My Earth
  • RahXephon the Motion Picture: Pluralitas Concentio
  • Shinesman
  • Silent Möbius 1
  • Silent Möbius 2
  • Space Adventure Cobra
  • Tekkaman Blade II
  • Toward the Terra
  • Tristia

Top 10 - Fantasy & Fairytales
Spoiler:
  • Castle in the Sky
  • Kiki's Delivery Service
  • Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
  • Little Norse Prince
  • My Neighbor Totoro
  • Night on the Galactic Railroad
  • Pom Poko
  • Porco Rosso
  • Princess Mononoke
  • Spring & Chaos

The Best of the Rest - Fantasy & Fairytales
Spoiler:
  • A Tree of Palme
  • Angel Sanctuary
  • Bastard!!
  • Brave Story
  • Card Captor Sakura: The Movie
  • Card Captor Sakura: The Sealed Card
  • Dragon Half
  • El Hazard
  • Elf Princess Rane
  • FLCL
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamaballa
  • Fushigi Yuugi [OVA]
  • Geobreeders
  • Hare+Guu Deluxe
  • Heroic Legend of Arslan
  • Jungle de Ikou
  • Junkers Come Here
  • Kaleido Stars New Wings: Extra Stage
  • Luna Varga
  • Madara
  • Maetal Legend
  • Once Upon a Time
  • 1001 Nights
  • One Thousand and One Nights
  • Rayearth
  • Rei Rei
  • RG Veda
  • Saiyuki Requiem
  • Slayers Gorgeous
  • Sorcerer Hunters [OVA]
  • Spirited Away
  • Strange Dawn: Strange World
  • Sugar: A Little Snow Fairy
  • The Cat Returns
  • Weathering Continent
  • X [OVA]
  • X: The Movie
  • Zatch Bell: The Movie: Unlisted Demon 101

Top 10 - Action, Adventure & Games
Spoiler:
  • Afro Samurai: Director's Cut
  • Area 88 [OVA]
  • Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
  • Gunsmith Cats
  • Initial D: Extra Stage
  • Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek
  • Ninja Scroll
  • Riding Bean
  • Sword for Truth
  • Yukikaze

The Best of the Rest - Action, Adventure & Games
Spoiler:
  • .hack//Liminality
  • .hack//Intermezzo
  • .hack//Unison
  • .hack//Gift
  • Amon Saga
  • Aquarian Age: The Movie
  • Beyblade: The Movie
  • Bomber Bikers of Shonan
  • City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy
  • City Hunter: Bay City Wars
  • City Hunter: .357 Magnum
  • City Hunter: The Movie
  • Cyber City Odeo 808: Psychic Trooper
  • Dragon Ball: Path to Power
  • Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
  • Dragon Ball Z the Movie: The World's Strongest
  • Dragon Ball Z: The Wrath of the Dragon
  • Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf
  • Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
  • Final Fantasy VII: The Last Order
  • Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
  • Gestalt
  • Golgo 13: The Professional
  • Goglo 13: Queen Bee
  • Harmagedon
  • Legend of the Blue Wolves
  • Madox-01
  • Megaman: Upon a Star
  • Mezzo Forte
  • Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
  • New Fist of the North Star
  • Night Warriors: Darkstalke's Revenge
  • Ninja Cadets
  • Ogre Slayer
  • Pokémon Heroes: Latias & Latios
  • Pokémon 4-Ever
  • Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo vs. Mew
  • Pokémon 2000: The Movie
  • Psychic Force
  • Psycho Driver: Soul Siren
  • Shadow Skill: The Movie
  • Shin Angyo Onshi
  • Shootfigher Tekken
  • Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie
  • Streetfighter II
  • Suikoden: Demon Century Water Margin
  • Sukeban Deka
  • Super Robot Wars: Original Generation
  • Tales of Phantasia
  • Taro the Dragon Boy
  • Tekken: The Motion Picture
  • The Samurai
  • Virgin Fleet
  • Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
  • Ys
  • Ys II
  • Yu-Gi-Oh: The Movie
  • Zone of the Enders: Idol

Top 10 - Love & Death
Spoiler:
  • Castle of Cagliostro
  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • Kill Bill: The Origin of O-Ren
  • Leda: The Fantastic Adventures of Yohko
  • Memories
  • Millennium Actress
  • Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie
  • Samurai X: Reflection (Director's Cut)
  • Spirit of Wonder
  • Tokyo Godfathers

The Best of the Rest - Love & Death
Spoiler:
  • Ah! My Goddess: The Movie
  • Air
  • Air in Summer
  • Arcadia of My Youth
  • Armitage III: Dual Matrix
  • Black Jack: The Movie
  • Black Jack: Biohazard
  • Black Jack: Incubation
  • Black Jack: Infection
  • Black Jack: Mutation
  • Black Jack: Parasite
  • Black Jack: Seizure
  • Black Jack: Trauma
  • Cleopatra DC
  • Cleopatra, Queen of Sex
  • Darkside Blues
  • Early Reins
  • Earthian
  • Eight Cloud Raising
  • Galaxy Express 999
  • Gall Force: Eternal Story
  • Gall Force 2: Destruction
  • Gall Force 3: Stardust War
  • Gauche the Cellist
  • Harlock Saga
  • Here is Greenwood
  • Howl's Moving Castle
  • Human Crossing: A Promise
  • Human Crossing: City
  • Human Crossing: Direction
  • Human Crossing: Message
  • Human Crossing: Sidelined
  • Human Crossing: The Beautiful Afterimage
  • Human Crossing: The Cicadas of Winter
  • Human Crossing: The Instructor's Rain
  • Human Crossing: The Smile
  • Human Crossing: The Watershed
  • Human Crossing: Whispers
  • Human Crossing: The 25th Hour
  • Human Crossing: The Wound
  • I Shall Never Return
  • Interlude
  • Inu Yasha: Affections Touching Across Time
  • Inu Yasha: Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
  • Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie
  • Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning
  • Kizuna
  • Kizuna: Much Add About Nothing
  • Laughing Target
  • Marmalade Boy The Movie
  • Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River's Edge
  • My Sexual Harassment
  • Nadia of the Mysterious Seas: The Movie
  • Oh My Goddess! (Video)
  • One Piece
  • One Pound Gospel
  • Otaku no Video
  • Phantom Quest Corp.
  • Queen Emeraldas
  • Sailor Moon R The Movie: Promise of the Rose
  • Samurai Gold
  • Slow Step
  • Speed Racer the Movie
  • Spirit Warrior: Festival of the Ogres
  • Spirit Warrior: Castle of Illusions
  • Spirit Warrior: Harvest of the Cherry Blossoms
  • Tekkon Kinkreet
  • Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki
  • The Five Star Stories
  • The Tokyo Project
  • Tsubasa, Reservoir Chronicles: The Movie
  • Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
  • Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
  • Urusei Yatsura: Only You

Top 10 - History, Politics & Life
Spoiler:
  • 5 Centimeters per Second
  • Barefoot Gen
  • Dagger of Kamui
  • Genshiken [OVA]
  • My Neighbors the Yamadas
  • Only Yesterday
  • Patlabor: The Mobile Police
  • The Silent Service
  • The Tale of Genji
  • Whisper of the Heart

The Best of the Rest - History, Politics & Life
Spoiler:
  • 801 TTS Airbats
  • Abashiri Family
  • All-Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku-Nuku
  • Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: Season of the Sun
  • Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: The Harp of Burma
  • Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: The Izu Dancer
  • Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: The Dancing Girl
  • Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: The Theater of Life
  • Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: A Ghost Story
  • Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: The Sound of Waves
  • Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: Growing Up
  • Animation Runner Kuromi
  • Barefoot Gen II
  • Black Lion
  • Call of the Wild
  • The Cockpit: Knight of the Iron Dragon
  • The Cockpit: Slipstream
  • The Cockpit: Sonic Boom Squadron
  • Comic Party Revolution
  • Cosplay Complex
  • Darling
  • DNA Hunter
  • End of Summer
  • Fake
  • Fire Tripper
  • Garatuka: Mr. Stain on Junk Alley
  • Grrl Power
  • Hummingbirds
  • Idol Project
  • If I See You in My Dreams [OVA]
  • Kabuto
  • Kai Doh Maru
  • Lingerines
  • Madonna
  • My Santa
  • Ninku: The Movie
  • Patlabor 1
  • Patlabor 2
  • Patlabor WXIII
  • Phoenix: The Persistence of Time
  • Puppet Princess
  • Read or Die
  • Sakura Wars (Video 1)
  • Sakura Wars: The Movie
  • Sanctuary: The Movie
  • Shadow
  • Submarine 707R
  • The Place Promised in Our Early Days
  • The Tragedy of Belladonna
  • Twilight of the Cockroaches
  • You're Under Arrest! The Motion Picture

Top 10 - Mystery, Crime & Horror
Spoiler:
  • Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales: Yotsuya Ghost Story
  • Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma
  • Fight! Iczer-One
  • Hellsing Ultimate
  • Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy
  • Lupin III: Legend of the Gold Babylon
  • Neo Tokyo
  • Perfect Blue
  • Portrait of Petite Cossette
  • Shutendoji

The Best of the Rest - Mystery, Crime & Horror
Spoiler:
  • 3x3 Eyes
  • 3x3 Eyes: Legend of the Devine Demon
  • Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales: Goblin Cat
  • Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales: Goddess of the Dark Tower
  • Angelium
  • Armitage III
  • Baoh
  • Biohunter
  • Blood: The Last Vampire
  • Blue Seed Beyond
  • Body Transfer
  • Case Closed: The Movie: The Time Bomb Skyscrapper
  • Chimera: Angel of Death
  • Count Down
  • Crying Freeman
  • Cyber City Oedo 808: Blood Lust
  • Cybernetics Guardian
  • Dark Cat
  • Dark Myth
  • Demon Beast Invasion
  • Demon City Shinjuku
  • Demon Prince Enma
  • Devil Hunter Yohko
  • Devilman
  • Domain of Murder
  • Doomed Megapolis
  • Ghost Sweeper Mikami
  • Guyver: Out of Control
  • Gregory Horror Show
  • Ichi the Killer: Episode 0
  • Judge
  • Karas: The Prophecy
  • Kite
  • Lupin III: Good Bye Liberty Crisis
  • Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo
  • Lupin III: Dead or Alive
  • Lupin III: Dragon of Doom
  • Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus
  • Lupin III: Island of Assassins
  • Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar
  • Lupin III: Secret of Twilight Gemini
  • Lupin III: The Columbus Files
  • Lupin III: Pursuit of Harimao's Tresure
  • Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo
  • Lupin III: Voyage to Danger
  • Mermaid Forest
  • Mermaid's Scar
  • Mind Game
  • Nighmare Campus
  • Ninja Resurrection: Hell's Spawn
  • Ninja Resurrection: The Revenge of Jubei
  • Oni Tensei
  • Papuwa: Zombie Samba
  • Petshop of Horrors
  • Red Garden: Dead Girls
  • Strait Jacket
  • Tokyo Babylon
  • Tokyo Babylon 2
  • Tokyo Revelation
  • Urotsukidoji: Legend of Overfiend
  • Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Demon Womb
  • Vampire Hunter D
  • Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
  • Vampire Princess Miyu
  • Violence Jack: Slum King
  • Violence Jack: Hell Town
  • Violence Jack: Hell's Wind
  • Wicked City
  • Yotoden: Wrath of the Ninja
  • Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie

Top 10 - School, Sports and Animals
Spoiler:
  • A Dog of Flanders
  • Catnapped!
  • Cromartie High
  • Jungle Emperor Leo
  • Kekko Kamen
  • Panda Kopanda
  • Panda and the Magic Serpent
  • Project A-ko
  • Tenjho Tenghe: Ultimate Fight
  • Video Girl Ai

The Best of the Rest - School, Sports and Animals
Spoiler:
  • Angel's Feather
  • Animal Treasure Island
  • Camp Pikachu
  • Fly Peek!
  • Hamtaro & the Ham-hams
  • I'll CKBC
  • Jack & the Beanstock
  • Panda Kopanda Rainy Day Circus
  • Panda-Z The Robonimation
  • Prefectural Earth Defence Force
  • Project: A-ko: Plot of the Daitokuki Corporation
  • Project: A-ko: Cinderella Rhapsody
  • Project: A-ko: The Final
  • The Wonder World of Puss 'n' Boots
  • Scramble Wars
  • The Best of Hello Kitty's Paradise

Top 10 - Experimental
Spoiler:
  • Cat Soup
  • Deep Imagination Sozosuru Idenshitachi
  • Kihachiro Karamoto Film Works
  • Hokuro Bros. Full Throttle!!!
  • Mount Head
  • Naoyuki Tsuji Animation Collection
  • Yuki Terai: Secrets
  • New Hal & Bons
  • Urda: Third Reich
  • Visions of Frank

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Interesting--thanks for providing the lists
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thanks WTK for the lists - I was waaay too lazy to post them.
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I have a couple of books by Helen McCarthy - one on Anime in general, and another more general Anime guide. Given all the stuff that's come out since the latter was publised, I'm definitely interested in this.
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huh interesting list! I haven't heard about half of those!
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I'm a total newb with anime, but I can't believe Spirited Away didn't make the top 10.
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The Action, Adventure & Games list is kinda sad; is that really the best there is?

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