The best anime movies that have captured the audience outside the ”Otaku” (Japanese: Anime and Manga lovers). The best anime style is that emphasizes artistic details and camera effects characteristic.
10. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) is an animated musical science fiction film, starring Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo from Duft Punk (french band). Directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi.
The story follows the abduction and rescue of an interstellar pop band. This is the film where there is no dialogue and uses minimal sound effects.
- Initial release: May 28, 2003 (France)
- Director: Kazuhisa Takenouchi
- Starring: Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Romanthony
- Romanthony, Todd Edwards, DJ Sneak.
- OST: Discovery album the second studio album by Daft Punk
9. Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke (1997) The term Mononoke Is a Japanese word for supernatural, shape-shifting beings that possess people and cause suffering, disease, or death. It is a Japanese epic fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
The story follows an Ashitaka, Emishi prince, and his journey in the late Muromachi period of Japan (approximately 1336 to 1573 CE), expressing the best fantasy movie elements.
- Initial release: July 12, 1997 (Japan)
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast: Billy Crudup, Gillian Anderson, Claire
- Danes, Minnie Driver.
- Music by: Joe Hisaishi
- Budget: 23.5 million USD
- Box office: 169.7 million USD
8. One Punch Man
One-Punch Man is an Action, comedy Superherosuperhero franchise anime based on the manga with the same title created by the artist ONE.
The story follows Saitama, a simple guy with an exception of the ability to defeat any opponent with a single punch: although he is bored and seeks to find a worthy opponent.
- Directors: Shingo Natsume (season 1), Chikara Sakurai (season 2)
- Based on: manga One Punch Man by ONE
- OST: Makoto Miyazaki
7. Hellsing
Helsing is a Horror-fantasy anime television series adaptation by studio Gonzo from manga series with the same title by Kouta Hirano. directed by Umanosuke Iida and Yasunori Urata.
The story follows An organization dealing with supernatural threats that dispatches the vampire Alucard and Seras, a woman who was until recently human, to battle vampires and the undead.
- First episode release date: October 10, 2001
- Directors: Umanosuke Iida (chief), Yasunori Urata
- Music by: Yasushi Ishii
6. Spirited Away
Spirited Away (2001) is an animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, starring Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, and Mari.
The story follows the adventure of Chihiro Ogino, a 10-year-old girl whose, parents were turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba, Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba’s bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world.
- Initial release: July 20, 2001 (Japan)
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Starring: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Jason Marsden
- OST: Joe Hisaishi
- Budget 15–19.2 million USD
- Box office 355.4 million USD
5. NARUTO
Naruto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The series is based on two one-shot manga by Kishimoto: Karakuri (1995), which earned Kishimoto an honorable mention in Shueisha’s monthly Hop Step Award the following year, and Naruto (1997).
The story follows Naruto, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the “Hokage”, the leader of his village.
- Initial release: July 20, 2001 (Japan)
- Director: Hayato Date
- Studio: Pierrot
- OST: Musashi Project, Toshio Masuda
4. Psycho-Pass
Psycho-Pass (stylized as PSYCHO-PASS) is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime Tv-series, written by Gen Urobuchi.
The story follows a futuristic Japan where the Sibyl System, a powerful bio-mechanical computer network that uses the minds of Criminally Asymptomatic brains to endlessly measures the biometrics of Japanese citizens’ brains and mentalities using a “cymatic scan.”
- Initial release: First episode date: October 12, 2012
- Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani, Katsuyuki Motohiro
- Cast: Kana Hanazawa, Takahiro Sakurai, Tomokazu Seki
- Studio: Pierrot
- OST: Yugo Kanno
3. One Piece
One Piece is a Japanese anime television series based on Eiichiro Oda’s manga series of the same name.
The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a boy whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. With his crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy explores the Grand Line in search of the world’s ultimate treasure known as “One Piece” in order to become the next Pirate King.
- Initial release: First episode date: October 20, 1999
- Director: Kōnosuke Uda (#1–278), Junji Shimizu (#131–159), Munehisa Sakai (#244–372)
- Hiroaki Miyamoto (#352–679), Toshinori Fukazawa (#663–891), Satoshi Itō (#780–782)
- Tatsuya Nagamine (#780–782; #892-), Kōhei Kureta (#892–), Aya Komaki (#892–)
2. Ghost in the Sell
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) is an animated musical science fiction film, starring Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo from Duft Punk (french band). Directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi.
The story follows the abduction and rescue of an interstellar pop band. This is the film where there is no dialogue and uses minimal sound effects.
- Initial release: November 18, 1995 (Japan)
- Director: Mamoru Oshii
- Cast: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Kōichi Yamadera,
- Film series: Ghost in the Shell
- OST: Kenji Kawai
- Budget: 10 million USD
- Box office: 43 million USD
1. Death Note
Death Note is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.
The story follows Yagami, a teen genius who stumbles across a mysterious otherworldly notebook: the “Death Note”, which belonged to the Shinigami Ryuk, and grants its user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages.
- Initial release: first episode date: October 3, 2006
- Director: Tetsurō Araki
- Written by: Toshiki Inoue
- OST: Yoshihisa Hirano, Hideki Taniuchi