I didn’t want to write “for adults”…
A list of very interesting anime movie for grown-ups, from classics to now. I’m staying off Ghibli here, which imho are a must see, all of them. Including, of course When Marnie was There, a gem.
Many are of these are from Madhouse, a studio that has produced many fine films and may become the best studio if Ghibli ceases to produce films.
Classics
- Akira (1988)
- Blood The Last Vampire (2000)
- Patlabor 2 (1993)
Keiichi Hara
- Colorful
- Summer Days with Coo
- Miss Hokusai
Mamoru Hosoda
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Summer Wars
- Wolf Children
- Bakemono no Ko
Cowboy Bebop saga
- Cowboy Bebop, TV series (1998)
- Cowboy Bebop The Movie — Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
- Samurai Champloo TV Series, also by Shinichirō Watanabe
NGE saga
- Neon Genesis Evangelion. Original TV series.
- Evangelion movies…
Ghost in the Shell saga
- Ghost In The Shell (1995). Original TV series.
- Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex TV Series
Makoto Shinkai… sunsets galore
- Hoshi No Koe (The Voices Of A Distant Star)
- Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (The Place Promised in Our Early Days)
- The Garden of Words (2013)
- 5 Centimeters Per Second
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below (2011)
Satoshi Kon
- Paprika
- Tokyo godfathers
- Paranoia Agent, TV series
- Millennium Actress
Others (unsorted yet)
- Piano Forest – Piano no Mori (2007)
- Tekkon Kinkreet (2006)
- Time Of Eve
- Persona 3 the Movie-1-Spring of Birth
- Hotarubi no Mori e
- The animatrix
A selection for smaller children:
- Friends. Mononokeshima.no.Naki (2011)
- Mai Mai Miracle (2009)
- Patema Inverted
- Welcome to the Space Show
- Ronja (ok, this one’s Ghibli, but it’s not so well known)
Daniel Duque Campayo 