Anime Movie Suggestions

atrophiedXlungs · Post by **atrophiedXlungs** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:49 am

Dead Leaves - Really inane, really insane 50-minute movie with psychadelic animation.
Read or Die OVA - technically...it's a 4-episode OVA. But it's the same length as a movie, it comes on one disc, and it's damn good.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - I think it stands pretty well on it's own, because I'm only vaguely familiar with Mobile Suit Gundam the series. It's very good, quite a tragic storyline.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:08 am

Tsunami Jones wrote: Akira
Both the Ghost in the Shell Movies (yes there's the GitS series, but the movies basically stand alone)
Green Legend Ran
Metropolis
Ninja Scroll

ANN says that Green Legend Ran is a 3-ep OAV. But it is self-contained, so maybe it meets spec's.

Some old ones which you might be able to find for cheap(er):

A Wind Called Amnesia
Night On the Galactic Railroad
Roujin Z
Windaria (Once Upon a Time)
They Were 11
Lensman
Wrath of the Ninja
Dirty Pair movies (the old ones)

Three more Miyazaki films will have U.S. releases later this month: Porco Rosso, Nausicaa, and The Cat Returns. All of them are worth owning.

bum · Post by **bum** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:38 am

As a general rule anything that sais "Studio Ghibli" you buy.

Farlo · Post by **Farlo** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:47 am

tekken: the motion picture

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:55 am

TaranT wrote: ANN says that Green Legend Ran is a 3-ep OAV. But it is self-contained, so maybe it meets spec's.

I didn't know that, since the DVD strangely gives no indication that it is. Oh well, good to know.

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:57 am

I'm a big fan of the Utena movie.
You don't need to have seen the TV series prior because, let's face it, the movie doesn't make sense either way. But I still love it

oldwrench · Post by **oldwrench** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:24 pm

I'm not sure of you age, but if your old enough to have a job it should be ok. Plastic little, a humorous one disc movie, the extras include a jiggle counter, need I say more. Also, not a movie, but Best Buy has Golden Boy essential anime set, two discs. six episodes, for 13 bucks, Great entertainment for a low cost.

Dave_911 · Post by **Dave_911** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:57 pm

wow...popular thread
thanks for all the suggestions keep em coming im making a list of wanted dvds
not sure if i get a sad $30 paycheck this week or next week but i can assure you it will be spent on anime!

oh yeah...

oldwrench wrote:, two discs. six episodes, for 13 bucks, Great entertainment for a low cost.

13 each or 13 for both?

TheKorovaMilkbar · Post by **TheKorovaMilkbar** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:07 pm

Movies:

Iria-Zeiram the animation
Dominion-Tank Police
Armitage III-Poly Matrix
Gall Force-Eternal Story
any of the "Project A-Ko" movies
Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Demon City Shinjuku
Doomed Megolopis
Galaxy Express 999
Green Legend Ran
L.I.L.Y. Cat
Venus Wars
E.Y.E.S. of Mars
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away

I can give you more info on any movie in the list. These are the movies I have already seen.

TheKorovaMilkbar · Post by **TheKorovaMilkbar** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:11 pm

Sorry, need to make a change.

"L.I.L.Y. Cat" is really "Lily C.A.T."

Also I would like to add "Armitage: Dual Matrix" though it wasn't all that great seeing as how this one focused much, much more on CG than the previous movie. The story-line was cool though.