Why I Love Anime - My Top 10 Studio Ghibli Films

8th December 2010 – I love animation and I have a vast collection of animation on display on my media shelves at home but on there you won’t find the sugary sweet world of Disney Cinema (apart from Pixar collaborations!) but a huge collection of Japanese anime. I’ve been hooked on anime since I was very young. I think the first experience of anime was Castle in the Sky and Akira. In this post I wanted to show my love and appreciation of the magnificent Studio Ghibli who have been making some of my all-time favourite animations. Studio Ghibli, Inc. Studio Ghibli’s company logo is the lovable tree spirit character Totoro from the 1988 animated movie My Neighbor Totoro and their headquarters are located on Kogenei, Tokyo. Several of Studio Ghibli features have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award, these features include: Castle in the Sky, in 1986; My Neighbor Totoro, in 1988; and Kiki’s Delivery Service, in 1989. Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓, Hotaru no Haka) – 1988

10 Anime Series To Watch! // Also available in French With a huge amount of anime series produced each year in Japan, it’s easy to be lost! You’re wondering what you should watch, this list will help you out: • Plot: Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 hunt down a host of criminals in both the real and online worlds. • Why? • Plot: Each of the stories in the series involves several unrelated plots intersecting and crossing each other as events spiral farther and farther out of control. • Why? • Plot: Satou, a 22 years old hikikomori (meaning acute social withdrawal), meets Misaki; she claims she will cure him of his hikikomori ways. • Why? • Plot: In a future where the world has been ravaged by a nuclear apocalyse, there exists salvation in a domed city named “Romdeau”, where humans and their android servants, the autoreivs, live in. • Why? • Plot: A man wakes up in a broken room with no memories. • Why? • Why? • Why? • Why? • Why? • Why?

Ten Anime Films You Should See Before You Die | Tor.com - StumbleUpon One of the most surprising, and gratifying, things that has happened since I started my blog, Tim Maughan Books, a year or so ago is the positive feedback I’ve had for the anime reviews—especially from people I know are far from being massive fanboys like myself. It’s gratifying because its part of the reason I started writing them; to try and introduce the medium to people who had never really indulged in it all, at least not past perhaps watching Spirited Away with their kids. The problem is, once you’ve had your first taste, where do you go next? Akira (1988) For many of us in the west, this is the one that started it all. Ghost in the Shell (1995) One of the most influential anime films of all time, Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell changed not only the look and feel of animated sci-fi but also had an impact on Hollywood; most notably in the distinct visual style of the Matrix movies. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Porco Rosso (1992) Voices of a Distant Star (2002) Perfect Blue (1997)