MY TOP 10 ANIME FILMS - Happy Console Gamer
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10) Dirty Pait Project Eden
9) Venus Wars
8) Galaxy Express 999
7) Project A-ko
6) Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
5) Arion - The Crush of Olympus
4) Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise
3) Naussicaa and the Valley of the Wind
2) Macross The Movie Do You Remember Love?
1) Akira 
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Akira is THE film. Phenomenal first pick on your part. It had a profound impact on myself. Every youth should watch it. The manga to me, is even better than the film (my favourite manga/graphic novel of all time). The greater philosophical implications, combined with stronger exposition, makes it an even more profound experience in my opinion. I can't believe you have the full colourized release of the manga!
You do a great service for the current generation by stoking their appetite with all this awesome content from days gone by. Your unbridled enthusiasm that you exhibit in every video on your channel is nothing short of infectious.
Keep up the great work Johnny, you represent us Canucks well. I always look forward to watching your content every week.
AKIRA LIVES
been subbed to both of you for awhile, I thought I was in the comment section of one of your videos when I saw your icon!
Wow thank you! I think Rob Man has been watching your videos as he is more buff than me these days lol, but big thank you! :D
Heh, good to know. I was wondering why a body builder would have an Akira poster in their background. Then again, I'm a total geek and lift as well - you are to thank for you great advice!
Fuarkk Omar you love HCG too? Respect levels over 9000
I saw Akira when I was a kid. I didn't really get it...just thought it was weird.
Much respect, man. 80s/90s anime is the best IMO. So many groundbreaking films that changed the way I looked at animation forever. For me the nostalgia comes from films such as Tekkaman Blade, Bubblegum Crisis, Cutie Honey, Devil Hunter Yoko, Gunsmith Cats, and Plastic Little to name a few.
I gotta toss in one of my favorites....Vampire Hunter D. Absolutely adored it growing up. Also kinda nice to have this video since it gave me some new stuff to check out that I honestly knew fuck all about previously \m/
The original one was a letdown for me. I got into anime in the late 90´s. I watched the trailer for Bloodlust and got the DVD for the original and it hasn´t stand the test of time at all. However, Bloodlust is AMAZING. Not just a great anime/horror/action movie but a great movie overall.
dude!!! vampire hunter D and fist of the northstar are the best.!!
Yes. Vampire Hunter D is what got me into anime as a young teenager.
you should make a list :p
Have you guys or A.O.S. checked out Urotsukidōji, Ninja Scroll or any of the old school cyber punk collection!
nuasicca is what really got me into anime, I remember I saw it on cartoon network in 2003 when spirited away came out they had a Miyazaki movie on every night. I stayed up all night till my eyes burned
The Berserk Golden Age Arc Trilogy is awesome. I literally recommend it to anyone...granted you have the stomach or the resilience to handle the gore and shock appeal. It's essentially the Evil Dead of anime movies.
Ninja scroll is my all time favourite animation, weird in places but still really good.
Fantastic film. File alongside Afro Samurai for awesomeness!
1.Princess Mononoke
2.Perfect Blue
3.Castle Of Cagliostro
4.Nausicaa
5.Tokyo Godfathers
6.CowBoy Bebop The Movie
7.Spirited Away
8.Roujin Z
9.Neon Genesis Evangelion 2.22
10.One Piece: Adventures in Alabasta “The Desert Princess a/t Pirates”
Wrote lots of stuff about these movies, so here we go:
You’ll see lots of the same movies everywhere and my list isn’t much different in many regards, but the Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon, Watanabe, Anno and Otomo movies are simply the cream of the crop. There’s no way anyone can deny it ;-) Mononoke is absolutely my most favorite Ghibli/Miyazaki movie. The story, the world, Joe Hisaishi’s music, the voice acting, the art, the characters, the CGI....everything is just so epic. Can’t wait for it’s blu-ray release…..I’m really counting the days! :-p
Perfect Blue is almost my no.1, because it’s just something entirely different, done with so much style and finesse. It made a really a big impact on me when I first saw this. Just seeing such a deep story like this done in animation (who knew that they could do something like this in animation, I sure as hell didn’t back then), literally blew of my socks off.
Castle of Cagaliostro is just complete fun….and with a very interesting story that really spoke to my imagination as a kid. That big castle with all the secret doors, secret rooms, dungeons, the complex waterways Lupin swims through to reach the castle…..all the mystery…and then that big fight in the clock tower at the end. Great stuff and still one of my favorites, plus it holds up so well even though it’s quite old. Nausicaa comes very close to Mononoke and I love it for all the same reasons you mentioned in your episode.
Tokyo Godfathers is probably the most fun you’ll ever have with a Satoshi Kon movie. His other movies are masterpieces as well, but they can be rather hard to swallow sometimes. Tokyo Godfather is a much easier watch, but it still has that briljant touch that only Kon movies had. Plus great, GREAT characters; there are lots of live-action movies out there that don’t feel as human as this anime can be at times. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie is here, because it is the perfect movie counterpart to the tv-series. It has everything a Cowboy Bebop movie should have with a bigger budget and with even better animation. Sure, the stories in the tv-series are better, but as a movie it has a lot of the things we know and love about the series.
Roujin Z has a special place in my heart. It might be strange that I put this before Akira, but for me it’s the better of the two. This Otomo story just speaks more to me then Akira’s. It has a totally outrageous and weird story concept, but this is an anime…..so we can expect a little bit of kookiness here and there.
We all know and love the Evangelion series (I expect). But the 2.22 movie really caught me by surprise. It was just sooo epic and really blew me away…I love it so much (haven’t seen 3.33 yet though, so I don’t know how it compares). It’s like the Empire Strikes Back of the Evangelion saga for me.
The One Piece movie just had to be in here, because the Alabasta Arc is such a fantastic part of the One Piece world. Sure…the tv-series version is better and with a much more detailed story. But this has all the epicness that a movie version brings with it (like with Cowboy Bebop). Plus…I just f**kin’ love One Piece and it’s characters.
Can't believe you said Venus Wars... Underrated
Project A-ko is finally getting a blu-ray release now 7 years later. Would love to see some more anime content from you. Maybe some of your favorites from within the last 20 years.
P.S. Thanks for turning me on to Dirty Pair.
I'm so jealous you got to see Akira in theaters!
You listed most of my favorite anime movies hcg.First time i heard about akira was through a cousin of mine.When i seen a ad for akira on back of a comic book i bought it on vhs.Let's just say,i was blown away it was nothing like i have ever seen before.My top ten would be these.
1.Akira
2.The Dagger of Kamui
3.Vampire Hunter D
4.Macross DYRL
5.Gundam Char's Counter Attack
6.Project A-ko
7.Ghost in the Shell
8.Cowboy Bebop the Movie
9.Ninja Scroll
10.Lupin The 3rd Castle of Cagliostro
Yes, Dagger of Kumai!
TOp 10 anime films
10.Nausica and the valley of the end
9. Macross The Movie: Do You Remember Love?
8. Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon
7. Char's Counterattack
6. Wolf Children
5.The Ideon: Be Invoked
4. Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society (I prefer the Stand alone complex continuity over the original)
3. One Piece: Dead End Race
2. Grave of the Fireflies
1. The End of Evangelion (Yeah, I'm one of those guys who still likes NGE)
Honorable mention: DBZ Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan and Full Metal Alchemist: The Conquerer of Shambala( I haven't sat through brotherhood yet.)
How can anyone not be one of those guys who still likes NGE. Oh yeah I forgot that all the weebs always bitch about how NGE is a bunch of cry baby's overcoming their emotions. Clearly though they don't understand the complexity of NGE and they don't deserve to.
AWWW YIISSSS!!! Your number 1! Mine as well. Even better than Akira for me. I wonder why it's not in this list though (HappyConsoleGamer's)..
Lightspeeds Man, almost everyone with a brain likes NGE. And is not nostalgia, I watched the series for the first time not five months ago. The rebuilds suck by the way.
Great list! My list is probably an explosion of Ghibli. Naussicaa, Totoro, Mononoke, and Spirited Away top my list. Closely followed by old school favs like Ninja Scroll, Ghost in the Shell, Jin Roh, Perfect Blue, Paprika and etc. New school favs are also on my list such Sword of a Stranger, Summer Wars and Place Promised in Our Early Days.
Great classics, thanks for sharing. Project A-ko was one of the first I saw on SciFi channel. Akira wow that movie is intense.
Thank you Johnny, your anime suggestions are life changing.
Fantastic picks! Dirty Pair, excellent TV show as well. Venus Wars was great. Galaxy Express 999 and even Project A-ko! A few I have not seen yet and I am seeking out Arion - The Crush of Olympus right now. It must have been an exciting time being alive in the 80's when all of these films were first being put out. Great stuff.
Fantastic list, and includes a lot of my all-time favourites as well. I APPLAUDED when you included Project A-Ko (especially when you mentioned its influence in AP's Ninja High School) and Wings of Honneamise in there - they are a big part of why I'm a fan of anime. And of course Akira blew me away with the detail in art and and ground-breaking animation, as well as the stellar soundtrack and fantastically crafted story adaptation compared to the absolutely HUGE one in the manga.
Sadly, I haven't seen Nausicaa out of all the Ghibli films (my favourite out of those is Laputa) or any of the Macross films (was never really into that or Gundam), and I only know Dirty Pair from the Toren Smith and Adam Warren comics from Eclipse and Dark Horse.
A couple of my favourite anime films has to be Ghost in the Shell:Innocence, but that may be because I felt it was such a MASSIVE improvement over the first GitS film, which was just okay. Also, I loved the first Mobile Police Patlabor film for the compelling story and the fine balance of seriousness, whimsy and action in the tone (the following two were a bit too 'heavy' for me). Both are manga adaptations by Mamoru Oshii, who has a really polished and metallic (if at times very minimalist) style in his work.
Again, great list, Johnny - will definitely try to seek out Nausicaa and Arion.
Rewatching this now like I do with so many of your awesome videos Johnny and damn man your passion and enthusiasm is so infectious. Now I want to watch Gundam and Macross and all the rest, get into a lot of the anime I missed from a different generation. Your channel is a real inspiration to me just to get excited about cool things and enjoy video games, anime, movies, and all the rest. Easily one of my favorite and most watched channels on youtube, been watching your videos since 2013 and thanks for all of that man.
OMG Great list, man! I'm so glad you put Project A-ko on the list! It opened the doors for so many people in the anime industry. Artists like Kia Asamiya and Atsuko Nakajima to voice actors like Megumi Hayashibara (her career started here) and Emi Shinohara (Sailor Jupiter). Plus, Shuichi Ikeda, the voice of Char, lends his voice for a female parody of that same character! And let's not forget the character Mari... It's the fun factor trivia stuff that makes this so great. With the change in copyright infringement laws, I doubt something like this could be made today. I will definitely check out Arion! Old school is the best school!
I haven't seen too many anime films in my life, but this vid kinda sparked my interest. Now I feel like getting back into it and discovering the greatness I have overlooked. Thanks, Johnny!
Among my favorites are Princess Mononoke, Ghost In The Shell, Akira, Street Fighter animated movie, Ninja Scroll, Spriggan and Fist Of The North Star aka Hokuto No Ken.
Arguably the best top 10 for anime I have ever seen in youtube, good job bro
Agreed that Otomo's drawing skills are godly. I too was completely floored by his architectural designs, his vehicles designs, etc etc. no matter the "camera angle" (or point of view) of each panel, everything is always drawn perfectly in perspective and feels solid. the guy single-handedly attracted my attention to anime with the Akira manga. The movie is really good but still pales in comparison to the manga.
Also for all the canadians on here : does anyone remember the very first iteration of "Teletoon at Night", in Teletoon's first year I think? Man that was edgy back then! every saturday night they had an anime movie and we got treated to many great ones : Wings of Honneamise, Ninja Scroll, Patlabor... all great movies I still watch. Man that was an exciting time for television for a pre-teen like I was at the time! They also had these great stop-motion animation bumpers that were slightly disturbing and creepy. that really gave the program an extra dose of character, a creepy and cool aura. I'm so nostalgic towards that era, it was so good :'(
I've been watching this vid in bits-and-pieces over the past few days . . . thankful for your having put this together, clearly a labor of love! Can't wait to watch the ones I haven't seen (most of the list, in truth).
I had a gut feeling about that giant stack of movies, right from the beginning of the video. Great list, lotta great movies I grew up with and some other ones I missed. Thanks for sharing!
This video is great. It's probably your best yet. Your love and enthusiasm for this subject makes me love anime myself. I really enjoy it but am completely oblivious to many of these films and many series in general. There are many big animes from the 70's, 80's and 90's I've never even heard of or just recently (Harlock). I will definitely check out some of the movies on your list. I've seen a few but like I said, never even heard of many of them. Thanks for this video. More videos like this!
Old school FTW!!
I still love this video, and rewatch it all the time. Thanks, John.
I'd have to put down Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade in the top three in my list if not number one. Glad to hear more people talk about Venus Wars. Really dig your taste in movies and will have to pick up the ones on your list I haven't seen.
You are my anime brother! I've also seen Arion, and I loved it too. Same with Do You Remember Love. Nausicaa is my favorite Ghibli movie as well. Your video brought back a ton of great memories. Thanks.
Most of your list I remember seeing on the sci fi channel when they use to show anime on a Saturday afternoon I was 13 at the time and when I saw Galaxy express 999 and Project Ako, my view at looking at anime changed forever. Still miss Samurai Troopers
I really appreciate you making this list, for an anime fan who wasn't around during the time many of these films came out it's awesome to have a list of movies to experience for the first time
Great fucking video, Johnny! I really enjoyed your picks and your love for these films come alive so well through your enthusiasm! I think top tens about anime films are one of the most "better" concepts to build off off. I just think that other people's love for the genre will encourage them to not "hate" on your list, but make them want to share their own nostalgic picks and overall we'll all gain a lot more knowledge about hidden gems and why certain films need to be recognized.
Good list Johnny! I haven't see ALL of those films but only a couple.
I have Akira on DVD. It's indeed a classic and I liked the redub.
WHAT??? No Transformers da Movie!!?????!!!! UNSUBSCRIIIIIIBBBEEE!!!!!!
I remember Project A-Ko playing on one of the video monitors in the dealer's room of a Star Trek convention I attended back in 87 or 88 or something like that. I was just staring at it so the guy shut the monitor off! What an ass! But since then it was my mission to try and find that and watch it. Eventually in 91 or 92 I found the LaserDisc and rented it. I remember it being so weird. The letterboxing was bizarre. If I recall the image was all the way to the top of the screen and the giant black bar at the bottom was used for all of the subtitles. I remember there being a "get dressed" scene in the beginning showing cartoon boobies and I was like "Oh, they can do that? Why don't we see that on Scooby Doo and TMNT when April appears?" Ahh, the memories. Resubscribe!
lol Transformers the Animated film would be right there on my top 10 American Animated films.. I have it memorized alll of the dialogue..and thats great loved to hear about your AKO memories!
HappyConsoleGamer
I'm curious have you ever seen Gundam Unicorn?
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yea he should watch it , it's cool , last few years i watch mostly gundams and finished 00 and unicorn, and i was amazed by difrence from seed (as story go) and that new type of old school animation in unicorn :D
Transformers the movie isn't considered anime, even though it was animated by Toei for Hasbro and Marvel Productions for the U.S.
lol dude u cant see sarcasm in his comment ?
I love your top 10 haha! so many wonderful films on here, some I haven't seen but know of and want to see! Venus wars, Galaxy Express 999, seen half of it, I have to see the rest. Project A-ko, I love Project A-ko, definitely in my list. Arion, haven't heard of it, but I do need to check it out now. Need to see Macross, and Naussicaa, Honneamise. And of course, Akira, awesome picks there Johnny! my list would take some time to think of =P but some of these are on there.
My first anime was ninja scrolls. This is the movie that made me love anime.
So happy you had Akira at #1!
I'm excited to check out some of the movies on your list. A couple of anime films that come to mind are:
Spirited Away
Metropolis
Macross Plus
and especially Evangelion 2.22
Project A-ko is absolutely one of the best anime of all time, with some of the smoothest traditional animation I've ever seen. And so fun! I got chills hearing you talk about it.
Nice list! 3 films with yasuhiko yoshizaku art designs, I love that guy! Talked about some movies I wouldnt have expected!
Great List! Here's my top 10.
1.The End of Evangelion
2.Angel's Egg
3.Akira
4.Perfect Blue
5.Princess Mononoke
6.Macross: Do You Remember Love?
7.Patlabor: The Movie
8.Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
9.Ghost in the Shell
10.Spirited Away
It's funny how a lot of your titles are almost the exact same for myself. Of course they're not the same but I know most of the titles you talked about. I'm about 43 and I think we are about the same age. From some of your other videos I think youre from Canada, I'm from Los Angeles, but back in those days that magical moment when anime invaded the Americas and introduced a whole generation to Japan's art. I remember asking my dad to buy me the VHS tape of Wings of Honneamise for like $90 dollars! And that was in the 1980's! Even though it was difficult to find it was truly magical when you found those gems that are still awesome today (Galaxy Express 999, Macross, etc.). Thanks for sharing your memories. Brought some of my own back as well.
Quite a good list of choices there Johnny, each of those are pretty generation defining as well as well animated old school classics. Great video as always mate, make a top 10 Anime TV series list at some point because it would be fun to know what some of your favorites are in there.
*This* is how all Top Ten lists should be - entertaining, qualified, and infused with personality. Great video!!
Hey HappyConsoleGamer. Awesome review on some amazing Anime titles. I'm now 37 and coincidentally my list is almost identical to yours :) Your top two are my all time favorites and I also highly recommend them to everyone.
A short mention to some of my best classics are Vampire Hunter D, Macross Plus - Movie Edition, Gunnm aka Battle Angel Alita and Doomed Megalopolis. I'm thinking of doing my top 10 as well.
Great channel man and keep up the great informative work.
Great video, Johnny! I've always wanted to get more so into anime films and I think this was the final push. Definitely checking these out!
Akira, Macross: Do You Remember Love, and Whisper of the Heart are some of my all-time faves. That's a good list and definitely gave me some ideas about what to watch next.
nice! Very nice Johnny! So many interesting and wonderful movies...love the fact that a lot of them are from the 80s, while, for me, my animes are mainly from the early mid 90s (but with some exceptions).
Definitely gonna watch some of those gems that I missed (Arion, Honneamise), but sooo glad that your favorite Miyazaki/Studio Ghilbi movie is Nausicaa, my favouite as well :D
Great picks! Your hardcore with the Macross as I am with Space Battleship Yamato. I have all 3 TV series on and the movie collection on laser disc, VHS, and DVD. I remember finally getting that perfect box set Animeigo released on Macross TV. I had to preorder it back 2001. it was so awesome to finally have the full non-Robotech version of that show after Streamline Pics never finished that "Perfect Collection" on VHS in the 90's. Always wanted to try Wings of Honneamise. My favorite senseless violence movies were Fist of the North Star and the Professional (Golgo 13)
Loved the episode. I am gonna check out a few I haven't seen since I haven't dived into the older anime movies much.
Great list Johnny must check out some of these that I didnt know of till now :) Gotta agree with Akira it's simply a masterpiece of animation! I personally love the Studio Ghibli films, Princess Mononoke has been in my Top 5 since I first seen it. :) Loved hearing you talk about your passion for Anime Johnny :)
Woah, I totally forgot about Galaxy Express 999. What a touching film.
true.
Great list! Will look up a few I hadn't heard off! Akira was a real Eye opener for me and my friend when we were young, that one and Ghost in the Shell was the first Anime movies we saw, what a day! BEfore that though, I watched Cyborg 009 but was to young to really distinguish the style. :)
Man Im 26 and i feel like I have been into anime forever... but you talking about series like this makes me feel like a baby. Lol
Cool list though, I wanta check some of these movies now.
I've been hoping you'd do this episode for a long time. We seem to share a somewhat similar taste in anime. Also I am SO glad Honneamise was on your list. I've seen that film several times and I still interpret something different with every viewing. Here are my top 10 Non-Ghibli Anime Films (This week)
1) LUPIN III: THE CASLTE OF CAGLIOSTRO
2)GHOST IN THE SHELL
3) ROYAL SPACE FORCE: THE WINGS OF HONNEAMISE
4) GALAXY EXPRESS 999
5) PERFECT BLUE
6) URUSEI YATSURA 2: THE BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
7) SUPER DIMENTIONAL FORTRESS MACROSS: DO YOU REMEMBER LOVE?
8) THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
9) AKIRA
10) A NIGHT ON THE GALACTIC RAILROAD
(Honorable mentions include VAMPIRE HUNTER D: BLOODLUST, MILLENNIUM ACTRESS, THE WOLF CHILDREN, and PATLABOR 2.)
Here are my top 10 favorite Studio Ghibli films.
1) PRINCESS MONONOKE
2) LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY
3) WHISPER OF THE HEART
4) MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
5) PORCO ROSSO
6) THE WIND RISES
7) SPIRITED AWAY
8) ONLY YESTERDAY
9) NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND
10) POM POKO
For the record, Mononoke is my favorite anime film by far as well as one of my favorite films in general. Also ranking Ghibli films is almost impossible!
What a great video, Johnny :) I have to say I much preferred the Akira re-dub to the original, as it follows the actual dialogue which the original release didn't really try all too hard to do!
I don't like any of the Gundam movies at all but you've convinced me to watch char's counterattack again, great list man lot of classics Venus Wars was pimp a real hidden gem, surprised to see no Otomo stuff assumed I'd be seeing at least Ghost in the Shell, Jin Roh, the Patlabor movies or Angel's egg with yoshitako amano seem right up your alley, I really like the late Satoshi Kon's works Perfect blue is one of my favourite movies of all time and so is Millennium actress, Mamoru Hosoda's The Girl who leapt through time and summer wars are modern classics as well. Thanks for some recommendations I'll be sure to check them out, I really dig the anime videos hope to see more preferably on some of those art books you got there.
I loved Akira. What a great film. AMAZING!!!
Great picks! Some of my favorites are Journey To Agartha, The Garden Of Words and Hotarubi no Mori e
Amazing List Johnny!!
Someone else who has seen Venus Wars and loved it!!!! Halleluiah!!!
Akira is one of those shows that I could never really finish, to be honest either it disturbed me so much or just made my stomach sour. No denying the influence this film has had on Anime in the west but not one for me. Loved the video man, now.....Anime Series!!! GO!!!
This is a great video for someone like me who hasn't checked out a lot of anime films. I really like Satoshi Kon's work though from the films I have seen. Very cool list.
I just bought 25th anniversary blu ray of Akira last night! and so happy you put galaxy express and wings of Honneamise in the list.
I really respect the fact you put Akira over Macross DYRL. DYRL is probably my favorite anime film ever, but I to this day can not get over the artistry that Katsuhiro Otomo has, he's by far my favorite mangaka artist ever. I truly feel that movie deserves the top spot. It's such a wonderfully detailed film, all of his art is a feast. Great pick!
***** Start with Macross Do You Remember Love since it's more of a refined version of SDF Macross, then I'd recommend Macross Zero (a prequel to SDF Macross set during the Unification Wars) , Macross Plus, Macross Frontier and Macross Delta.
Macross II is non canon, and Macross 7 is sort of the ugly duckling of the series, I only really liked it for the music.
Honestly, Robtech the Macross Saga was awesome when I was a kid, but I can't in good faith recommend it over the orignal Macross series. Robotech is three animes all haphazardly pasted together and re-dubbed into a singular storyline. If that sounds like a mess, you'd be right.
Aleksandros robotech macross saga is the ultimate..the voice actors..the robotech theme by ulpo minucci was god like. What jm saying is ...is tht macross with the minucci soundtrack and voice actors in ebglish were absolutely unmatched. The rest of robotech fails..harmony gold fails. Original macross should be untouched. Wil die with me as one of my favourite things in this world
Thanks for this man, never heard of half of these. Got all of them now!
Great video! I'll check out Project A-ko and Macross. Akira creeped me out.
Also, do MORE VIDEOS
It's always fun watching talk about this stuff, i can feel the passion from my computer screen.
Yeeeeah! Akira! Rightful #1! (watched it again last week.) I just commented on your Top 10 Films about how there was no anime, until I saw this in the 'Up next' section. I'm going to watch some of these for sure! Venus & Macross first. I love a mature/seinen/dark theme, personally. I expected GITS, since it influenced even the Matrix, but that was mid-90s & your list is hardcore 80s. Thanx, Johnny.
Edit: I felt Nausicaa was pretty much a spiritual pre-cursor to Mononoke. They're both commentary on industry vs environment, but Mononoke had more glitz! I really tried to watch Nausicaa for a long time during the period of my life when Mononoke was my #1. When I finally did, I felt underwhelmed because Mononoke was already so amazing.. I should rewatch again someday, it's got more of an emotional edge to it, if I remember correctly. Ghibli never fails. But I disliked Totoro... Heh.
Holy crap!
Thanks for helping me find Galaxy Express 999.
I rented that in mid eighties and have been trying to find out what it was for years.
This is the one.
I'm 38 years old and must have rented this in the early eighties along with Voltron or something like that.
Awesome! mystery solved!
Awesome video dude. I have always liked anime but I've only ever really seen what was aired on toonami. You really inspired me to go and watch these great films.
Man I'm 8 years late but...Project A-ko. I loved Project A-ko. I'm 9 years younger than you but my first anime films at the age of 11 in order were Lensman, Vampire Hunter D and Project A-ko. I should also say I'm glad you spoke about Venus Wars. I feel like I'm losing my mind when talking about my favorite anime because no one I've talked to seem to know of A-ko or Venus Wars.
So first time to channel and got to say love your pics it's about time to finally see some one who has picked storyline and old school is where it was 👍 animation as well
Dirty Pair:Project Eden; it's one of my own favorites scifi movies: great design, perfect animation, and the music videos throughout the film are just fantastic.
My top 10, but I really can't pick a particular order.
Barefoot Gen (1983, Mori Masaki): the most disturbing piece of animation I've ever watched, it's about the atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagazaki and its consequences.
Nausicaä, of the Valley of Winds (1984, Hayao Miyazaki)
Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985, Guisaburo Sugii): Deeply dark and harrowing animation about Death (with cats as characters)
Hols, Prince of the Sun (1968, Isao Takahata): One of the very first animation theatrical features in Japan, and still one of the best.
Ghost In The Shell (1995, Mamoru Oshii): pure awesomeness in animation. Very disturbing movie about the nature of humanity. What makes a human being?
Akira (1988, Katsuhiro Otomo): a cyberpunk jewel!!!
My Neighbour Totoro (1988, Hayao Miyazaki): the most simple but lovely movie by Miyazaki, about the beauty surrounding childhood.
Macross: Do You Remember love? (1984, Ishiguro & Kawamori)
Pompoko (1994, Isao Takahata): Very sad movie about the lost of traditions in Japan.
Pompoko is like a childhood memories where it's starts to faded away and looking back makes me feel sad
Awesome List, I'm gonna find a way too see some of those I've missed
Very cool list. Going to have to check out some of those. Thanks for no spoilers
What great choices! Macross the movie will always be number one for me. Also there was Dagger of Kamui, a sweeping ninja epic that is still one of the best. Great vid HCG:)
This is awesome. I'm right in the middle of discovering old school anime. The IQ of the whole genre in general is almost shocking.
Awesome vid as always Johnny, and yes, Akira is one hell of a film
Love your vids. Some of these films I haven't watched. I gotta check them out pronto.
I'm glad you made a quick mention to Castle of Cagliostro.
I just checked out Akira and it was fucking excellent. Probably my favorite anime now. I came back to this video to find a movie for tonight. You're a homie, Johnny.
One movie that definitely fits in my top 10 list would have to be Interstella 5555 The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. It is a anime movie using no voice or sound effects. The only thing playing is the whole CD "Discovery" , I believe in order too, by Daft Punk. It's a story about these blue "aliens" that are captured from their planet and taken back to Earth, humanized, and forced to play the music they played on their planet on Earth. I never thought a movie of any sort could really do what this movie did.
You know what? Your videos are always great! I think your name fits you well! Keep'em comin'!
1. Castle of Cagliostro (Lupin the III)
2. Pokemon: The First Movie (my mom took me to it on opening day after preschool let out!)
3. Castle in the Sky
4. Hokuto no Ken- The Movie
5: Princess Mononoke
6.Naussicaa of the Valley of the Wind
7.Memories
8. Spirited Away
9.Howl' Moving Castle
10.Akira
I need to see more anime, lol
Good choices, I knew Do You Remember Love was going to be on there, considering you have a prior video dedicated to it, though I was wondering about where it would be on the list- pretty much as high as I would place it. The other choices are indeed classics for their times.
Arion and the Macross movie are definitely the anime I'm gonna watch now. Great video....
would definitely like to see you (and maybe a guest) go into great detail about some of these. Spoilers and all
Agree completely with the list! Love your videos.
I’d have maybe swapped out project Eden for Ghost in the Shell. One of my faves :)
This list is pretty damn impressive, all great classics! And a few new ones i have never heard of.
Whoa, such a nice video! Thanks, I got a lot of cool recommendations now :) You seem to be a sci-fi and mecha fan, it's pretty fun to find someone who likes the same stuff as you.
I didn't really like Gundam CCA because some really cool characters died (I should have gotten used to it by watching Zeta Gundam, I know), but I plan to rewatch it soon and see if my opinion changes.
Macross is simply amazing, but unfortunately for me none of the sequels managed to reach the high quality que original series and the first movie had. I think I'm gonna rewatch the movie soon too :P
Great picks! I'll have to look into some of these.
Man, you are AWESOME dude! I loooove Galaxy Express 999 and really wish that they would bring it out on blu ray. What a great film.
I bought and watched Galaxy Express 999 because of your Anime Rocks video, Johnny. I had already heard of it because it inspired an anime I really like called Kino's Journey, but your enthusiasm and passion convinced me to check it out. After watching and enjoying the movie, I also picked up its sequel Adieu Galaxy Express 999, which wasn't as good, but still enjoyable.
I'm a huge fan of Miyazaki's films and love them all immensely. It's a popular choice, but Spirited Away is my personal favorite. Nausicaa is wonderful.
I really need to check out some of these old-school animes; I love the art-style in older anime. I also need to watch Akira again, as I've only seen it once a long time ago. I remember enjoying it very much, but it's a film I definitely should re-visit.
I started watching irresponsible captain tylor because of you. Your recomandations are good.
Nice man, love "Do You Remember Love" too.
Ghost in the Shell (1 & 2), Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, Nausicaa, Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Appleseed (original), Street Fighter 2: The Movie, Akira, The End Of Evangelion, Paprika and Spirited Away are some of my all time faves.
Absolutely love The Castle of Cagliostro, such a classic film and easily one of the best Lupin III films!
Great vid Johnny! Some good titles that I haven't heard of as well. Anime is such an expansive medium and there's always so much to learn. Akira used to be my number 1 for the longest time until around 2001 something not too cool happened in my brain. Now every time I watch it, I have violent seizures and wind up in the hospital. No joke. Hasn't happened w/ anything else besides Akira. Totally forgot about the comic though. I'll have to pick that up!
Thank you for listing Wings of Honneamise Johnny!! Such an amazing film! Probably my fav anime of all time!
same seen it 30+ times ^^ i believe a sequel is coming, also id give my right arm for that hand drawing autograph
Dude.. Venus Wars.. That was the very first anime i ever saw. Not sure how old i was probably about 8-9 years old just like now i didn't sleep well as a kid and i got up at like 3 AM and they where showing this on the scifi channel i believe. It blew my fucking mind and i got hooked on anime. To be honest i have gotten out of anime throughout the years but your videos on anime have really gotten me excited about it again. I might have to go back and watch all this old school stuff it was awesome and really excited me as a kid and teen.
Love your choices since a lot of kids nowadays don't watch those anime. But those were the exact films that introduced us to Anime in the 80s and 90s.
Before watching this video I had not heard of Galaxy Express 999. It's fantastic, I can't stop watching. I definitely want to own these one day but for now I've only been able to find them on Funimation. Thanks for the great suggestions Johnny!
I really haven't expanded my anime film horizons too far past Studio Ghibli. I really enjoyed Ponyo, Ariety, and Spirited Away. Looks like I need to add a few films to my collection :)