The Giants of Anime are Coming

Wired is running a story about the Giants of Anime which discusses numerous things happening on the anime front, including the new Ghost in the Shell movie, and the upcoming Miyazaki release "Howl's Moving Castle". This is something of a background piece for people somewhat unfamiliar, but it also covers a lot of interesting bits that the fans might enjoy as well.

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[CaptainCheese]

Innocence
Steamboy
Howl's Moving Castle

You'll find links onward to trailers from here...I'd paste the direct links, but I don't want to /. anyone who can't handle it...

Re:Greatest Anime Film?

[The-Bus]

According to the IMDB...

Taking away non-animé animated animations, we come up with:

1. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away) * ^
   
2. Mononoke-hime (Princess Mononoke) * ^
   
3. Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies) ^
   
4. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (Laputa: Castle in the Sky) * ^
   
5. Sennen joyu (Millenium Actress) ^
   
6. Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro) * ^
   
7. Majo no takkyubin (Kiki's Delivery Service) * ^
   
8. Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni (Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion)
   
9. Kaze no tani no Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds) * ^
   
10. Mimi wo sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart) * ^
    
11. Akira
    
12. Kurenai no buta (Flying Pig/Porco Rosso) * ^
    
13. Kôkaku kidôtai (Ghost in the Shell)
    
14. Jûbei ninpûchô (Ninja Scroll)
    
15. Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro (Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro) * ^
    
16. Vampire Hunter D
    
17. Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no tobira (Cowboy Bebop: The Movie)
    
18. Jin-Rô (Jin Roh)^
    
19. Perfect Blue ^
    

* A Hayao Miyazaki film.
^ Not a film about giant robots, ninjas, or robot-ninjas fighting each other. Not a film set in a dystopian future or filled with demons.

So, of the top 50, we've got 19 features being animé (and half of the Bottom 10 are animé). Of the top 10, 5 are animé, 4 are by Pixar, and one is Shrek.