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Old 02-05-2025, 09:51 AM #2
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I've still not watched enough Western Animation Films recently to start adding them to this thread, but I have started the Japanese Anime Movies watch, even if it's a very tiny portion at the moment.

Plus I will update the Live Action rankings too.

Japanese Anime Movie League:

In order of preference:
1. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
2. Ghost In The Shell
3. Your Name
4. A Silent Voice
5. Perfect Blue
6. Vampire Hunter Bloodlust
7. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
8. Howl's Moving Castle
9. Redline

I'll go more in-depth as to ranked the Movies in this order.

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade - I absolutely love this Movie, it had so much happen in the Film but not feel rushed or underdeveloped either, and apparently it only covered one chapter of it's source material. And imo Fuse has definitely got to be the best written character possibly out of all of the Films that I've watched lately (yes including Live Action,) it's subtle but not too subtle if you get what I mean, but thankfully his development isn't whacked at you with a sledgehammer either.

Absolutely brilliant Film in my view.

Ghost In The Shell - Ghost In The Shell is always interesting imo, I do personally prefer SAC, but the Film is also a classic and nothing to sniff at.

Your Name - Again a very good Film, I am scared what the American remake might do to this story tbh, as the Americans aren't normally renowned for brilliant Romance writing.

A Silent Voice - It's much better than I personally expected tbh, because I honestly thought that it was just going to be "bullying is bad" and that would be it, which I do hate stories who's soul purpose is to state the obvious.

But thankfully A Silent Voice actually expands to trying to actually redeeming the bully, and trying to show that even the more unlikable characters in the Film aren't caricatures.

Don't get me wrong, I did have slight preferences for how I would've liked certain scenes to have played out, but nothing that's too detrimental to the Film imo.

Dezzy definitely has good taste when he was recommending this Film on here back in the day.

Perfect Blue - Perfect Blue is a really interesting Psychological Film, it does get off to a bit of a slow start imo, but again it is really strong overall at what it does.

Vampire Hunter Bloodlust - It had potential, but I don't think that the story naturally suited being adapted into a Movie.

I imagine that the Light Novels are a much better way to experience Vampire Hunter D.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - It's just a very average Film imo. There's nothing much else for me to really say.

Howl's Moving Castle - I really hated this Film, I just about got over the line in actually watching the whole thing, but it was just so boring imo.

Redline - I got to about 45 minutes into the Film, and I just didn't get why I was watching it tbh.

There didn't feel like there was a hook to keep me even hate-watching the Film, it was just an odd experience to even try and explain.

And that's why it's at the bottom of my Japanese Anime Movie League rankings currently.
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