Anime is a well-respected medium that has produced award-winning artwork over the years. Here are some of the most visually stunning anime movies.
People can be very particular about the movies they watch. This can include everything from genre to a general preference to movie length. However, there is another factor that influences people’s decision to watch a film: aesthetics. This is particularly true in the case of anime.
Anime movies, in particular, are known for experimenting with styles and visual representations. They can produce something decent at times, but they can also be one of the best representations of spectacular sights at other times. Artists and studios in the anime industry continue to push the boundaries of how beautiful the medium can be.
Audiences keep coming back to anime because it is a medium in which anything seems conceivable. Every year, hundreds of new anime show premiere on television, making it difficult to keep up with them all and figure out what’s worth your time. Anime feature films, however, can tell more standalone stories in a shorter amount of time and with a higher budget to bring their worlds to life.
There are some absolutely revelatory cinematic anime experiences that feature astounding animation that must be seen to be believed.
Your Name
Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl, wishes to live the life of a boy in Tokyo, a desire that contrasts sharply with her current life in the countryside. Taki Tachibana, meanwhile, is a busy high school student juggling his part-time job with ambitions for a future in architecture in the metropolis.
Mitsuha wakes up in an unfamiliar room and finds herself in Tokyo, living her ideal life—but in Taki’s body! In the meantime, Taki is living Mitsuha’s life in the simple countryside. They begin looking for one another in order to find an explanation for this weird phenomenon.
Mitsuha and Taki’s choices begin to have a major impact on each other’s lives, weaving them into a fabric linked together by fate and circumstance in Your Name.
The artwork is stunning, as one would expect from a Makoto Shinkai film. The art alone is enough to make you cry. His use of color and movement within the frame really helps you focus on what you need to focus on, but also not skimping on detail if your eyes wander.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train
After a train is plagued by inexplicable disappearances, the Demon Slayer Corps’ numerous attempts to solve the problem proved futile. Kyoujurou Rengoku, the Flame Pillar, takes it upon himself to eradicate the threat in order to prevent future casualties.
Tanjirou Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira are among the Corps’ most promising new blood, all hoping to witness the model demon slayer’s blazing feats firsthand.
Unbeknownst to them, the demonic powers behind the disappearances had already begun to carry out their evil plot. Under the grip of this evil force, the trio must summon all of their willpower and draw their swords in order to save the two hundred passengers on board. Kimetsu No Yaiba: Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train probes Tanjirou’s mind’s darkest recesses, putting his willpower and commitment to duty to the test.
With their amazing animation, Studio Ufotable has hit the ball out of the park. But with a movie budget this time, it’s much better. It’s so smooth and satisfying that you can’t help but be drawn in. The first season’s highlight was the breathing techniques, and it’s the same here.
Weathering With You
Tokyo is currently experiencing rain showers that appear to be completely disrupting everyone’s normal routine. Into this seemingly endless downpour comes Hodaka Morishima, a runaway high school student who tries to make ends meet and ends up working for a small-time publisher. Hina Amano, who is orphaned, is also looking for work to support herself and her younger brother.
When Hodaka tries to rescue Hina from shady men, their paths cross, and they decide to flee together. Hodaka then finds Hina has an unusual but great ability: she can summon the sun whenever she prays for it. Given Tokyo’s unusual weather, Hodaka sees this talent as a possibility. He advises Hina to become a “sunshine girl,” someone who will clear the skies for others when they are in need.
At first, everything looks to be going pretty smoothly for them. Power, however, is well known to come at a tremendous cost.
Unsurprisingly, the movie is chock-full of breathtaking sights throughout its runtime. As one would expect from a Shinkai movie, this is a visual marvel.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
In her senior year of high school, Makoto Konno is unsure of her future plans. Makoto’s life changes abruptly when she unintentionally discovers that she is capable of literally leaping through time while bearing the pressures of her teachers and killing time with her best friends.
Makoto is followed in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as she experiments with her newfound power. However, she swiftly learns the hard way that every decision has a consequence and that time is far more complicated than it appears.
Even the most trivial and puerile of deeds can have catastrophic effects, as such acts are frequently carried out out of ignorance or selfishness, both of which are attributes that rarely produce positive outcomes when applied to activities. Our heroine must learn the hard way when she realizes how important her seemingly trivial actions are and how incorrect her childlike views are.
Backgrounds, environment, and special effects are all very diverse. They’ve been portrayed in stunningly realistic detail. You’ve probably never seen such detail in an animated film as in the landscapes, classrooms, and streets.
Spirited Away
Chihiro Ogino, a ten-year-old who is stubborn, spoiled, and naive, is less than delighted when her parents and her come across an abandoned amusement park on their route to their new home. As she cautiously enters, she discovers that there is more to this location than meets the eye, as odd things begin to happen as dusk approaches.
Chihiro has unintentionally stepped over into the spirit world, as evidenced by ghostly apparitions and food that turns her parents into pigs. With the assistance of the enigmatic Haku and the cast of fascinating personalities she meets along the journey, she must muster the bravery to live and work among the spirits.
Spirited Away is a vivid and fascinating story about Chihiro’s adventure through an unfamiliar world in order to save her parents and return home.
Of course, the artwork is beautiful. The animation is fluid, and the colors are vibrant. When Chihiro and her family enter the spirit world for the first time, you can almost feel the breeze blowing through the grass. At night, the lights of the spirit world are breathtaking.
Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms
Maquia comes from a clan where everyone stops growing up in their mid-teens. She is without parents and, despite the fact that her days are peaceful, she is lonely. When an army invades in search of the secret to her people’s immortality, their serenity is disrupted. Leilia, her clan’s most beautiful girl, is abducted, and the boy Maquia has secret affections for vanishes.
Maquia manages to flee, but she loses her friends and her home in the process. She meets Ariel, a baby boy who has lost his parents while wandering alone in the forest. As Ariel grows older and Maquia does not, the story tracks their evolving relationship.
She is adamant about making it all work, despite knowing nothing about the human world, how to nurture a child that ages much quicker than she does, or how to live with the scorching loneliness inside.
This work of art was created with no budgetary restrictions. It appears frigid and brutal at times, but it is often breathtakingly beautiful. Water surfaces act as reflections, and the lighting and color palette bring the details to life.
A Silent Voice
Shouya Ishida, an elementary school student, tried everything he could to avoid boredom as a child. Shouko Nishimiya, a deaf student, transfers into his class, and Shouya and his classmates bully her for fun. When her mother informs the school, however, he is singled out and blamed for everything that has happened to her.
Shouya is now at the mercy of his classmates, as Shouko has left the school. All throughout elementary and middle school, he is heartlessly tormented while teachers turn a blind eye.
Shouya, who is now in his third year of high school, is haunted by his youthful misdeeds. He sets off on a mission of redemption, hoping to encounter Shouko again and make apologies for his previous actions.
A Silent Voice is a moving narrative of Shouya’s reunion with Shouko and his honest tries to redeem himself despite being plagued by ghosts from his past.
KyoAni includes its characteristic extra, where the frames are never still – there are always little things going on in the background that simply adds the cherry on top of their captivating art, and the art is magnificent.
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
Since the end of The Great War, several years have passed. As the radio tower in Leidenschaftlich is built, telephones will become increasingly important, causing demand for “Auto Memory Dolls.” to fall. Despite this, Violet Evergarden’s fame continues to grow as a result of her consistent letter-writing success. However, there are instances when the one thing you crave is the one thing that does not appear.
Violet Evergarden: The Movie follows Violet as she continues to learn about emotion and what it means to love. Simultaneously, she looks for a glimmer of hope that the man who once told her, “I love you,” is still alive and well, despite the passage of time.
Violet Evergarden has always attempted to condense her stories into a single narrative, Violet attempting to understand the essence of love. This movie reinforces and expands on this idea.
Every frame was utilized by KyoAni to create a magnificent work of art. In terms of art production, nothing compares to Violet Evergarden. Simply put, there isn’t any competition.
Akira
1988 in Japan. An explosion triggered by a young boy with psychic ability tears through Tokyo, lighting the fuse that ignites World War III. He is apprehended and brought into custody to avoid any additional destruction, never to be heard from again.
In the year 2019, Neo-Tokyo, a restored version of the city riddled with gang violence and terrorism against the existing administration, has taken its place. Shoutarou Kaneda leads “the Capsules,” a ragtag club noted for riding huge, modified motorcycles and feuding with their rivals “the Clowns.”
Shoutarou’s best friend, Tetsuo Shima, is involved in a mishap with an esper who has escaped from a government institution and is wandering the streets of Tokyo during one of these battles.
As a result of this encounter, Tetsuo begins to develop his own mysterious abilities, and the government tries to quarantine this latest psychic in a desperate attempt to prevent him from releasing the catastrophic power that may bring the city to its knees once more.
The animation in this film is of incredibly good quality, which is the first thing that most people will notice.