Top 20 Most Watched Anime Movies

Following in the footsteps of Doraemon, Pokemon is also an animated film that is globally famous, bringing great resonance to the film industry in this land of the rising sun. The film revolves around the adventures of young people on the way to conquer magical treasures with interesting and humane stories. Pokemon was also adapted into a game of the same name, which once caused a storm in the world GameBoy market.

The series takes place in a fictional universe. In this world, beings live with supernatural abilities. The job of the Trainers is to train Pokemon fight with Pokemon of other coaches. The story is about Pokemon trainer Satoshi – a young man passionate about supernatural beasts and the owner of Pikachu. Pikachu is Pokemon his first time traveling the world with his friends during a journey through different regions.

The film has won many awards both domestically and internationally, creating a wave in the youth community in the 8x, 9x era, which is to collect toys, stickers or other human-related items. this object.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Pokemon
• Directed by: Kunihiko Yuyama
• Release year: 1997

The film was first released in 2004. The film brought in about 231,7 million USD and became one of the most successful Japanese commercial films up to that time. Howl’s Moving Castle was also limited to theatrical release in the US and Canada in 2005, and across Australia in the following months. Howl’s Moving Castle was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars – the most prestigious film award in the world.

The film tells the heart of an 18-year-old hatmaker who was cursed by an evil witch and turned into a 90-year-old old woman. This intrepid young girl put aside her fear, and embarked on an exciting adventure. On the giant mobile castle, she meets and falls in love with the wizard Howl. Sophie’s attempt to break the curse is also the process of her finding Howl’s lost heart.

DETAILS:

• Movie Name: Howl’s Moving Castle
• Directed by: Miyazaki Hayao
• Duration: 119 minutes

The film is set in the late stages of World War II in Japan, the main character is Seita, a loving, slightly wayward boy, and his cute little sister Setsuko. The sad, quiet and touching details of the two brothers’ feelings have taken away a lot of tears from viewers.

The film is not only a story about self-esteem but also about the anti-war spirit of the Japanese people through the fate of two children. The film denounces the war, revives the human right to life, a film full of humanity.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Grave of Fireflies
• Directed by: Isao Takahata
• Duration: 89 minutes

The 13-year film tells the story of a student Hana who meets and falls in love with a werewolf from the same school. After getting married, the two had two children, Yuki and Ame. When her husband died in an accident, Hana decided to move to a remote area, separate from the surrounding area.

Since then, she has to face the difficulties of a single mother and the process of growing up to find her own path of two children. The film is quite touching about maternal love, a passionate and unconditional love and sacrifice for children. Not because “I don’t want you to be a wolf” but because “I haven’t done anything for you yet”.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Wolf Children
  
• Directed by: Hosoda Mamoru
• Duration: 117 minutes

Doraemon is one of the rare Japanese films about the idyllic life of young people that resonates greatly in the international market. It can be said that Doraemon is like a part of the memory of many generations of children from all over the world.

Doraemon is a famous manga by author Fujiko F. Fujio, considered a symbol of the country of the rising sun. The animated series adapted from this manga is equally popular and released by many domestic studios. Each episode is an exciting adventure of a magical robot cat with friends Nobita, Shizuka, Suneo, and Jaian. Not only releasing long episodes, Doraemon is also adapted into short films telling about the idyllic life of a group of students living in the prosperous city of Tokyo along with the treasures from the future that have created the universe. little fantasies for children about a fantasy world that is close. This is an animated film that has deeply imprinted on the childhood of many young people in Vietnam and around the world.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Doraemon
• Author: Fujiko F. Fujio
• Release year: from 1980 to present

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a fantasy film about a 17-year-old girl named Makoto Konno who realizes she has supernatural abilities that transcend time. Makoto begins to use this ability to solve problems or accidents she often encounters. However, changing the past is not so simple, she gradually realizes that the future of her and her friends depends on this very dangerous ability.

The film tells about the vague and conflicting emotions that always exist in us, especially when we are young, lost and lonely, and since then we know what to do with what life is going on. The success of the Timeless Girl is not a truth lecture, but gently integrates it through the protagonist’s feelings: cherish the present and do not be stubborn with the past or the future.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Directed by: Hosoda Mamoru
• Duration: 98 minutes

The story of the film is about a high school student Hodaka Morishi who lives in an impoverished countryside. The teenager ran away from his poor home island to find the bustling, prosperous capital just wanting better. But unable to find a decent job, Hodaka ended up as a columnist for a tabloid magazine’s mysterious gossip column. Whatever is to come, he accidentally meets the girl Haruna Amano in a heavy rain. However, just as Haruna opened her prayer, the sun rose, and then the adventure began.

Child of the Weather is one of the films that have won the most awards at home and abroad in Japan. In addition, Child of the weather became the highest-grossing film in Japan after only 3 days of release.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Weathering with You
• Directed by: Shinkai Makoto
• Duration: 111 minutes

5 Centimeters/sec is a sad story, taking away many tears from the audience. The film tells the story of Tono from 13 years old to the present when he is an adult. The film consists of 3 small chapters combined with a length of 63 minutes, respectively, with very peachy names such as: “Cherry Blossom”, “Cosmonaut”, and “Cosmonaut”5 cm / s“. The film opens with a very childish promise that leads viewers to go through 3 important periods in the main character’s life and all related to his love for a girl. with many incidents. To this day, the film’s ending is still one of the most controversial endings in the world.

From its inception to the present, 5 Centimeters Per Second (5 Centimeters/sec) won many awards, including precious awards such as: “Best Animated Feature Film” at the Asia Pacific Film Awards and Lancia Grand Platinum Award at the Future Theme Film Festival. for “Movie with the best visuals and effects”.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: 5 Centimeters Per Second (5 Centimeters/sec)
• Directed by: Makoto Shinkai
• Duration: 63 minutes

With the outstanding talent of director Hayao Miyazaki, Floating wind has resonated far and wide and is considered one of the most famous films in Japan. In addition to achieving the highest grossing Japanese opening year, Floating wind was also awarded the “Best Animated Film” award by the Japan Academy, and received many prestigious nominations from abroad.

The Wind Rises Talk about the main character’s dream of conquering the sky. In the film, there is a very impressive scene of flying an airplane to conquer the sky, creating many emotions for the reader. However, he is severely nearsighted, making it very difficult for him to fulfill his dream. Get inspiration from an Italian engineer and will. Overcoming many difficulties, Jiro became a fighter design engineer and found his love – Naoko, a small, weak girl, but always beautiful, loving life.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: The Wind Rises
• Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
• Duration: 126 minutes

The film is about the character Mima who was once a pop star. To shine brighter, she decided to retire from music to pursue an acting career. Since then, she has become a victim of stalking and lost her awareness of what is real and what is an illusion. Perfect Blue pointed out the hidden corners in the Showbiz world.

Reminds us of many thoughts: Will the people you think are the closest, when they are no longer of the same mind, will they still be with you? What price do you accept to pay for success? New people hail you today, where will they be tomorrow? The film is quite haunting and confusing but has a happy ending.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Perfect Blue
• Directed by: Satoshi Kon
• Duration: 81 minutes

The film describes a colorful world, when people can step into their own dreams. Paprika suitable for those who love thrilling action. The film is like a dream adventure, an action adventure with the struggle between good and evil on separate individuals, the struggle between the power of ambition and the power of human life.

The film received many awards both domestically and internationally, bringing fame and success to the filmmaker, making it a great stepping stone for the studio to reach out to the world.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Paprika
• Directed by: Satoshi Kon
• Duration: 90 minutes

This is probably one of the oldest movies that is still loved by “fans” in the Anime world even after many years. Produced in 1997, after more than 10 years, the film is still one of the highest-grossing films in Japan.

The work is the story of Ashitaka’s journey and his efforts to bring peace between the people of Iron Fort and the divine creatures of the mystical green forest. During that war, he met the wolf princess Mononoke and wrote an epic and legendary romantic love song. Princess Mononoke (Princess Mononoke) gives readers many levels of emotions, and at the same time takes away the reader’s tears.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Princess Mononoke (Princess Mononoke)
• Directed by: Miyazaki Hayao
• Duration: 134 minutes

Ten-year-old Chihiro Ogino and her family moved to a rural area where she did not like the change. Her family lost their way and accidentally got lost in a mystical world. Chihiro’s parents couldn’t resist the taste of the food here and didn’t know it was food for the gods.

They were turned into pigs, Chihiro’s adventures in spirit land begins and she must find a way to rescue her parents with Haku’s help. Movies for all ages, there are mystical magic, gods … When watching the movie, each person can find the lesson in their own way.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Spirited Away
• Directed by: Miyazaki Hayao
• Duration: 124 minutes

The film is considered a miracle of the Japanese film industry 2006, anime film Your Name Directed by director Makoto Shinkai, after more than two months of storming at the box office in Japan, it brought in super-huge sales of up to 17,9 billion yen. The film held the top spot at the box office for several consecutive weeks and became the highest grossing anime of that year. In addition, the film has received countless awards from 2006 to present.

Your Name tells a love story that spans from the teenage years of people in their teens. Little girl Mitsuha was born and raised in a poor countryside, due to dissatisfaction with the boring rural life. The other is an ordinary school boy in Tokyo, a normal life is passed with friends and school. One day, the two of them strangely switched bodies. The rest of the film follows the process of how they find each other, even though the two have never met.

TDETAILS NOTICE:

• Movie name: Your Name (What’s your name?)
• Directed by: Makoto Shinkai
• Duration: 107 minutes

The film is a story about a young girl momo moved with his mother to the countryside after the death of his father. And when she found out what her father wanted to say to her in his last unfinished letter, she discovered strange things.

The film deals with the spirituality of the deceased’s souls and the guardian gods who will do the work of transmitting messages to their souls. In the movie, the guardian gods appearing in the house of little Momo are built with funny shapes, unique personalities and funny actions that create laughter and tears for the film.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: A Letter to Momo
• Directed by: Hiroyuki Okiura
• Duration: 120 minutes

The director’s very successful Gake no Ue no Ponyo (Gake no Ue no Ponyo) mermaid girl Miyazaki Hayao. This film won the award for “best animated film of the year” by the Japanese Academy of Sciences. Ponyo was released to audiences in Japan in 2008, and after its opening weekend in the United States in 2009, the film ranked 9th in the top “highest-grossing films in the first week of release” in the US.

The content of the story revolves around a goldfish girl named Polumisharudin who is the daughter of the king of the sea, but wants to become a human, so she has escaped from her family in the ocean. When she reached the surface of the sea, she was picked up by the boy Sousuke who was trapped in a bottle and could not get out. Sousuke named the little girl Ponyo and bring Ponyo adopted because she knew she was a magic fish after she helped the wound on the boy’s hand disappear. From then on, the two became close friends. But when licking Sousuke’s wound, Ponyo swallowed human blood and became incredibly strong, able to transform limbs at will. However, at the same time becoming a human, the ability of Ponyo slowly disappearing…

DETAILS:

• Movie Name: Ponyo (Ponyo Little Mermaid)
• Directed by: Miyazaki Hayao
• Duration: 101 minutes

Tokyo Godfathers is a film about three homeless people with different pasts, by chance they find an abandoned baby near Christmas and decide to find the baby’s father. The film’s director and screenplay is Satoshi Kon. The film has a clear and coherent content, not complicated or complicated, but simply a touching life story, containing profound humanistic implications about human love, family, and relationships. The hidden corner of modern life is inherently crowded.

And as someone once commented, Tokyo Godfathers It’s not a movie about the kindness of homeless people, this is a movie about the journey back to their Home… Then when the movie ends, we love our home even more, together Family and friends gather to create memories on Christmas day.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Tokyo Godfathers
• Directed by: Satoshi Kon
• Duration: 92 minutes

The film about a tiny girl adapted from the novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton that Studio Ghibli released in 2010 attracted millions of Japanese people to see in its first week of release, becoming a high-grossing film at the box office. of the year in Japan.

Gentle, deep and magical is what remains after watching the movie. It’s a tiny world romantic, poetic, where people feel so serene and peaceful when watching the story of little Arrietty and her friend Sho. The secret of the little “borrower” helped Sho overcome illness, long boring days to be optimistic, strong to live with new hopes. The film brings many resonances and leaves many special emotions for viewers.

DETAILS:

• Movie name: The Secret World of Arrietty
• Directed by: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
• Duration: 94 minutes

The story begins when a manager finds an old key at a dilapidated movie studio that is being demolished. He realized that it was the key of a famous former female star – whom he greatly admired and he decided to find the other female star to return the key missing for many years.

From here, the story gradually turns back to the past. The film depicts a part of traditional Japanese culture through meticulous and delicate drawings and if you watch this movie, please indulge your emotions…

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Millennium Actress
• Directed by: Satoshi Kon
• Duration: 87 minutes

This is an apocalyptic fantasy adventure film about Nausicaa is the multi-talented princess of the Valley of the Wind, a peaceful country on the shores of the Rotten Sea. Nausicaa dragged into war with Tolmekia. The film presents a strong female protagonist who celebrates the natural environment with her beautiful flight. The success of this film set the stage for the establishment of Studio Ghibli.

The film was a commercial success with nearly millions of people seeing it in theaters on its debut with long queues. Made before Studio Ghibli was established, the work is considered the beginning of the formation and is part of Ghibli. The film won the Animage Anime Grand Prix in 1984 and many other honors since. What the movie achieves is enough to convince you to watch the movie yet!

DETAILS:

• Movie name: Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
• Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
• Duration: 117 minutes