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11 Anime Classics Everyone has to watch

Around 90 percent is crap, according to Sturgeon's Policy. Probably closer to 99.9% for anime. Much is meaningless, over whimsical, and/or uncomfortably aggressive and pervasive. Yet, like every other genre, some utter gems are concealed among the refuse that needs to be loved by all.

11 Anime Classics Everyone has to watch

Here are 11 anime classics that you should certainly take the chance to purchase in Australia. Below are 11 anime classics that every movie buff should see — from vintage Ghibli Studio to modern masterpieces like The Tale Of The Princess Kayuga.

Grave Of The Fireflies

Grave Of The Fireflies

After a World War II bombing, two orphaned children struggle to survive in Japanese countryside, feeling their countrymen's helplessness and indifference. In desperation, hunger and sorrow, these children's lives are fragile, but inspiring is their spirit and love.

Wolf Children

Wolf Children

Hana was bright and beautiful, and her future was endless. She met a man who became a wolf and they formed a family. Hana loved her husband fiercely, but fate took him from her, leaving her alone with two odd kids she couldn't raise. Fearfully found, Hana and her wolf children fled to the countryside to build a new life. It's a mother's journey to teach your kids to chase their dreams when they explore who they will become.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Makoto Konno has the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time. She immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps but soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems.

Ponyo

Ponyo

Five-year-old Sosuke lives in a small, rotten seafront cliff overlooking the Inland Sea. When playing on the rocky beach, he finds Ponyo, a goldfish, her head stuck in a jam jar. Sosuke rescues Ponyo and the new friends are intrigued by each other and pledge to remain firm friends until Ponyo's father, once a human, now a sorcerer who lives deep under the sea, forces her to return to the ocean depths with him.

Ninja Scroll

Ninja Scroll

Jubei is a masterless ninja in Feudal Japan, wandering the land alone, hiring his services to gold or a worthy cause. His powers have served him well, but he must face an old nemesis, bent on overthrowing the Japanese government and aided by a fearsome gang of superhuman-powered demons.

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

The technology march created in the ambitious Tatara clan's iron forges challenges the natural forces of the Forest's benevolent Great God and wide-eyed, spectral spirits he protects. Ashitaka, a young warrior from a remote village tribe, kills a monster and learns that the beast is a "ghost god," transformed by human fury. Inflicted with his deadly curse, he looks for the antidote to save his life in the mountains. He meets Princess Mononoke, a young woman with wolves.

Spirited Away

Spirited Away

Chihiro discovers a world of strange spirits, creatures and witchcraft. When her parents are suddenly changed, she must evoke the bravery she never realized she had to free herself and return her family to the world outside.

Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

Mima Kirigoe is a squeaky-clean Japanese pop singer who decides to leave the music industry and try her hand at acting. Finding her way into her new field is hard as she is forced to do degrading work in twisted low-budget films. Mima is stalked by an obsessed fan, angry at her decision to abandon her successful music career.

Akira

Akira

After World War III, Neo-Tokyo is being rebuilt. Kaneda and Tetsuo, two high school dropouts come upon a secret government project to develop telekinetic humans, presumably for use as weapons. Tetsuo hears about Akira, the most important subject of the project, and decides to challenge him.

My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro

Satsuki and Mei move to a new country home with their father while their mother recovers from illness. They soon discover sharing the home with some rather unusual creatures and even stranger neighbors-forest guardians dubbed Totoro by the girls.

The Tale Of The Princess Kayuga

The Tale Of The Princess Kayuga

A tiny girl discovered in a polished bamboo stalk develops into an elegant young lady facing her destiny. Based on the Japanese folk-tale, "The Bamboo Cutter Tale" is the culmination of decades of reflection by producer and co-founderof Studio Ghibli Isao Takahata.

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