Some Anime Films That I Love

Ladies and gents we anime fans talk alot about our favorite shows but for some reason when it comes to movies we never mention them well now I thought i'd do something a tad bit different and tell you some of my personal favorite anime films.

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Out of all the films featured here this is the most recent film to come out and I have to say that it is simply stunning and it's a film where I can see my self going to get the DVD. That's how I know that a film is good so believe all the hype behind this film because it truly is worth it in my eyes.

In This Corner Of The World

Like a lot of the films featured in this post this is a film that has made me cry but to me this film is so much more then that. It's a film about heartbreak and finding the strength to survive at a time where that was impossible heck this film is so good i've not only seen the subbed version of the film but i've also seen the dubbed version of the film and I own it on DVD.

The Garden Of Words

Guys i'm going to let you know right now your going to be seeing alot of Makoto Shinkai's films on this list because the guy is mad talented. For now tho let's talk about what I think is his worst film which is saying something because the film is still really good there's really no more praise I can give this film but if your a fan of the director then you should check this out.

Mary And The Witch's Flower

The first film for any studio is always a hard thing because your film is not guaranteed to make any money. I think tho that Studio Ponoc's first film is truly something to behold I think that Hiromasa Yonebayashi and his team are truly talented and I believe that at some point ponoc could be on the same level as Studio Ghibli or Madhouse.

Your Name

Yup this film again lets face it guys the second you saw the name of this post you knew that at some point this film was going to making an appearance. Now I don't praise it to the high heavens like everyone else does and that's because by the time I got round to watching it the film had been hyped to hell. So no matter how good the film was it was always going to fail because the film was so hyped up in my mind it was this perfect film and yet when I saw it and found out it wasn't that it was shocking to me but it is still a great film.

5 Centimeters per Second

This for me is the best film that Makoto Shinkai has made it has everything that made Your Name the great film that it is and then some. I first saw this film a few years ago and it made me cry like crazy and I still choke up everytime I watch it that's how good it is there really is nothing more I can say about the film because it;s that good.

A Silent Voice

This film came out around the same time as Your Name and sadly it got really overshadowed by that film and that to me is a damn shame because this film is so worth watching.This is the only film in this post where i've read some of the manga before hand and the manga had me in tears I had no idea that manga could do that to a person. The film also had the exact same effect on me and it was in the exact same spot.

Ghost In The Shell

I cannot go on enough about how good this film is it truly is one of the best anime ever made in my opinion. Heck this film is so good that hollywood made a terrible live action version and that's how you know that a film is good. This film is so freaking iconic that to me you cannot call your self a die hard anime fan unless you've seen this film you don't have to have liked it you just have to have seen it.

My Top 5 Cutest Anime Girls

Welcome to the first of two anime themed posts i'm doing today this one is going to focus solely on females and which ones i think are cute / attractive now i want you all to know that these are just my opinions so if there's a girl you like who isn't on here then she's either lower down on the list or i havn't seen the series / film so let's get on with it.

5) Rei Miyamoto (HighSchool Of The Dead)

I know alot of people either don't like or didn't watch HighSchool Of The Dead but i did and i'll admit that upon reflection Rei doesn't have much of a personality but she looks good with a gun and she kills alot of zombies.

4) Saeko Busujima (Highschool Of The Dead)

She was my first anime crush and she's here because unlike Rei she actually has some form of a personality even if it's not much of one plus she was a key part in what has no become the most famous scene in Highschool Of The Dead i'm of course talking about Matrix Boobs. This girl is also a really talented fighter and she can easily take on a lot of zombies just by her self that's how awesome she is.

3) Mitsuha Miyamizu (Your Name)

This list isn't just counting women from anime series and when thinking of my number three slot the only real person i could think was the female lead from Your Name Mitsuha she goes through alot in that film and not only does she come out of it she helps safe most of her town.

2) Shirayuki (Snow White With The Red Hair)

Honestly this was a tough call to make but in the end i'm glad i put her here because Shirayuki is a well written female character plus like Mitsuha she is drawn in a really cute way so you have no choice but to fall in love her.

Honorable Mention

Yona (Yona of The Dawn)

I put Yona as an honorable mentioned because i havn't seen the rest of the series yet i've only seen those first twelve episodes but from what i've seen of her i can see that she's going to become a total badass and in the first twelve episodes she has plenty of badass moments and that to me makes her all of what i said in the intro.

1) Ruby (Love Live! Sunshine!!)

Honestly any of the girls from Aqours could have easily filled this spot but Ruby is cuteness overload she goes out of her way to make others happy even if it means she ends up being un-happy plus she has the cutest catchphrase Do your Rubesty! which pretty much means Do Your Best.

  

  

A Thought I Had While Watching A Silent Voice

You know I was watching A Silent Voice on Blu-Ray today and a thought popped into my head and that thought was "this would make a good live action hollywood movie" but after I had that simple thought I started thinking of the over two Blu-Rays I had lying there and i thought to my self "which one would make the best live action movie" so here I am and I'm going to list reasons why I think each one would make a good live action hollywood movie.

In This Corner Of The World

In all honesty out of all three films this one would be the hardest one to adapt not because it's based on an anime or anything like that but because it's so rooted in Japanese culture whoever was to end up writing and directing the film would have the challenge of having to set the film in the same time period and the same country as the original film but I do believe that with the right team behind it that it can be done but it would absolutely need to handled with care.

This film would most likely not get remade since it's not gotten as much media attention like Your Name did and like I said before it's so rooted in Japanese culture so you can't just change the names to american names and change the setting to insert american city here so I really have no clue how this could be done but if it's done the right way and with the right people then this could be a good film.

A Silent Voice

Out of all three movies this one would actually be the cheapest movie to make you could very easily make this movie for $5 - 10 million and you wouldn't loose a thing because it's all there all ready they story is all ready perfect as are the characters all the director would have to do is point the camera at the actors and yell action. This is also a universal story so it could very easily be adapted for American audiences and you won't even need to simplify things for them either since pretty much any one could understand the story.

 Like I said before this one most likely won't even get considered for a live action remake because of the lack of media attention but that doesn't mean it won't one day happen I mean look at Ghost In The Shell when that movie came out it wasn't given a huge amount of media attention and it got a live action movie. The other downside is since there's not alot of action the average movie goer might be get bored and that might force the studio to add in some kind of action scene in a film that really doesn't need any.

Your Name

This one's difficult to write about since it's already getting a live action movie from hollywood but it could be done since the story is a universal story because at it's heart it's about two people falling in love with each other and how that love can literally over come time and space. Just based on what I just said it sounds like it would difficult to adapt and yeah it will be I'm not gonna lie but it's not impossible either and with J.J. Abrams producing it I have a feeling the right people will come on board.

Here tho the downside comes not from the original film but rather from fans of the original film since this film was getting alot of attention and it has a lot fans it means you can't really change much of the story which in turn could stifle creativity so I would have to ask any fans of the film and this includes myself just to roll with whatever stuff comes out about the new movie. 

Where I Would Rate Three Great 2017 Anime Films

Hello there anime fans this has most likely been the best year for anime films with films like A Silent Voice and In This Corner Of The World proving that really anyone can enjoy anime and if you want to be technical you can also include Your Name in that list as well since it had it's American debut in 2017 and i thought i'd tell you which out of those three films i liked the most and yes i checked all of these films had an American release date of 2017.

3) Your Name

This might surprise alot of you anime fans that a film everyone else loves is at the bottom of this list well that's because by the time i got round to watching the movie it was so over hyped it's a good film yes but i don't think it's as good as everyone says it is.

2) A Silent Voice

Ever since a friend told me about this movie i was so intrigued by it and it did not let me down at all heck when i first heard about the movie i went online and read the first few issues of the manga and i cried and i give the makers of the film credit for taking on a difficult subject matter and in a way this film has pushed boundaries since the lead actress in the english language version is death.

 1) In This Corner Of The World

In This Corner Of The World is so beautiful and it's very moving honestly there's nothing in this film that i don't love heck i even love the strange art work which for some reason reminds of 2006's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and it my eyes that's not bad thing and i love the fact this film really isn't afraid to punch you in the gut.

Guys in truth i love all of these films so putting this in any kind of order was always going to be hard but that goes to show how good these films and if you havn't already i recommend you buy them all on either DVD or Blu-Ray heck the films are so good i asked for and got all three for Christmas.