Anime movies tournament

Matches:

1. Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968) vs Vampire Hunter D (1985)

2. Princess Mononoke (1997) vs Millennium Actress (2001)

3. Ghost in the Shell (1995) vs Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

4. Akira (1988) vs Only Yesterday (1991)

5. Cowboy Bepop The Movie (2001) vs From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

6. Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (2007) vs Spirited Away (2001)

7. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie* (2012) vs Perfect Blue (1997)

8. Castle in the Sky(1986) vs Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

9. Cat Soup (2001) vs My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

10. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) vs Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)

11. Ninja Scroll (1993) vs Whisper of the Heart (1995)

12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) vs Paprika (2006)

13. Porco Rosso (1992) vs Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (2011)

14. Ponyo (2008) vs Dead Leaves (2004)

15. Summer days with Coo (2007) vs Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

16. Colorful (2010) vs The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

* This movies hasn't come out of Japan yet, however, it's the TV series edited into a 4 hour movie, the TV series lasts 4 hours and 40 minutes, the extra time is mostly the introduction and ending clips, they cut around 10 minutes of scenes into the movie. So just watch the TV series.

Indeed. I expect this tournament to last a quite a few months.

Me thinks I should watch a few more movies before I vote.

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I haven't watched several of these as well. I will take the time for people to watch as much as they can, because one of two people deciding who wins is not fair.

Not to mention I can only vote in two match ups so far

yeah, definitely need to see some of these just to vote for a few

1. Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968) vs Vampire Hunter D (1985)

2. Princess Mononoke (1997) vs Millennium Actress (2001) [don't want to decide yet]

3. Ghost in the Shell (1995) vs Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) [my two least favorite movies in this tournament are both based on Masamune Shirou manga.]

4. Akira (1988) vs Only Yesterday (1991)

5. Cowboy Bepop The Movie (2001) vs From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

6. Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (2007) vs Spirited Away (2001)

7. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie* (2012) vs Perfect Blue (1997)

8. Castle in the Sky(1986) vs Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

9. Cat Soup (2001) vs My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

10. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) vs Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)

11. Ninja Scroll (1993) vs Whisper of the Heart (1995)

12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) vs Paprika (2006)

13. Porco Rosso (1992) vs Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (2011)

14. Ponyo (2008) vs Dead Leaves (2004)

15. Summer days with Coo (2007) vs Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

16. Colorful (2010) vs The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

2. Princess Mononoke (1997) vs Millennium Actress (2001)

8. Castle in the Sky(1986) vs Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) vs Paprika (2006)

14. Ponyo (2008) vs Dead Leaves (2004)

1. Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968) vs Vampire Hunter D (1985)

2. Princess Mononoke (1997) vs Millennium Actress (2001)

3. Ghost in the Shell (1995) vs Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

4. Akira (1988) vs Only Yesterday (1991)

5. Cowboy Bepop The Movie (2001) vs From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

6. Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (2007) vs Spirited Away (2001)

7. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie* (2012) vs Perfect Blue (1997)

8. Castle in the Sky(1986) vs Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

9. Cat Soup (2001) vs My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

10. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) vs Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)

11. Ninja Scroll (1993) vs Whisper of the Heart (1995)

12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) vs Paprika (2006)

13. Porco Rosso (1992) vs Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (2011)

14. Ponyo (2008) vs Dead Leaves (2004)

15. Summer days with Coo (2007) vs Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

16. Colorful (2010) vs The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

1. Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968) vs Vampire Hunter D (1985)

2. Princess Mononoke (1997) vs Millennium Actress (2001)

3. Ghost in the Shell (1995) vs Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

4. Akira (1988) vs Only Yesterday (1991)

5. Cowboy Bepop The Movie (2001) vs From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

6. Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (2007) vs Spirited Away (2001)

7. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie(2012) vs Perfect Blue (1997)

8. Castle in the Sky(1986) vs Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

9. Cat Soup (2001) vs My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

10. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) vs Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)

11. Ninja Scroll (1993) vs Whisper of the Heart (1995)

12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) vs Paprika (2006)

13. Porco Rosso (1992) vs Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (2011) (because Makoto Shinkai is underrated)

14. Ponyo (2008) vs Dead Leaves (2004)

15. Summer days with Coo (2007) vs Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) (because Keiichi Hara is underrated)

16. Colorful (2010) vs The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

The only pair I can vote on at the moment, and both my picks against each other!

10. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) vs Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)

I like Howl's Moving Castle, its inventive and entertaining, but I'm not quite sure all the aspects of the story are tied up in a satisfactory way at the end. Interstella I love because it's inventive, letting the images and the soundtrack tell the story, a real audio-visual experience. Plus, Daft Punk. If you haven't seen it before and watch it for this tournament, do hang on past the first song. It's a bit boring just watching an animated band play a song, but the story gets going after that.

I will edit this post as I watch more anime films. I'll put the films I haven't seen yet in italics and I'll underline the ones I have, so it's very clear (for me).


1. Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968) vs Vampire Hunter D (1985)

2. Princess Mononoke (1997) vs Millennium Actress (2001)

3. Ghost in the Shell (1995) vs Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

4. Akira (1988) vs Only Yesterday (1991)

5. Cowboy Bepop The Movie (2001) vs From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

6. Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (2007) vs Spirited Away (2001)

7. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie* (2012) vs Perfect Blue (1997)

8. Castle in the Sky(1986) vs Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

9. Cat Soup (2001) vs My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

10. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) vs Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)

11. Ninja Scroll (1993) vs Whisper of the Heart (1995)

12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) vs Paprika (2006)

13. Porco Rosso (1992) vs Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (2011)

14. Ponyo (2008) vs Dead Leaves (2004)

15. Summer days with Coo (2007) vs Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

16. Colorful (2010) vs The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)


I will probably not see all of these films, but I'll try to watch as many as possible in the next month. There certainly are a few classics I still have to see.

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12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) vs Paprika (2006)

3. Ghost in the Shell (1995) vs Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
9. Cat Soup (2001) vs My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) vs Paprika (2006)

Oh, I didn't notice this thread...

2. Princess Mononoke (1997) vs Millennium Actress (2001)

3. Ghost in the Shell (1995) vs Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

4. Akira (1988) vs Only Yesterday (1991)

5. Cowboy Bepop The Movie (2001) vs From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

8. Castle in the Sky(1986) vs Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

9. Cat Soup (2001) vs My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

10. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) vs Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)

11. Ninja Scroll (1993) vs Whisper of the Heart (1995)

12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) vs Paprika (2006)

Ghost in the Shell (1995) vs Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

6. Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina (2007) vs Spirited Away (2001)

Don't worry I will wait a few months before turning the next rounds.

4. Akira (1988) vs Only Yesterday (1991)

It's been a long time since I watched Akira, and I might appreciate it more if I watched it again now, perhaps. I was curious about Only Yesterday, especially seeing as Guaporense talks about it constantly. It's definitely worth watching if you're at all interested in movies about childhood, like Little Red Flowers or My Father's Glory. The sections about grown-up Taeko and her love of the countryside were less successful, I thought, and it did drag a bit at times. There were times as well when I thought the random flashback structure was there to disguise the lack of coherent plot. But overall, I thought it was pretty good.