Animated films have come a long way in these past few years. This art form within filmmaking needs to be on the same tier as live-action films. Animation has become a way of connecting people belonging from all over the world, in a way live-action films can’t. If you’re looking for the best Anime Movies, you have come to the right place.
People often associate animated films as something which is meant for children to view. However, in the last decade, there have been many films, beautifully breaking this stereotype. Be it Pixar’s Inside Out, dealing with the hard-hitting issue of depression, or Disney’s Zootopia, portraying and promoting racial equality. It is undoubtedly one of the most powerful tools the world has in terms of creativity and it’s high time people give it the recognition it deserves.
Jérémy Clapin’s ‘I Lost My Body’ became one of the critically acclaimed animated films from 2019. It’s a surreal animated epic reciting the tale of self-discovery and loss. It’s something you don’t get to experience every day. The film is about a young man known as Naoufel as he struggles with almost everything in his life, along with a detached hand, on a quest to find the rest of its body.
Here is a list of the Best Anime Movies Like I Lost My Body:
Loving Vincent
In our list of best anime movies, Loving Vincent had to be included! The film is based on the life of the Dutch post-impressionist painter, Vincent van Gogh, and the last few months before his passing. This animation masterpiece which came out in the year 2017, was directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman The most unique factor about this film is that every frame has been inspired by the unique manner, Van Gogh’s canvases are painted in.
The Red Turtle
Released in 2016, Michaël Dudok de Wit’s ‘The Red Turtle’ conveys the deepest of things with no dialogues ever being spoken in the film. The film is about a man who wakes up in the middle of the ocean, floating. He managed to reach a shore of an island where there are no human inhabitants, just birds, crabs and a peculiar red turtle.
With highly aesthetic animation, realistic body movements depicted by the characters and vibrant colours used in every frame makes the film more enthralling.
Ernest & Celestine
Ernest and Celestine came out in 2012 and has been directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner. It is a film which genuinely represents the cosiness and the comfort of a warm blanket. It features Ernest the bear, who stumbles upon Celestine the mouse and soon a friendship grows when he decides not to eat her.
Persepolis
Directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi this was one of the best Anime movies released in the year 2007. This monochromatic piece of art tells a story of a French-speaking woman and her journey from her childhood to young adulthood in Iran, Vienna and Tehran during the 1980s-90s, the Islamic Revolution. Despite revolving around a historic time period, the movie beautifully balances out historic and personal issues, both.
The Illusionist
They say ‘simplicity has a different kind of charm’, these words will make more sense to you once you take some time off to watch the Illusionist. Director of the film, Sylvain Chomet based the film on a script written in the 1950s by Jaques Tati, a French mime, actor and a director.
The film which became the part of our list of best anime movies revolves around the life of a French Illusionist who travels intensively in search of work as he performs his magician-like craft in local towns.
Wrinkles
This indie animation from 2011 has been directed by Ignacio Ferreras and recites the tale of friendship, life and resistance which occurs within an elderly nursing home. This film deals about the issues people often ignore thinking upon, like growing older and transitioning towards old age, coping with it and dealing with life-altering ailments.
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