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2000's anime movies

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  • 34 titles
  • Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

    1. Tokyo Godfathers

    20031h 32mPG-1375Metascore
    7.8 (51K)
    On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
    DirectorsShôgo FuruyaSatoshi KonStarsTôru EmoriYoshiaki UmegakiAya Okamoto
  • Redline (2009)

    2. Redline

    20091h 42mNot Rated
    7.5 (19K)
    A story about the most popular racing event in the galaxy, the Redline, and the various racers who compete in it.
    DirectorTakeshi KoikeStarsTakuya KimuraYû AoiTadanobu Asano
  • Metropolis (2001)

    3. Metropolis

    20011h 48mPG-1375Metascore
    7.2 (23K)
    Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
    DirectorRintarôStarsToshio FurukawaScott WeingerYuka Imoto
  • Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

    4. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

    20001h 43mR62Metascore
    7.7 (39K)
    A legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to return a young woman, who has been seemingly abducted by a vampire, to her family.
    DirectorYoshiaki KawajiriStarsAndrew PhilpotJohn Rafter LeePamela Adlon
  • Steamboy (2004)

    5. Steamboy

    20042h 6mPG-1366Metascore
    6.8 (19K)
    In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
    DirectorsShinji TakagiKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsAnna PaquinPatrick StewartAlfred Molina
  • Millennium Actress (2001)

    6. Millennium Actress

    20011h 27mPG70Metascore
    7.8 (35K)
    A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.
    DirectorsSatoshi KonKô MatsuoStarsMiyoko ShôjiShôzô ÎzukaMami Koyama
  • Megumi Hayashibara in Paprika (2006)

    7. Paprika

    20061h 30mR81Metascore
    7.7 (105K)
    When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
    DirectorSatoshi KonStarsMegumi HayashibaraTôru EmoriKatsunosuke Hori
  • Michael Arias, Scott Menville, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yû Aoi, and Elliot Fletcher in Tekkonkinkreet (2006)

    8. Tekkonkinkreet

    20061h 51mR65Metascore
    7.5 (15K)
    Two boys defend Treasure Town and Yakuza try to take over and clear it for new development.
    DirectorsMichael AriasHiroaki AndôStarsKazunari NinomiyaYû AoiYûsuke Iseya
  • Tomoya Nagase and Yuri Chinen in Sword of the Stranger (2007)

    9. Sword of the Stranger

    20071h 43mNot Rated
    7.7 (19K)
    A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.
    DirectorMasahiro AndôStarsTomoya NagaseYuri ChinenKôichi Yamadera
  • Short Peace (2013)

    10. Short Peace

    20131h 12mTV-MA
    6.8 (2K)
    A traveler is confronted by spirits in an abandoned shrine; a story of honor and firefighting in ancient Japan; a white bear defends the royal family from a monstrous red demon; ragtag soldiers battle a robotic force in futuristic Japan.
    DirectorsHiroaki AndôHajime KatokiKôji MorimotoStarsKôichi YamaderaAoi YûkiTakeshi Kusao
  • Combustible (2012)

    11. Combustible

    201212mShort
    6.6 (285)
    Follows the story of honor and tradition caught between the roaring flames of a village set on fire.
    DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsShelley Calene-BlackLuci ChristianSaori Hayami
  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

    12. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

    20061h 38mTV-PG66Metascore
    7.7 (73K)
    A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
    DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsRiisa NakaTakuya IshidaMitsutaka Itakura
  • The Wind Rises (2013)

    13. The Wind Rises

    20132h 6mPG-1383Metascore
    7.8 (107K)
    Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHideaki AnnoHidetoshi NishijimaMiori Takimoto
  • Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)

    14. Blood: The Last Vampire

    200048mNot Rated44Metascore
    6.6 (14K)
    Saya is a Japanese vampire slayer whose next mission is in a high school on a US military base in 1960s Japan, where she poses as a student. She uses a katana/samurai sword to kill vampires.
    DirectorHiroyuki KitakuboStarsYûki KudôSaemi NakamuraJoe Romersa
  • Colorful (2010)

    15. Colorful

    20102h 6mTV-14
    7.3 (7.5K)
    A sinful spirit is granted the opportunity to prove worthy for rebirth, inhabiting the body of a student who killed himself.
    DirectorKeiichi HaraStarsKumiko AsôChris AyresGreg Ayres
  • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

    16. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

    20041h 40mPG-1368Metascore
    7.4 (42K)
    In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.
    DirectorsMamoru OshiiNaoko KusumiMizuho NishikuboStarsAkio ÔtsukaAtsuko TanakaTamio Ôki
  • Tales from Earthsea (2006)

    17. Tales from Earthsea

    20061h 55mPG-1347Metascore
    6.3 (47K)
    In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.
    DirectorGorô MiyazakiStarsTimothy DaltonWillem DafoeMariska Hargitay
  • Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)

    18. Children Who Chase Lost Voices

    20111h 56mTV-14
    7.1 (18K)
    A coming of age story involving young love and a mysterious music, coming from a crystal radio left as a memento by an absent father, that leads a young heroine deep into a hidden world.
    DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsHisako KanemotoMiyu IrinoKazuhiko Inoue
  • The Garden of Words (2013)

    19. The Garden of Words

    201346mTV-14
    7.4 (57K)
    On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
    DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsMiyu IrinoKana HanazawaFumi Hirano
  • The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

    20. The Place Promised in Our Early Days

    20041h 30mTV-PG
    6.8 (16K)
    In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South.
    DirectorsMakoto ShinkaiYoshio SuzukiStarsHidetaka YoshiokaMasato HagiwaraYuka Nanri
  • Dead Leaves (2004)

    21. Dead Leaves

    200455mNot Rated
    7.1 (4.7K)
    Two aliens awaken on Earth with no recollection of their past and embark on a devastating crime spree but are sent to an infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves.
    DirectorHiroyuki ImaishiStarsKappei YamaguchiTakako HondaYûko Mizutani
  • Cat Soup (2001)

    22. Cat Soup

    200134mNot RatedShort
    7.6 (6.3K)
    A young anthropomorphic cat goes on a psychedelic journey with his sister in order to save her soul.
    DirectorTatsuo Satô
  • The Sky Crawlers (2008)

    23. The Sky Crawlers

    20082h 2mPG-13
    6.7 (6K)
    The Kildren, a group of eternally young fighter pilots, experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds.
    DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsRinko KikuchiRyô KaseShôsuke Tanihara
  • Amon: Apocalypse of Devilman (2000)

    24. Amon: Apocalypse of Devilman

    200046mTV-MAVideo
    6.4 (916)
    Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could in fact be a demon hiding in human clothing. Amidst the growing tensions, tragedy strikes Akira causing his mind to snap, retreating into his subconscious, allowing his Devilish alter-ego Amon to break free from Akira's cage of flesh and wreak havoc on both human and demons alike.
    DirectorKen'ichi TakeshitaStarsShinji TakedaTomokazu SekiAtsuko Enomoto
  • To the Forest of Firefly Lights (2011)

    25. To the Forest of Firefly Lights

    201145m
    7.8 (24K)
    Hotaru is rescued by a spirit when she gets lost in a forest as a child. The two become friends, despite the spirit revealing that he will disappear if he is ever touched by a human.
    DirectorTakahiro ÔmoriStarsKôki UchiyamaAyane SakuraShinpachi Tsuji

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