10 cartoons that will make you fall in love with anime

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Is Pokemon everything you know about Japanese animation? Then we will introduce you to cartoons that will prove that the anime world is much wider and richer than a children's series about pocket monsters.

1. Homeless God

• Japan, 2014-2015.
• Duration: 2 seasons, 25 episodes.
• IMDb: 7, 9.

"Homeless God" is an adaptation of the manga of the same name, which has been published since 2011. The main character is a homeless deity Yato. He walks in a tracksuit in modern Japan and fulfills various requests of people. He takes 5 yen for the job and dreams of building his own shrine in order to finally find a home. On his way, he meets ghosts, various otherworldly forces, people in need of help, and those who want to prevent Yato from achieving his goal.

Homeless God is a teenage fantasy anime based on traditional Japanese legends and myths. But from the notorious "Percy Jackson" he is distinguished by thoughtful characters, a dynamic plot and deep, rather than routine, reflection on the theme of good, evil, love and duty. Neophytes in the anime world will be attracted by the spectacular portrayal of characters, colorful magic and addictive action.

2. Eastern Eden

• Japan, 2009.
• Duration: 1 season, 11 episodes.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

Saki and Akira met in the United States under strange circumstances. Saki, a tourist from Japan, was throwing a coin into the fountain outside the White House when a naked Akira appeared next to her. He does not remember anything about himself, he has a phone in his hands with 8, 2 billion yen on his account. Using this gadget, you can contact a certain Juis, who can fulfill any desire of Akira. Later it turns out that there are 11 more people living in the world with the same phones.

The name of the anime is a reference to the novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck. The genre is an adventure melodrama. The heroes are looking for their past all over the world, bumping into more and more new and sometimes terrible riddles. Ultimately, the story turns into a sad metaphor for teenage life in a modern city. Already in the first episodes, hikikomori appear here, and after the middle of the series, talk about an ideal world where everyone finds their place and no longer needs to run away from society is louder and louder.

3. In Wonderland

• Japan, 2019.
• Duration: 115 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 1.

An uncertain 16-year-old girl Akane, on the eve of her birthday, meets an alchemist named Hippocrates. He says that the heroine must follow him and his tiny assistant Pipo to another world. There she will meet huge fluffy sheep, colorful carps and the goddess of the green wind. They are all on the verge of extinction, and only Akane can save Wonderland.

“In Wonderland” is a good-quality children's fairy tale, which once again reminds us how important it is to value ourselves and believe that any evil can be defeated. Great anime for family viewing with children.

4. The crystal sky of yesterday

• China, 2018.
• Duration: 82 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 1.

A sad story about the last summer of adolescence: first love, fear of the unknown and nostalgia for the passing of childhood. By and large, Yesterday's Crystal Sky cannot be called an anime because it was made in China. But Chinese director Xi Chao has managed to not only copy the visual style of Japanese animation, but also enrich it with an interesting way of storytelling. The author deliberately omits important points of the plot, and confronts implicit events in an unusual montage. The director is hiding the truth. It is not known what happened between the heroes, but whatever it was, it changed their lives forever.

5. "Gantz: O - Mission Osaka"

• Japan, 2016.
• Duration: 91 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

The film begins with the death of the protagonist. He finds himself in a strange room, in which, in addition to him, there are several more recently deceased people and a huge black ball. This item launches a strange game where heroes must fight various monsters. If they die in battle, then this is forever, if they are injured, they will be immediately cured. But the game will start over.

Gantz is an iconic franchise that includes a manga (discontinued in 2013), an anime series, and two feature films. The game adaptations were scolded by fans for being superficial and a clumsy attempt to capture all the richness of the original in their versions. The creators of "Gantz: O - Mission Osaka" took into account the mistakes of their predecessors and filmed only a small fragment of the manga. Everyone is happy with the result: fans got an accurate adaptation of the characters and the plot, and people far from the franchise - spectacular 3D-animation and a hurricane of action.

6. "Weather Child"

• Japan, 2019.
• Duration: 107 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

The main character is the boy Hodaka. He ran away from home and walks through rainy Tokyo with the Catcher in the Rye novel in his backpack. He soon finds work in a small newspaper writing about supernatural events, and meets Hannah, a girl who knows how to control the weather. Hannah cannot recover from the death of her mother. Since then, there has not been a single sunny day in Tokyo.

Makoto Shinkai, along with Hayao Miyazaki, is one of the most famous animators in Japan. His work Your Name became the highest-grossing anime in history, and Weather Child was nominated for an Oscar in 2019.

First of all, "Weather Child" strikes with a hyperrealistic image that brings to life both raindrops and modern Tokyo everyday life on the screen. But apart from that, Makoto Shinkai tells an emotionally distressing love story against the backdrop of the bitter drama of growing up.

7. A mind game

• Japan, 2004.
• Duration: 99 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

An anime that will break all your ideas and clichés about Japanese animation. Instead of heroes with big eyes and beautiful landscapes, here you will see an avant-garde visual experiment and a psychedelic explosion. There is not a single right angle and naturalistic character in the film, only an endless kaleidoscope of images. At the same time, there is still a harmonious plot here, although it seems that it is completely out of place.

For achievements in the field of drawn cinema "A Game of Mind" was awarded the prize named after the classic of Japanese animation Noburo Ofuji.

8. Decorate the goodbye morning with the flowers of promise

• Japan, 2018.
• Duration: 107 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

Makiya is from the line of immortals. Her city is destroyed, and the girl hides in the forest, fearing that she might be captured by those who hunt for the secret of eternal life. In the forest, she finds the orphan boy Erial and begins to take care of him.

Decorate a goodbye morning with flowers of promise looks like a typical fantasy anime. But the audience will be deceived. There are castles, magic and dragons, but the heroes do not seek to save the world, and the scenario does not provide for an exciting adventure for them. Instead, director Mari Okada directed an intimate family drama. She shows in different variations the relationship between mother and child and speaks masterly about death (and this is in the anime about immortals!). You will most likely cry when watching.

9. Hello world

• Japan, 2019.
• Duration: 98 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

2027 year. Shy teenager Naomi meets herself - only 10 years older. Two heroes will have to change events in the present in order to prevent tragedy in 2037.

Hello World is the work of Japanese director Tomohiko Ito, who is responsible for one of the most famous anime series, Death Note. In the new film, teenage drama is also intertwined with science fiction and social criticism. But the main feature of the animated film is its genre hybridity. The story, which began with the problems of an insecure student, ends with a large-scale action movie in the spirit of "The Matrix" and the films of Christopher Nolan. At the same time, the director manages not to tear the story apart and remain equally convincing in both romantic and action scenes.

10. Cool teacher Onizuka

• Japan, 1999-2000.
• Duration: 1 season, 43 episodes.
• IMDb: 8, 6.

The former leader of a biker gang gets a job at a school. But he is not able to hide his insides, and he is immediately named the Cool Teacher Onizuka.

He is an iconic character in Japanese pop culture. There is a manga about him, several fiction films and anime series, but it is "Cool Teacher Onizuka" that is considered the best. In this Japanese analogue of the series "Fizruk" there is no magic and magic - there is expressive animation, obscene language, jokes below the belt and a whole gallery of memorable characters. The teacher's appearance is deceiving: Onizuka is a kind person who loves children and is ready to help everyone who has suffered from injustice. This alone makes him an excellent teacher, even despite the constant smoking at schoolchildren.

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