Kojima Productions and Line Mileage announced the news (via Animation Magazine), with Raised by Wolves's Aaron Guzikowski set to write the movie. It will be a൲n adult feature length film, and it's in active development⛄.

"I love the world of Death Stranding, it's so creatively freeing, so beautifully dark and yet hopeful; I'm so excited and honored that Hideo Kojima, whose work I've long admired, has invited me to dwell within his creation, to birth new stories into this fertile, mind-bending universe," Guzikowski said. "Drawing and animation have always been near an𓆉d dear to my heart, so to finally get to play in 🍃this space is a dream come true."

This isꦰn't the only Death Stranding film in the works, either, with a live-action adaptation on the way from A24.

"I am also currently working with A24 on a live-action film adaptation of DEATH STRANDING," Kojima told in May (translation via ). "When it comes to film adaptations of games, there have been recent films like The Last of Us that keep the plot of the original intact, and film🔜s like The Super Mario Bros. Movie that are more like a service to game fans. Each of these works has its ♛own merits, but as a film lover, I want to pursue expression as a film. I am aiming to make DEATH STRANDING in a way that can only be done as a film, and that will win awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. In fact, we are also currently working on an anime adaptation."

The anime adaptation in question appears to be the film being penned by Guzikowski. It's not clear 🌜when🐽 either film will be released just yet.

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As you can see below, Gyoda city in the Saitama prefecture has put together a paddy rice field that resembles the Demon Slayer protagonist in full flow,💮 complete with the iconic scar on his forehead.

Gyoda is on track to beat their own (hyper-specific) Guinness World Record, too. Back in 2015, they created the 'largest rice paddy artwork' to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the iconic Dragon Quest JRPG series. That attempt reached just over 27,000 square meters, with the 2025 Demon Slayer di🎉splay potentially besting it.

Demon Slayer Infinity Castle is set to be a trilogy of movies bringing the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotouge's acclaimed manga. In it, Tanjiro and his Hashira allies have been drawn into the titular Infinitܫy Castle, home to a legion of 'Upper Rank' demons and their fearsome leader, Muzan Kitsubushi, the demon responsible for th𝔉e death of Tanjiro's family.

Unfortunately for fans in the west, you'll have to wait a little longer to watch Demon Slayer Infinity Castle in cinemas. It's set ♊to release in Japan on July 18, with its release in other regions being staggered between Augဣust and September. The US and UK release is slated for September 12.

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According to the latest Crunchyroll study, conducted by National Research Group (NRG), anime💯 fandom is expected to reach at least 1.5 billion by 2030, even without including Japan and China, as its global audience keeps growing non-stop, particularly among younger viewers. "Anime is niche no more," said Crunchyroll EVP of global commerce and head of theatrical Michel Berꦡger (via ).

During this year's Annecy International Aꦐnimated Film Festival, Berger introduced the Crunchyroll Studio Focus 2025 and talked about the anime fandom's growth. According to the study, nearly 60% of viewers from 13 to 17 identify as anime fans. The number goes down to 44% with viewers from 13 to 54, but it still surpasses, according to꧋ Berger, other popular genres like K-dramas.

Berger concluded his presentation by sharing footage from the🌳 upcoming Demon Slayer movie, officially titled Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle, which is scheduled to be released on July 18, 2025, in Japan. Crunchyroll will distribute the film in international markets through Sony Pictures Releasing a coup🍌le of months later.

Infinity Castle could easily become a box office hit, at least if it follows the results of Demon Slayer: Mugen Train. The first Demon Slayer film made over $500 million at the global box office, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese ani♎me movie of all time.

Per the official synopsis, Infinity Castle sees Tanjiro and the Hashira rush to save the Demon Corps headquarters, but they're "plunged into a deep descent to a mysterious space by the hands of Muzan Kibutsuji. The destination of where Tanjiro and Demon Slayer Corps have fallen is the demons' stronghold – the Infinity Castle. And so, the battleground is set as the final battle between the 🤡Demon Slayer Corps and the demons ignites."

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is set to premiere in North America on September 12. For more, check out the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best anime we'd recommend watching in 2025. If you're still playing catch-up with Tanjiro's saga, you'll need our guide on how to watch 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Demon Slayer in order.

C⛎harting the story of the life, lost loves, and missed connections of protagonist Takaki, the 2007 anime movie is an anthology, split into three sections in 1991, 1998, and 2008.

Sadly, the new trailer is all in Japanese but, if you're familiar with Shinkai's work, you'll know the rich🎉 imagery, often with a focus on the contrast between tranquil countrysides and urban chaos, will tide you over. Watch it for yourself below.

5 Centimeters per Second, starring J-Pop idol Hokuto Matsumura, hits Japanese cinemas on October 10, but there's no word yet on a Western release. Given the recent trend of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new anime movies coming to these shores months after their debut in Japan, we wouldn't completely rule out watching it𒉰 in a c𓂃inema near you soon, however.

Shinkai's best-known work, Your Name, has also been mooted as a possible future l𓄧ive-action adaptation – but has since stalled.

Speaking to , Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung, who was once attached to the project, ultimately felt there were cultural barriers getting in the way of an adaptation, which was reportedly goin♋g to be set in 🦹America.

“I like the animated film, but what I didn't realize is how hard it is to adapt a Japanese animated mov✤ie and to try to do that for America. That was the goal that Toho had put before us. But it's really hard to do.”

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As flagged by , the June 9 takings of Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye came in at $350,000, gifting it 𝓰ninth place at the US domestic box office. Thunderbolts, meanwhile, is flagging in 10th, grossing $290,000.

While it's easy to raise eyebrows at another Marvel feature stalling in cinemas, it's more exciting to see the potential anime has with audiences later this year – as is the case with Evil Eye, which bundled the first three episodes of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dan Da Dan season 2 together with the finale of the first season.

Anime has always threatened to break into the mainstream (Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is 2020's highest-gros♍sing movie, beating out the likes of Tenet), but this could be the year it truly gets a firm foothold in theaters.

Later this year, the first part of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle and the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Chainsaw Man movie will be released in cinemas, each one offering the chance to put anime on the map in Hollywood. Beyond that, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Haikyuu VS The Little Giant is spiki♛ng its way onto the big screen in the coming years.

It's little wonder, then, that Disney CEO Bob Iger is eager to communicate a philosophy of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:quality over quantity in Marvel Studios' future.

Speaking on a💦 call with Wall Street analysts, Iger ca🍨lled Thunderbolts the "first and best example" of that new approach.

"In our zeal to flood our streaming platform wi𒉰th more content, we turned to all of our creative engines, including Marvel, and had them produce a lot more. We've also learned over time that quantity does not necessarily beget quality. Frankly, we've all admitted to ourselves that we lost a little focus by making too much. By consolidating a bit and having Marvel focus much more on their films, we believe it will result in better quality," Iger said.

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In the past few years, however, studios and production companies have catapulted a new trend into cinemas: the compila♈tion m🍷ovie.

Essentially a recap of a previous season bundled with a taster for what's to come, the likes of Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, and Solo Levelin🌼g have all seen success with the theatrical package.

Now, it's the turn of Dan Da Dan with Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye, an introduction to the first season's Evil Arc coupled with the first three episodes of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dan Da Dan season 2, an adventure t🐻hat sees series leads Momo and Okarun iꦜnvestigate supernatural goings-on at the home of Momo's former crush.

Speaking to GamesRadar+ co-director Abel Gongora from Science SARU only has good things to say about anime becoming more and more confident witꦐh its st🃏rides into the theatrical space.

"For me, it's great. I could see my work on the screen and it looks💝 amazing. The sound is really amazing in the theater," Gongora said.

Despiꦬt🍌e Evil Eye heading into cinemas, that seemingly wasn't the initial plan.

As Gongඣora explains, "We didn't know it was going to be a movie. That would [have been🌼] even cooler if we did it more like a prepared edition."

However, the co-director – alongside Dan Da Dan season one director Fuga 𒀰Yamashiro – hopes anime continues its trenܫd of big-screen releases.

"I was really happy to see [it] and I hope anime keeps doing things like that," Gongora said. "For example, in the premiere, we had people walking around – maybe going to watch other films or shopping in the mall – but then they also saw Turbo Grann𒉰y and the actors there. Then they ask, 'What is going on?' Then they might watch the anime because they saw it in the theater. That's also interesting."

Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye is out in US theaters now and in Europea🌱n theaters from June 7. Dan Da Dan season 2 is streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix from July☂.

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"I am currently working with A𒆙24 on a live-action film adaptᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚation of Death Stranding," Kojima told Vogue Japan (via ). "When it comes to adapting games into visual media, there are works like The Last of Us, which stays true to the original storyline, and films like The Super Mario Bros Movie which are more of a service to fans of the game."

“While these works have their own merits, as a f🉐ilm enthusiast, I want to pursue the expressive potential of cinema. I aim to create a Death Stranding that can only be realised through film, one that could win awards at festivals like the Cannes Film Festival or the Venice Film Festival. In fact, we are also currently working on an anime adaptation.”

Kojima's Death Stranding was released in 2019 and featured voice and motion capture from the likes of Norman Reedus, Mads Mikkelsen, Léa Seydoux, Guillermo del Toro, and Margaret Qualley. The action-adventure game takes place in a post-apocalyptic America, and sees the player control the character Sam Porter Bridges (Reedus), a courier who must deliver supplies to remote colonies known as Knot Cities - which m꧑ake up what is left of the United States of America, now known as the United Cities of America - and reconnect them v🌸ia a wireless communications network.

The live-action adaptation was announced back in 2022, with A24 confirming their involvement in 2023. It was an🍷nounced in April that A Qui𓆏et Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski would helm the pic, with Reedus saying he would love to be a part of🌜 the film and reprise his character. As for the anime, this is the first we'🔥ve heard of it and there is no other information – but we'll keep you posted.

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The movie, officially titled Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie, will not only show the best of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:one of the most beloved arcs from the Jujutsu Kaisen series but will ♛also include a new Juju Stroll mini anime, as reported by .

Much like the main series, the mini-anime is based on a graphic novel by Gege Akutami and features our favorite Jujutsu Kaisen characters: Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Shoko Ieiri. According to , the mini anime 💦will offer "a more relaxed and lighthearted tone compared to the main plot." MAPPA is handling the animation production on this one, too.

Aside from the mini-anime, the movie itself will contain the five episodes from one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best anime shows, Jujutsu Kaisen’s popular Hidden Inventory / Premature Death arc. This comes into play at the beginning of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Jujutsu Kaisen season 2, where𒉰 students Satoru Gojo 🐓and Suguru Geto are tasked with escorting young Riko Amanai to Master Tengen. But when a non-sorcerer user tries to kill them, Satoru and Suguru are pitted against one another.

However, audiences will get to experience the episodeജs like never before as the entire soundtrack has been remixed in 5.1-channel surround sound, with select tracks rearranged, exclusively for the theatrical release.

The compilation movie will hit screens in Japan later this May, with a special stage greeting featuring the main cast scheduled for its premiere day on May 30. The event is set to be broadcast live to theaters across Japan. Jujutsu K🍸aisen: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie will release in North American theaters on July 16, 2025, with both J♒apanese and English dub screenings.

Jujutsu Kaisen seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream on Crunchyroll now. For more, check out our guide on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:how to watch Jujuts🌠u Kaisen in order, or keep up to date with everything we know about 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Jujutsu Kaisen season 3.

A first look at the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Demon Slayer Infinity Castle movie is included in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:re-release of Mugen Train in 4K, which hits US theaters tomorrow,🅷 and Sony Picture꧑s and Crunchyroll want to prevent any leakings.

The official Demon Slayer profile against recording the trailer in cinemas and leaking it online. "A secretly recorded video of the theater-exclusive trailer for the Infinity Castle Arc that plays at the end of the main feature of the currently-showing revival screening of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaib𝕴a the Movie: Mugen Train has been found🦂 on the internet," started the post.

The leak came from Japan, wh🧔ere Mugen Traiꦛn is already being screened in theaters. The video was swiftly taken down.

"Filming secretly in a theater is a crime under the Law for Prevention of Unauthorized Recording of Films," continued the post. "In addition, uploading secretly recorded footage to X, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, etc., is a cop🐽yright infringement. Any infringement of copyright infringement in violation of the Film Piracy Prevention Act and the Copyright Act may be punished with imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to 10 million yen, or both."

With Mugen Train arriving in US cinemas tomorrow, there🌜 will be fans itching to share the new trailer online, but this official po꧒st does a good job at reminding them the legal consequences.

Patience, anime fans – the trailer for Infinity Castle will be releaꦏsed for everyone to enjoy very soon, since the movie is🐼 opening in Japan on July 18.

Per the official synopsis, Infinity Castle sees Tanjiro and the Hashira rush to save the Demon Corps headquarters, but they're "plunged into a deep descent to a mysterious space by the hands of Muzan Kibutsuji. The destination of where Tanjiro and Demon Slayer Corps have fallen is the demonꦰs' stronghold – the Infinity Castle. And so, the battleground is set as the final battle between the Demon Slayer Corps and the demons ignites."

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The💫 Mov꧙ie: Mugen Train hits theaters in 4k on May 14. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is set to premiere in North America on September 12.

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We don't know how long the sneak peek is exactly, but we do know that Infinity Castle is set to hit theaters in September - and we haven't gotten a trailer just yet. According to a press release from Crunchyroll, the Infinity Castle movie kicks off a "three-part cinematic trilogy [that] represents the final arc and culmination of the hugely popular award-winning anime sho🌺nen series." The movie will be released in Japanese withꦕ English subtitles, as well as an English dub.

Per the official synopsis, the movie sees Tanjiro and the Hashira rush to save the Demon Corps headquarters, but they're "plunged into a deep descent to a mysterious space by the hands of Muzan Kibutsuji. The destination of where Tanjiro and Demon Slayer Corps have𓆏 fallen is the demons' stronghold – the Infinity 🧜Castle. And so, the battleground is set as the final battle between the Demon Slayer Corps and the demons ignites."

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train hits theaters in 4k on Ma💛y 14. Demon🎐 Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is set to premiere in North America on September 12.

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While many anime use filler (it helps the manga get ahead of the anime), Naruto uses it far more than other big series, and it's been reported that 41% of Naruto's 700 episodes are filler. Now, I know that sounds bad, but honestly, not all the filler in Naruto is dreadful. In fact, when you decide to watch all of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Naruto in order, some filler actu🐓ally adds depth to characters and stories that didn't get the time to shiꦗne while Kishimoto was writing the manga week to week.

So, with that in mind, we've put togeth🤡er a comprehensive Naruto and Naruto Shippuden filler list (and mentioned which ones we think are worth watch𝔍ing) so that you can enjoy Naruto Uzumaki's journey from student to Hokage the right way.

Naruto filler list

The fiཧrst part of Naruto follows our titular hero as he gets to grips with th🥃e basics of being a ninja, meets his teammates, and learns his most iconic techniques. I can't lie; a lot of these filler arcs suck and should be avoided unless you're a Naruto completionist.

Below is the complete Naruto filler list:

• Episode 26: Special Report: Live from the Forest of Death!
• Episode 97: Kidnapped! Naruto's Hot Spring Adventure!
• Episodes 101-106: The Land of Tea Escort Mission Arc
• Episodes 136-141: The Land of Rice Fields Investigation Mission Arc
• Episodes 142-147: Mizuki Tracking Mission
• Episodes 148-151: Bikōchū Search Mission
• Episodes 152-157: Kurosuki Family Removal Mission
• Episode 158: Follow My Lead! The Great Survival Challenge
• Episodes 159-160: Gosunkugi Capture Mission
• Episodes 162-167: Cursed Warrior Extermination Mission
• Episodes 169-173: Kaima Capture Mission
• Episodes 175-176: Buried Gold Excavation Mission
• Episodes 178-183: Star Guard Mission
• Episode 184: Kiba's Long Day
• Episode 185: A Legend from the Hidden Leaf: The Onbaa!
• Episode 186: Laughing Shino
• Episodes 187-191: Peddlers Escort Mission
• Episode 192: Ino Screams! Chubby Paradise!
• Episode 193: Viva Dojo Challenge! Youth is All About Passion!
• Episode 194: The Mysterious Curse of the Haunted Castle
• Episodes 195-196: Third Great Beast
• Episodes 197-201: Konoha Plans Recapture Mission
• Episodes 203-207: Yakumo Kurama Rescue Mission
• Episode 208: The Weight of the Prized Artefact
• Episodes 209-212: Gantetsu Escort Mission
• Episodes 213-215: Menma Memory Search Mission
• Episodes 216-220: Sunagakure Support Mission

You can definitely skip Episode 26 as it's essentially a clip show, and Episode 97 is very throwaway. That said, I do quite like The Land of Tea Escort Mission Arc; it adds some more context to why Sasuke decides to leave Konoha and explores his growing insecurity around Naruto's ever-increasing power. The Land of Rice Fields Inv🐻estigation Mission Arc also serves as a decent epilogue to the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, as well, and is worth a watch.

Sadly, most of the episodes between 148 and 219 are absolute stinkers, and the only ones I'd recommend are the Sunagakure 🥂Support Mission Arc, which runs from episodes 216 to 220. The only reason I can recommend them is because I'm a Gaara fanboy. Oh, and whatever you do, avoid the Mizuki Tracking Mis🍃sion arc. It's hot, stinky garbage.

Naruto Shippuden filler list

Naruto Shippuden is set two years after our knuckle-headed ninja went to train with Jiraiya, and it's when♔ the series really gets going. This is when the Akatsuki makes their move. We learn more about the Tailed Beasts, and there's even another Ninja War.

The filler is also a lot better in Shippuden. While I'm not particularly partial to the Twelve Guardians Arc, it does flesh out Asuma's backstory and make his death more tragic. Meanwhile, the stuff around the Three-Tails (Guren and Crystal Release have always be♕en favorites of mine) and Six-Tails is brilliant and should have been included in the manga.

Below is the complete Naruto Shippuden filler list:

• Episode 57-71: Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc
• Episodes 91-112: Three-Tails' Appearance Arc
• Episodes 144-151: Six-Tails Unleashed Arc
• Episodes 170-171: Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy
• Episodes 176-196: Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha
• Episodes 223-242: Paradise Life on a Boat Arc
• Episode 257-260: Naruto-Sasuke Flashback Arc
• Episode 271: Road to Sakura
• Episodes 279-295: Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation Arc
• Episodes 303-320: Fourth Shinobi World War side stories
• Episodes 347-361: Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax / Kakashi's Anbu Arc
• Episodes 376-377: Mecha Naruto Arc
• Episodes 388-390: Hyūga Clan Arc
• Episodes 394-413: In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths Arc
• Episodes 416-431: Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki Arc
• Episodes 427-450: Jiraiya Shinobi Handbook: The Tale of Naruto the Hero Arc
• Episodes 464-468: Ashura and Indra Arc
• Episodes 480-483: Childhood Arc

Of all these filler stories, the Kakashi: Shadow of the ANBU Black Ops arc is the one you really shouldn't skip. This arc explores Kakashi's backstory in the aftermath of Rin's death, and it's heartbreakin⛦g and exciting. It even has a little baby, Itachi! What's not to love? As for which ones to skip? Well, Episodes 257-260 are essentially just a recap of Sasuke and Naruto's falling out, and the Mecha Naruto Arc is also divisive.

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Pluto TV is celebrating the wonderfully-named 'Anime-May' 𒁃with a series of new free channels and marathons on its streaming service.

With over 800 hours across 50 shows and 120 movies, the upcoming catalog refresh contains the likes of Death Note, One Piece, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure💜 all accounted for.

On top of that, there's also a 24/7 Inuyasha channel and, in the second half of May, there is a Bleach movie marathon (May 17). Maybe it's time to brush up on watching 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bleach in order?

There's also a Hunter x Hunter movie double bill (May 18), Naruto﷽ movie marathon (May 24-25), and a 'throwback' marathon consisting of classic 1980s and 1990ꦐs features (May 30).

Even if you can't catch Pluto's packed schedule, the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new anime spring and summer seasons have plenty of excitement 🦹to offer fans.

Alongside the likes of One Piece's return and Fire Force season 3, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dan Da Dan season 2 is set to hit Netflix in July.

This summer also features Kaiju No. 8 season 2, plus the re♒turn of Dr𝓀. Stone's final season and the second part of hitman anime Sakamoto Days.

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A new Mamoru Hosoda film is heading to cinemas later this year, and its first trailer promises an action-packed fantasy epic with unique visuals and a fascinating heroine. Studio Chizu has confirmed that Scarlet is releasing worldwide on December 12, o♑nly a few weeks after its Japanese release on November 21.

The announcement revealed some details about the upcoming anime movie, which follows a princess seeking revenge for the death of her father. In a story that "transcends time and space", Princess Scarlet will navigate "a world full of madness" in an adventure "beyond imagination" that will put her face to🐻 face with her nemesis. "Will Scarlett be able to find a way to live at the end of her endless journey?," reads an early synopsis (via ).

After Hosoda fo𝔉und inspiration in The Beauty and the Beast for his last feature, 2021's Belle, this new film is also set to draw inspiration from another global classic, according to Japanese website , but the director hasn't revealed further details yet. If you want to find some clues, you can watch the first trailer for Scarlet above.

Mamoru Hosoda is the di🔜rector of one of the 21st Century's best anime movies, Mirai, which was nominated for an Oscar in 2019. Hosoda is also responsible for some all-time gems like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast. He almost directed Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle too, before Hayao Miyazaki took over the project.

With Hosoda's new movie coming to cinemas, 2025 is turning into an amazing year for anime fans. Netflix just announced a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new anime movie, Lost in Starlight, and the highly anticipated 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc has already confirmed a US release this fall.

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So, I've rewatched all of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Naruto in order and looked through every village's records to bring you what's unarguably the definitive ranking of all the Akatsuki members. Well, I say every member; I haven't included Juzo or Orochimaru on this list because Juzo is a Naruto filler character, and we don't know enough about Orochimaru's power level when he was part of the team. If that a🔥nnoys you, well, I'm sorry, but they'd both be under Sasori (you can argue amongst yourselves as to where).

I've also treated Black Zetsu and White Zetsu as single members because, although they're technically two people, no one in the group treated them as two individuals, so I'm not going to either. Does that make me lazy? Naaaah. Now, let's get into one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best anime series around📖: here are the 10 strongest Naruto Akatsuki member♉s ranked!

All the Akatsuki members ranked by strength

10. Zetsu

Easily the weakest🍸 member of the Akatsuki, Zetsu himself admits he's not built for combat in the same way his colleagues are. Instea👍d, this sneaky shinobi has several versatile jutsu, most notably the Mayfly technique. This unique jutsu allows Zetsu to merge his body with the ground and travel anywhere he likes while being completely undetectable, even by the most proficient sensor ninjas.

Zetsu also has a powerful transformation 💞technique, which, when combined with his other moves, makes him a master of infiltration and assassination. It's also worth noting that while Zetsu may not be a powerhouse in the leagu🃏e of Itachi and Pain (to be fair, few ninjas are,) he's not going to lose to any random schmuck. His unique physiology gives him the ability to use the Wood Release and every other nature type, so he's more than capable of throwing hands if he needs to.

9. Hidan

Poor Hidan. When your signat💛ure jutsu involves dying, you know you're in trouble. Yes, Hidan might be an S-Rank ninja, but realistically, he's a one-trick pony – it's just that his one trick is pretty deadly. You see, Hidan is completely immortal, courtesy of the god Jashin. This means he can be impaled, beheaded, incinerated, and survive. To make matters worse, he's got a technique that allows him to transfer any of the damage he takes on to the person who damaged him.

He's basically a walking, talking voodoo doll. Sounds cool, right? Well, no. Hidan’s technique isn't automatic, and it takes a ritual to perform. This means if you know his secrets and can stop♛ him from setting up his jutsu, he's basically as useless as an ice cream handbag in the desert. Beyond this technique, H𓄧idan has no other jutsu and an IQ lower than Sasuke's mood on the Uchiha massacre anniversary. Basically, he's rubbish, and I presume he was only allowed into the Akatsuki to make up numbers.

8. Konan

A powerful kunoichi, Konan has an incredible power that makes her one of the deadliest ninjas in the world. Through unknown means, she can transfo🀅rm her body into paper, allowing her to form wings, 🔜weapons, shields, and anything else she can imagine. In the anime, we see her put this power to deadly use, smoothing and skewering her opponents with terrifying ease.

Konan combines her incredible power with an impressive level of strategy and high🌳 analytical skills. It was this that allowed her to work out Obito's weaknesses and push the seemingly i💧nvincible Uchiha to the brink of death. So why's she ranked so low? Sadly, we never see her win a fight, and sadly, she has a really lame weakness. Yes, what happens when paper gets wet? It falls apart – just like Konan.

7. Deidara

If we were ranking the Akatsuki by sheer awesomeness, then Deidara would be top of the list, but sadly, this is a power ranking, and I'm afraid he doesn't crack the top five. Why? Well, while his explosive 🦹clay techniques are🍬 impressive, and he puts them to creative use, the sad fact is that Deidara only really knows how to do one thing, which is blow things up.

Now, I must admit he does that wonderfully; his C4 technique, which releases microscopic bombs, is particularly terrifying, and he did manage to defeat Gaara single-handedly. 💦Yet against an opponent capable of neutralizing his bombs like Sasuke or 🌺fast enough to lock him in genjutsu, he's essentially powerless. Indeed, Deidara admitted he was weaker than his master, Sasori… speaking of which.

6. Sasori

By far the most underrated member of the Akatsuki, Sasori had the ignominy of being the first member of the group to die. However, that doesn't mean he's weak. In fact, Sasori was a sort of one-man army that canonically defeated an entire country with his legions of puppets. Oh yeah, you read that right. Sasori uses puppets, but tℱhese aren't the puppets you see on Sesame Street. Each of Sasori's puppets is a deadly weapon, full of blades, projectiles, and gallons of poisonous gas, allowing 🍃him to fight his opponent from a safe distance.

But wait, there's more because these puppets are made from the bodies of𓄧 his dead opponents, which lets him use any of their techniques, kekkei genkai, or jutsu. Sounds pretty powerful, right? It gets worse. Sasori has converted himself into a living puppet, so even if you defeat his hundreds of puppets, you have to deal with his most potent weapon yet: himself. So, if he had all that going for him, how did Sasori lose? He let himself lose. It sounds like Kishi just wrote himself into a corner to me.

5. Kakuzu

Kakuzu's a super strong ninja who, similarly to Sasori, often gets underestimated. Why don't Naruto fans ratꦏe Sasori? Sadly, the Akatsuki's unofficial treasurer had the bad luck to try and fight the show's protagonist right after a training arc (if he'd ever watched an anime, he'd know that's a recipe for disaster). In all seriousness, though, Kazuku was a beast; he had access to every nature type, knew offensive and defensive techniques, and could combine elements on the fly.

However, what made him such a terrifying threat was his signature jutsu, the Earth Grudge Fear, which granted him several unique powers, including immortality (sorry, Hidan), regeneration, and the ability to transform his body into weird black tendrils, which he could manipulate at will. All of this made Kakuzu powerful enough to go toe-to-toe with Hashirama, the First Hokage. So, with all that in mind, why isn't he in the top spot? Well, honestly, Kakuzu migh♚t be a beast, but everyone else on this list is a monster.

4. Kisame

Arguably the most inhuman of the Akatsuki, Kisame was completely loyal to the group's mission, which made him a ferocious fighter, especially when backed into a corner. Not that he needed much help in that regard, because Kisame, as befits his shark-like appearance, was an incredibly dangerous ninja. His basic skills were impressive enough; he was a master of water ninjutsu, an accomplished swordsman, and his taijutsu skills were high enough that he could hold off Team Gai using just 60% of his power.

What really made Kisame such a threat, though, was his sword, Samehada. This living weapon had a ravenous appetite for chakra, and with a single swing, Kisame could steal the energy of any opponent he fought. Not only that, the sword could effectively neutralize any jutsu thrown at Kisame. Incredibly, though, that wasn't the limit of the pair's power. Kisame and Samehada could fuse, becoming a horrifying sﷺhark-like monster with incredible chakra reserves. This form was capable of bringing ninja as powerful as Killer-B to their knees and made Kisame one of Akatsuki’s top fighters. His only weakness? Well, Samehada is a fickle beast, and let's just say it's not afraid of betraying its master if it finds a more delicious chakra source.

3. Itachi Uchiha

Itachi is a ludicrously powerful ninja. He graduated from the academy at age six and was an Anbu at age 11. Even by the standards of the incredibly talented Uchiha clan, Itachi was seen as a prodigy, a genius among geniuses, who'd lead the clan to great things. Then he murdered them all. Yes, at the tender age of just 13, he wiped out one of the ninja world's strongest clans and cemented himself as a legend. That may seem obscene, but his powers and skill made it child's play. In all seriousness, Itachi has superb taijutsu and ninjutsu skills, but it's his genjutsu abilities that make him such a powerhouseꩲ.

With a glance from his Sharingan, he can cast illusions so powerful they're indistinguishable from reality, allowing him to easily defeat even the most powerful opponents. Unarguably, though, 𓆉what makes Itachi one of the Aktsuki's most prized fighters is his Mangekyou Sharingan, which gives him access to Amaterasu (black fire that can burn through anything), Tsukuyomi (the most powerful genjutsu in the series), and Susano, a sort of kaij🐭u-sized chakra avatar. Itachi also wields the Sword of Totsuka and the Yata Mirror. Oh, and he can rewrite reality by sacrificing the sight in his eyes. So, how was he defeated? Well, he does have one weakness: he loves his little brother.

2. Pain

The self-proclaimed God of the Shinobi world, Pain doesn't just talk the talk. He walks the walk. What makes him very nearly the top dog? Well, he has the Rinnegan, special eyes that are supposedly a gift from the gods, which give Pain powers beyond imagining. He can manipulate gravity, summon unique and powerful animals, absorb chakra, tear people's souls from their bodies, hear your thoughts, shoot missiles from his head (yes, really), a✤nd absorb chakra. He's essentially every member of the Akatsuki in one body… actually no. He's every member of the Akatsuki in six bodies because Pain, real name Nagato, doesn't go into battle himself. He splits his power into six bodies (known as the Six Paths of Pain) that he controls remotely, which allows him to stay safe regardless of what happens to his puppets.

Not that much happens to his puppets becaus♈e of how obscenely strong they are. This guy took down the entire Konoha military single-handedly, killed Jiraiya and Kakashi, and basically made every leaf shinobi who wasn’t called Naruto look like they were fresh out of the academy. Even when Naruto arrived, it turned out that the title character was barely a match for Pain, and it took the combined efforts of the Toad Sages, three kaiju-sized toad summons, and a last-minute save from Hinata and Naruto's ghost parents fꦍor them to defeat the Six Paths. The only reason Nagato lost? He fell victim to Naruto's most powerful ability, the talk-no-jutsu.

1. Obito Uchiha

Now I know what you're thinking after Pain and Itachi; how broken must Obito be? Well, he's more broken than a LEGO set that's𝓀 just fallen off a 30-foot skyscraper into a pool of plastic melting acid. Obito is bonkers. Not only does he have the usual Uchiha abilities – the Sharingan, powerful chakra, and all that good stuff – he was trained by Madara, the strongest Uchiha in history, has the same body as Zetsu, giving him Wood release, and he's got a Rinnegan just like Pain.

Yes, you read that right he's effectively a grab bag of every power we’ve listed so far (Except Hidan's powers because he sucks), but there's more. Like Itachi, Obito has unique Man🐟gekyou Sharingan powers that let him control time and space. Using this power, which is called Kamui, he can teleport himself, become completely intangible, and suck people into fissures into the space-time continuum. He can literally blink you out of existence. Terrifying right?

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To help, we've charted all the One Piece filler episodes and movies for you to have the smoothest voyage possible through Eiichiro Oda's beloved franchise. We can tell you every bit of filler, then map out which episodes should sink without a trace in your upcoming One Piece marathon. Of course, it's all up to you. We're just giving you the treasure map; the spoils you go for are entirely your own decision. You can also check out our guide to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码🉐历史查询:One Piece Egg𓃲head Arc release schedule if you want to keep up with the newest adventures. For now, though, let's set sail🎀 for Luffy and pals.

One Piece filler list: what episodes should I skip?

Thankfully, One Piece doesn't have a lot of filler. Many long-running anime shows have a certain amoun🅰t due to the production company catching up to the manga and needing to let more plot build up. Despite running for over 1100 episodes, only around 9% of them are filler, or 95 episodes.

The storylines are often just as wild as any other season, but they don't have any real lasting impact. More often than not, the Straw Hats wind up having to wriggle out of some unexpected situation. Occasionally, we get a history lesson, with some backstory for members of the crew, and sometimes a filler episode is purely a one-off story about Luffy and his cohorts🥂 in any time period, and what that looks like.

The same can't be said of the movies. 11 out of 15 are totally filler, but because of their greater production value and self-contained stories, there's a stron൲ger case for not missing them out.

Nonetheless, here's the complete One Piece filler list:

• Movie 1: One Piece: The Movie
• Movie 2: Clockwork Island Adventure
• Episodes 54-60: Warship Island Arc
• Movie 3: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals
• Episode 98: Enter the Desert Pirates! The Men Who Live Freely
• Episode 99: False Fortitude! Camu, Rebel Soldier at Heart!
• Episode 102: Ruins and Lost Ways! Vivi, Her Friends, and the Country’s Form!
• Movie 4: Dead End Adventure
• Episodes 131-135: Post-Arabasta Arc
• Episodes 136-138: Goat Island Arc
• Episodes 139-143: Ruluka Island Arc
• Movie 5: One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword
• Episodes 196-206: G-8 Arc
• Episodes 220-224: Ocean’s Dream Arc
• Movie 6: One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
• Episodes 225 and 226: Foxy’s Return Arc
• Movie 7: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle
• Episodes 279-283: Straw Hats Backstories
• Episode 291: Boss Luffy Returns! A Dream or Reality Lottery Trouble
• Episode 292: The Great Mochimaki Race to the Castle! Conspiracy of the Red Nose
• Episode 303: The Criminal is Boss Luffy? Chase the Vanished Great Sakura Tree
• Episodes 317-320: Post-Enies Arc
• Episodes 326-335: Ice Hunter Arc
• Episode 336: Chopperman to the Rescue! Protect the TV Station by the Shore!
• Episodes 382-384: Spa Island Arc
• Episodes 406-407: Boss Luffy Historical Specials
• Episodes 426-429: Little East Blue Arc
• Episodes 457-458: A Special Retrospective Before Marineford
• Movie 11: Straw Hat Chase
• Episode 492: The Strongest Tag-Team! Luffy and Toriko’s Hard Struggle!
• Episode 542: A Team Is Formed! Save Chopper
• Episodes 575-578: Z’s Ambition Arc
• Movie 12: One Piece Film: Z
• Episode 590: History’s Strongest Collaboration vs. Glutton of the Sea
• Episodes 626-628: Caesar’s Retrieval Arc
• Episodes 747-750: Silver Mine Arc
• Movie 13: One Piece Film: Gold
• Episodes 780-782: Marine Rookie Arc
• Episodes 895-896: Cidre Guild Arc
• Movie 14: One Piece: Stampede
• Episode 907: 20th Anniversary Special! Romance Dawn
• Episodes 1029-1030: Uta Arc
• Movie 15: One Piece Film: Red
• Episode 1084: Time to Leave - Wano Country and the Straw Hats

Which One Piece filler arcs and movies can you skip?

While you can skip every episode and movie of One Piece filler, a couple of them do add some value to the overall narrative. You get a deeper understanding of some characters, as well as fun adven💯tures and, especially ꧅in the case of the films, some stunning animation.

The G-8 Arc is the biggest highlight, where the Going Merry, ﷽the ship of the Straw Hats, is taken by the Marines. Luffy and the crew have to split up to get it back in the𓆏 marine base, each taking a different path and employing different means to get to their treasured vessel.

The Post-Arabasta Arc is another that gives more substan🐎ce to the Straw Hats, providing flashbacks to five members of the crew. Luffy and Robin aren't included, letting you focus entirely on other characters who don't get as much attention otherwise.

In terms of the movies, much like Dragon Ball Z, none of them are necessary ✤for the ongoing plot. However, they shine in terms of production, and a few will tug on your hear🎶tstrings and have you on the edge of your seat.

Of the 15 (!) so far, we recommend these five: Strong World, Z, Gold, Stampede, and Red, each for a distinct reason. Strong World is🍒 actually written by Eiichiro Oda, and you geꦛt more time with Shiki, a canonical villain. Z is a fan-favorite, pitting the Straw Hats in a race against time to prevent a cataclysmic event. If you like heist movies, Gold plays like the Straw Hats starring in their own version of Ocean's Eleven, making it incredibly fun.

Stampede's plot concerns the quest for the One Piece, and why it matters that the whole journey is ta🅠king so long🤪. Finally, Red has a clever plot that's well told with some gorgeous visuals, and it's worth watching just to see how far the franchise has come on-screen.

The best One Piece filler arcs that you should watch

You should catch three One Piece filler arcs in particular. The G-8 Arc is a funny, smart romp with a lot of nuance on who each of the Straw Hats are. Many fans are hoping it's retroactively made canon, and it's treated with some reverence within the wider co🌠mmunity.

The Post-Arabasta Arc provides good backstory to the crew outside of Luffy and Robin, a treat for anyone who loves 𒈔their mythology. Finally, the Boss Luffy Historical Specials are single-episode stories where the Straw 🔯Hats are in a different era from history. They're just charming TV through and through.

The best One Piece filler arcs to watch:

• Episodes 131-135: Post-Arabasta Arc
• Episodes 196-206: G-8 Arc
• Episodes 291, 292, 303, 406-407: Boss Luffy Historical Specials

Will the One Piece remake have filler episodes?

We don't expect the One Piece remake to have any filler episodes.

If there are any, it'🦩ll be a minimal amount. The One Piece remake is a full reboot from the ground up, improving visuals and tightening up the writing across the board.

Modern anime production has moved away from filler as we once understood it. Studios don't need to produce as many weekly episodes anymore, since seasons have gotten shorter and much of the audience is ܫonline.

Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, and My Hero Academia, many of the biggest properties of the last 15 or so years, have much, much less filler compared to what came before. Even the associated films are bec🦂oming canon, as both Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen have movies using actual manga so🌌urce material.

Rather than filler, we tend to get stopgap movies between seasons, such as Spy x Family Co꧙de: White, or compilation𒀰 films, like Solo Leveling: ReAwakening. The former doesn't affect the status quo, and the latter is usually a blend of existing footage and a preview of what's coming.

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Anime of the Year

• DAN DA DAN 
• Delicious in Dungeon 
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 
• Kaiju No. 8 
• Solo Leveling 
• The Apothecary Diaries  

Film of the Year

• HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle 
• Look Back 
• Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain 
• My Hero Academia: You’re Next 
• SPY x FAMILY CODE: White 
• The Colors Within

Best Original Anime

• BUCCHIGIRI?! 
• GIRLS BAND CRY 
• Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night  
• Metallic Rouge
• Ninja Kamui 
• Train to the End of the World 

Best Continuing Series

• BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• My Hero Academia, My Hero Academia Season 7
• ONE PIECE
• 【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
• SPY × FAMILY, SPY × FAMILY Season 2

Best New Series

• DAN DA DAN
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Kaiju No. 8
• Solo Leveling
• The Apothecary Diaries

Best Opening Sequence 

• Abyss - Yungblud - Kaiju No. 8
• Bling-Bang-Bang-Born - Creepy Nuts - MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
• Fatal - GEMN - 【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
• LEveL - SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER - Solo Leveling
• Otonoke - Creepy Nuts - DAN DA DAN
• UUUUUS! - Hiroshi Kitadani - ONE PIECE

Best Ending Sequence

• Antanante - riria. - Ranma1/2
• Burning - Hitsujibungaku - 【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
• KAMAKURA STYLE - BotchiBoromaru - The Elusive Samurai
• Nobody - OneRepublic - Kaiju No. 8
• request - krage - Solo Leveling
• TAIDADA - ZUTOMAYO - DAN DA DAN

Best Action 

• BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict
• DAN DA DAN
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Kaiju No. 8
• Solo Leveling
• WIND BREAKER

Best Comedy

• Delicious in Dungeon
• KONOSUBA -God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
• MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
• My Deer Friend Nokotan
• Ranma1/2
• SPY × FAMILY Season 2

Best Drama

• A Sign of Affection
• DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• 【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
• Pluto
• The Apothecary Diaries

Best Isekai Anime

• KONOSUBA -God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
• Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (season 2, Cour 2)
• Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
• Shangri-La Frontier Season 2
• Suicide Squad ISEKAI
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3

Best Romance

• A Sign of Affection
• Blue Box
• Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
• Ranma1/2
• Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
• The Dangers in My Heart Season 2

Best Slice of Life

• Laid-Back Camp Season 3
• Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
• Mr. Villain's Day Off
• My Deer Friend Nokotan
• Sound! Euphonium 3
• The Dangers in My Heart Season 2

Best Animation

• DAN DA DAN
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Kaiju No. 8
• Solo Leveling

Best Background Art

• DAN DA DAN
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Pluto
• The Apothecary Diaries

Best Character Design

• DAN DA DAN
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Kaiju No. 8
• The Apothecary Diaries

Best Director

• Fuga Yamashiro - DAN DA DAN
• Haruo Sotozaki - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Keiichiro Saito - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Megumi Ishitani - ONE PIECE FAN LETTER
• Norihiro Naganuma - The Apothecary Diaries
• Yoshihiro Miyajima - Delicious in Dungeon

Best Main Character

• Frieren - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Kafka Hibino - Kaiju No. 8
• Okarun - DAN DA DAN
• Maomao - The Apothecary Diaries
• Momo - DAN DA DAN
• Sung Jinwoo - Solo Leveling

Best Supporting Character

• Fern - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Himmel - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Jinshi - The Apothecary Diaries
• Seiko - DAN DA DAN
• Senshi - Delicious in Dungeon
• Turbo Granny - DAN DA DAN

“Must Protect At All Cost” Character

• Anya Forger - SPY × FAMILY Season 2
• Frieren - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Okarun- DAN DA DAN
• Senshi - Delicious in Dungeon
• Tokiyuki Hojo - The Elusive Samurai
• Yuki Itose - A Sign of Affection

Best Anime Song

• Abyss - Yungblud - Kaiju No. 8
• Bling-Bang-Bang-Born - Creepy Nuts - MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
• Fatal - GEMN -【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
• LEveL - SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER - Solo Leveling
• Otonoke - Creepy Nuts - DAN DA DAN
• The Brave - YOASOBI - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Best Score

• BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict- Shiro Sagisu
• DAN DA DAN - kensuke ushio
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc - Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - Evan Call
• Look Back - Haruka Nakamura
• Solo Leveling - Hiroyuki Sawano

Best Japanese Voice Artist Performance

• Aoi Yuki (Maomao) - The Apothecary Diaries
• Atsumi Tanezaki (Frieren) - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Kenichi Suzumura (Bravern) - Brave Bang Bravern!
• Shion Wakayama (Momo)  - DAN DA DAN
• Sayaka Sembongi (Marcille) - Delicious in Dungeon
• Natsuki Hanae (Okarun) - DAN DA DAN

Best English Voice Artist Performance 

• AJ Beckles (Okarun) - DAN DA DAN
• Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling
• Jessie James Grelle (Armin Arlelt) - Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
• Mallorie Rodak (Frieren) - Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• Sarah Natochenny (Alya) - Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
• SungWon Cho (Senshi) - Delicious in Dungeon

Best Arabic Voice Artist Performance

• Basil Al-Rifai (Loid Forger) - SPY × FAMILY Season 2
• Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger) - SPY × FAMILY Season 2
• Julien Chaaya (Isagi) - BLUE LOCK 2nd Season
• Lama AlSayyagh (Marcille) - Delicious in Dungeon
• Mohammed Sami (Rin) - BLUE LOCK 2nd Season
• Nawar AlMahairi (Laios) - Delicious in Dungeon

Best Brazilian Portuguese Voice Artist Performance

• Bruna Laynes (Marcille) - Delicious in Dungeon
• Celso Henrique (Sunraku) - Shangri-La Frontier Season 1
• Charles Emmanuel (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling
• Gigi Patta (Maomao) - The Apothecary Diaries
• Heitor Assali (Reno Ichikawa) - Kaiju No. 8
• Pedro Azevedo (Dot Barrett) - MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc

Best Castilian Spanish Voice Artist Performance

• Ainhoa Maiquez (Miyo Saimori) - My Happy Marriage
• Clara Schwarze (Akane Tendo) - Ranma1/2
• Jorge Peña (Senshi) - Delicious in Dungeon
• Mario Ballart (Kafka Hibino) - Kaiju No. 8
• Masumi Mutsuda (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling
• Sandra Villa (Frieren) - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Best French Voice Artist Performance

• Adrien Antoine (Kafka Hibino) - Kaiju No. 8
• Audrey Sablé (Naomi Orthmann) - Metallic Rouge
• Jaynelia Coadou (Momo) - DAN DA DAN
• Julien Allouf (Jinshi) - The Apothecary Diaries
• Marie Nonnenmacher (Frieren) - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Martin Faliu (Ranma Saotome) - Ranma1/2

Best German Voice Artist Performance

• Daniel Schlauch (Monkey D. Luffy)  - ONE PIECE
• Felix Kamin (Kafka Hibino) - Kaiju No. 8
• Florian Knorn (Ranma Saotome) - Ranma1/2
• Franciska Friede (Momo) - DAN DA DAN
• Jörg Hengstler (Kogoro Mori) - Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine
• Magdalena Höfner (Marcille) - Delicious in Dungeon

Best Hindi Voice Artist Performance

• Abhishek Sharma (Einar) - VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2
• Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo) - JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2
• Natasha John (Frieren) - Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• Rajesh Shukla (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling
• Ranjit R Tiwari (Yoichi Isagi) - BLUE LOCK 2nd Season
• Rushikesh Phunse (Kafka Hibino) - Kaiju No. 8

Best Italian Voice Artist Performance 

• Alessandro Pili (Kenma Kozume) - HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle
• Andrea Oldani (Jinshi) – The Apothecary Diaries
• Ilaria Pellicone (Kyomoto) - Look Back
• Katia Sorrentino (Neia Baraja) – OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom
• Martina Felli (Frieren) – Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Mattia Bressan (Kafka Hibino) – Kaiju No. 8

Best Latin Spanish Voice Artist Performance

• Alicia Vélez (Momo) - DAN DA DAN
• Desireé González (Maomao) - The Apothecary Diaries
• Erika Ugalde (Frieren) - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 
• Luis Leonardo Suárez (Muzan Kibutsuji) - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Miguel Ángel Leal (Eren Jaeger) - Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
• Omar Sánchez (Kafka Hibino) - Kaiju No. 8 

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The first season's finale will be bundled with the opening trio of entries in the upcoming second season for a compilation movie titled Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye. As the name suggests, it's going to adapt the manga's Evil Eye arc, which sees protagonist Momo's friend possessed by a vengeful (꧂and murderous) spirit.

Pleasingly, this isn't going to be a situation akin to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Demon Slayer Infinity Castle or the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Chainsaw Man movie and their slow and staggered release plans. Instead, there will be a "global theatrical rollout" in the lead-up to July's season ▨2 bow on Netflix. It's landing in the US on June 5 and Europe in Ju😼ne 6.

Its sudden move to cinemas proves that Dan Da Dan was one of the standout 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new anime in 2024 – and looks to cap🉐italize on a surge in fandom for the supernatural love story. The compilation movie, too, is the latest entry in a trend that has provided earl𝔍y, bundled looks at the likes of Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling, and Jujutsu Kaisen.

Revolving around the most unlikely of duos, Dan Da Dan pairs up the bookish Okarun and the headstrong Momo, who each believe in a separate strand of the supernatural and the occult. The kicker? Okarun believes in UFOs, while Momo swears alie🥃ns don't exist. Momo is more a ghost-believing gal – something that tickles Okarun until he suddenly comes face to face with a fearsome spirit.

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Per the official synopsis, this late 18th-century tale of romance and fate "unfolds during the turbulent French Revolution vividly bringing to life the world of Oscar – a beautiful woman raised as a boy ඣby a distinguished general – a♕nd an ensemble of unforgettable characters." The film was announced back in 2022 as a celebration of the manga's 50th anniversary. You can watch the stunning trailer below.

Directed by Ai Yoshimura (Daily Lives of High School Boys) and written by Tomoko Konparu (Dance with Devils: Fortuna), the film stars the voices of Miyuki Sawashiro, Aya Hirano, Toshiyuki Toyonag🐲a, and Kazuki Kato. The English voice cast includes Caitlin Glass, Megan Shipman, Karen Strassman, Ryan Colt Levy, Andy 🍸Delos Santos, Brandon McInnis, Daman Mills, Talon Warburton, Greg Whipple, Smosh's own Damian Haas, J Michael Tatum, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Barbara Goodson, Alejandro Saab, Jon Hall, and Shelby Young.

The manga, written by Ryoko Ikeda, first hit shelves in 1972. A stage musical (the first of many) premiered in Japan in 1974, followed by a live-action movie in 1979 and an animated film in 1985. A revival of the manga was released in 2013, with aꦚ playable visual novel coming out in 2019.

The Rose of Versailles premiered in Japan on January 31, and is set to hit Netflix on April 30. For more, check out our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Netflix shows and the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Netflix movies to stream right now.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, will hit US screens on October 29. This means that fans in the US will only have to wait just over one month to see the film after it premieres in Japan on September 19. The news was confirmed by Sony Pictures at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, as reported by . Sony has acquired worldwide theatrical rights to the movie, and will bring the anime adaptation to more than 80+ countries fro♊m September 24, 2025.

Sony then revealed the news to the world via , alongside a new bloody poster featuring the Chainsaw Man himself wielding his bla💮ded arms. Check out the post below.

The movie serves as a sequel to the highly popular 2022 anime TV show Chainsaw Man, which is in turn adapted from the manga of the same name by Tatsuki Fujimoto. The show follows a teenage boy named Denji who is forced to harvest devil corpses for the Chainsaw Devil Pochita. However, one day Denji is killed himself, but before he passes to the other sid☂e, he makes a deal with Pochita to be revived as a man with the devil’s heart known as Chainsaw Man.

The Ch🅰ainsaw Man Movie seems to pick up from where season 1 leaves off and sees Denji now happily part of the Special Division 4's devil hunters and dating the woman of his dreams Maꦛkima. However, things take a turn after Denji meets local café worker named Reze (hence the Reze Arc).

The film welcomes back some of the original Chainsaw Man crew, such as director Tatsuya Yoshihara, who previously directed the fourth and tenth episodes of the series, and writer Hiroshi Seko. Original🌺 character designer Kazutaka Sugiyama is also back on 💧board.

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The follow-up to the first season of Chainsaw Man hits Japanese cinemas on September 19. A western release date for the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Chainsaw Man movie hasn't yet been confirmed as of writing. The news was 🍎revealed during a panel a𒅌t this year's AnimeJapan event.

What can we expect from the Reze Arc? As we already ꦚknow, it's a canon continuation of Chainsaw Man in place of a second season.

As per its synopsis, "Denji became Chainsaw Man a boy with a devil’s heart, and is now part of Special Division 4’s devil hunters. After a date꧙ with Makima, the woman of his dreams, Denji takes shelter from the rain. There he meets Reze, a girl who works in a café."

Those with a cursory eye on the manga will know it adapts the Bomb Girl arc (chapters 40-52) which, itself, is around halfway through the ser⛦ies' first part, titled Public Safety Saga. In short, things are about to get explosive.

Elsewhere in the anime sphere, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Demon Slayer Infinity Castle brings the first part of the final chapter in Tanjiro's story to👍 the big screen in July in Japan and in Septem🌄ber in the US and UK.

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The renowned animator and director took to Twitter on March 18 to point out that ꧋the day marked 53 years since Kamen Rider vs. Shocker premiered – and kickstarted his love of the genre. He also pointed out that it had been two years exactly since Shin Kamen Rider, his acclaimed live-action take on the m꧋aterial, was released.

"As of today, I am currently working on voice recording and writing screenplays for five different works," Anno continued. "But if the Shin Kamen Rider: Kamen no Sekai [Masker World] project is green-lit, I would also like to work h𒈔ard on it as a sixth project."

It's unclear whether or not the Studio Khara founder was including his upcoming Gundam series Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX as one of the "five different works",  though it seems safe to assume so given that it's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:set to air on Prime Video from 🗹April 8. With that, it's unlikely he's still working on post-production or penning sc💮ripts for it.

"I'm guessing: Return of Shin Ultraman, Shin UltraSeven (these first two were in the Shin Ultraman pitch document from a few years), Sp🎐ace⛄ Battleship Yamato, another Evangelion movie? and maybe something Gquuuuux related?" .

"One of them is probably Yamato, but I'm really curious about the other four," , while : "Shin Yamato, Sieg Axe 🐷Movie Version, Shin Returnꦛ of Man, Shin Sentai, Shin Mighty Jack?"

Back in October 202💙4, it was announced that Studio Khara had acquired the rights to produce a new Space Battleship Yamato animated film, and that production was tentatively expected to kick off in 2025. Anno has said to have been quietly working on Shin Kamen Rider: Masker World since April 2023, around the time his first reimagining came out.

As for Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, "Amate Yuzuriha, a high schoo꧅l girl who lives a peaceful life in a space colony floating in space, meets Nyaan, a war refugee girl, and gets caught up in the illegal mobile suit dueling competition 'Clan Battle'," reads the official synopsis. "Using the entry name 'MACHU' Amate pilots a GQuuuuuuX and throws herself into fierce battles every day. At the same time, an unidentified Mobile Suit 'Gundam,' pursued by both the space army and the police, and its pilot, a boy named Shuuji, appears before her. And the world is about to enter a new era."

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According to the musical anime movie Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle has earned more than $5 million at Japan's box office so far. Created by Japanese pr༒oduction company King Records, the film is currently playing in 85 cinemas across Japan and is said to be the wor♑ld’s first fully interactive theatrical film.

The anime follows six battle rap teams competing for musical glory. The story is set around a string of rap battles featuring songs from Japan’s leading hip-hop groups. The whole film comes under two hours but there are actually over five hours of footage to be seen, totaling 48 different outcom🦹es based on which route audiences decide to take.

So, how does it work? Viewers must first download the Hypnosis Mic app onto their phone and then once at the cinema, moviegoers will be able to scan a QR code that links the app with the screen in front of them. Then, at numerous points throughout the film, vieweꩲrs are able to vote on their desired outcome.

Of course, interactive film isn't ♛unheard of as Netflix has tried its hand with it in the past with Black Mirror: Bandersnatch for example, but to have this experience in the cin🔜ema is certainly new. The most impressive part is that over 30 percent of the film’s viewers have returned to see it more than once. This is because repeat viewing allows moviegoers to pick different outcomes until their ideal route is chosen via the group voting system.

Due to its success in Japan, King Records, who supply the technology for interactive screenings, is looking to expand internat🌠ional markets. The device needed is෴ about the size of two PlayStations that runs on high-speed internet and a connection to a projector, meaning, it can be used at virtually any theater.

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According to , Heroes star Masi Oka is developing the series in partnership with CBS Studios and will serve as executive producer. CBS is currently searc🐭hing for writers.

Claymore, written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi, was first published monthly in Weekly Shonen Jump back in 2001. The series is set on a medieval island where humans are hunted by humanoid shape-shifters known as the Yoma. A mysterious company known simply as The Organization creates female human-Yoma hybrids to kill the Yoma – and essentially save mankind. The female warriors are referred to as "Claymores꧟," due to their claymore swords.

A 24-episode anime series aired in Japan from April 2007 to September 2007, and adapted the first through eleven volumes of the manga. The episodes can be currently be streamed in th𓂃e US on Crunchyroll.

Per Deadline, the upcoming live-action series adaptation "aims to preserve the action and complex moral dilemmas of the original manga and the anime TV series." The report also notes that there's been an increased interest in live-action anime adaptations due to the success of Netflix's One Piece, which did, indeed, effectively end the Western live-action curse by not only being manga-accurate, but also by leaning into the true campy and soap opera elements that anime often comes ꦿwith.

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The Studio Ghibli flick follows Ashitaka, a young Emishi prince who's exiled after being cursed by a demon. On a quest to cure himself of the curse, he become🔯s entangled in the conflict between Irontown and the nearby forest of the gods, including a feud between the town's leader, Lady Ebo🍎shi, and San, a young girl raised by wolves.

Originally released in 1997 and writ𝓰ten and directed by Studio Ghibli boss Hayao Miyazaki, the voice cast for the Eng🐲lish-language dub included Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Billy Bob Thornton, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Gillian Anderson.

Princess Mononoke was a hit with critics and has a near-perfect score of 93%🤡 on Rotten Tomatoes. It was a success at the Japanese box office, too, becoming the highes🥂t-grossing movie in the country. Now, almost three decades later, it's still the eighth highest-grossing movie of all time in Japan.

While the re-release is limited to North America for now, it's quite likely that the movie might make its way across the pond in the near future as there have been a spate of Ghibli re-releases over the past few months. Last summer, for example, My Neighb🧜or Totoro returned to UK cinemas, with Spirited Away following a few months later and Howl's Moving Castle set to arrive this April.

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"I'd love to make aꦉnother, but curre💧ntly, it's not in the cards," . "However, I've just started working on something I'm very excited about:) More to come…"

"This is so upsetting," a particularly gutted follower 𓆏replied. "Ultraman: Rising was the biggest surprise of last year. A movie so magnificent that it skyrocketed to #1 on my favorite films of 2024 list. More people needed to see this film because there was an endless sಌupply of talented individuals who made this Tokusatsu film something truly magical."

"Honestly it's a miracle that a movie like Rising even exists in the first place, so I'll take that as a win at least," said another. "Maybe one day we’ll get a sequel🦋."

Based on Tsuburaya Productions' Ultraman franchise, the film landed on Netflix back in June 2024, and swiftly earned itself an impressive 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. It centers on all-star baseball player Kenji 'Ken' Sato, who abandons his career in the US to return home to Japan and follow in his superhero father's footsteps. Taking on the mantle of Ultraman, he's forced to defend Tokyo🤡 from giant monsters. But his mission is compromised when he stumbles across a baby kaiju in need of a family; albeit 🍰a 35-foot tall firebreather.

Before long, Sato takes it upon himself to put asid𝓀e his ego and balance work and parenthood, to protect the little one from those looking to corrupt her immense power.

Christopher Sean (You), 🔴Gedde Watanabe (Sixteen Candles), Tamlyn Tomita (Avatar: The Last Airbender), Keone Young (Star Wars Rebels), and Julia Harriman round up the voice cast.

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My general attitude is that if learning what happens in a movie or show truly ruins the experience for you, it's not a particularly good movie or show on its own merits. The plot is just one aspect of the whole, after all. Learning a single part of a movie or show only slightly impacts foreknowledge, in the same way that knowing Robert Pattinson is in Mickey 17 and does a little voice again doesn't tell the whole story about that movie. If anything, I'm maybe more excited to see Mickey 17 because I know Pattinsonꦺ does a little voice in it.

So, sure, watch the trailer for theatrical compilation anime film Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- (again, yes, really) and peep the key art and synopsis. And maybe eyeba꧑ll what some 🐻of your favorite critics are saying about it if you're willing to gamble. Or wait to watch the anime series proper when it starts actually airing in early April. But I beg of you: avoid learning anything else that you possibly can. Find out about the little voice, so to speak, but don't dig 🎀any deeper.

Newtype of spoiler alert

It's not like GQuuuuuuX (once more, yes, really) will be actively worse for having been spoiled. The movie and series will remain just as valuable as works of art. But if you can manage to experience either or both with a fresh perspective, that's going to go a long way. I wish I'd been aඣble to follow my own advice – don't get me wrong, I had a great time, but I suspect that my experience would have been all the more heightened the first time through if I didn't really know🔴 what I was getting myself into.

Making this kind of plea is inherently difficult, however. If I told you why I think folks should go in largely blind, well, that… wouldn't be going in largely blind, would it? But it makes the logical aspect here fairly feckless. Logically, there's no good way to convince you to not go check out all the trailers and hashtags to your heart's desire; I'm prohibited b𒈔y the very nature of 💯my argument from actually making it.

And so, pathos it is. You cannot replicate the experience of not knowing something. Experiencing anything at all for the first time is not a repeatable action, and when you know what Mobile Suit Gundam G♛QuuuuuuX (for one final time, yes, really) is all about, well, you know that for good. Unless you forget, of course. This whole point is moot for people with a bad or faulty memory, and for all the times you've lost your keys at least you folks also g❀et to keep a sense of wonder about things.

But it's that same wonder here that I implore you to protect. In my own case, and again because of the hazards of my job, I lea𒊎rned just a smidge too much. I still had a great time with the compilation movie, but I do wish someone had taken me by the shoulders and told me not to wantonly Google the name of the film in my search for showtimes. So, consider 𓄧this me digitally taking you by the virtual shoulders; you can thank me later.

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- is currently airing in theaters. The full Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX series is set to begin airing in Japan on April 8, and looks to be heading to Amazon's Prime Video internationally. While we wait, you're welcome to check out 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史🦋查询:the best anime you should be watching in 2025.

Titled Haikyuu VS The Little Giant, it sees Hinata go up against another diminutive opponent as thౠe Nationals continue following the dramatic events of last year's The Dumpste🍷r Battle.

Below, you'll find everything that's been revealed about the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new anime movie so far, including its very first trailer. We'll also speculate further about release dates, which manga chapters could be adapted, where the story is picking up from, and a larger look at whether this is actually the final Haikyuu movie.

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Haikyuu VS The Little Giant release date speculation

As of writing, no release date for Haikyuu VS The Little G🐻iant has been announced.

But we certainly have some ideas on when it might make it back onto the court. For further clarification, we should head back to the previous movie's release plans. There, The Dumpster Battle was announced in August 2022 before finally dropping some 18 months later in 💛February 2024 in Japan.

If that's the same again, we wouldn't be surprised to see a fall 2026 release date as each Little Giant does b🍎attle with each other on the grandest stage of them 🧸all – in cinemas.

Given that the production teams now have their fair share of feature film experience (and not to discount that this was potentially being worked on back to back with the last film), a 2026 r💫elease window feels realistic. The fact that a release date hasn't yet been given seems to completely rule out a 2025 arrival, however – at least in the west.

Haikyuu VS The Little Giant story: what manga chapters is it adapting?

Haikyuu VS The Little Giant will adapt the majority of the remaining chapters in the ๊manga's Tokyo Nationals Arc, but not all of it (more on that in just a moment).

For this movie, all you need to know is ♊it's set to cover around chapter 327 and then chapters 338-365.

The Little Giant is set to pick up immediately where The Dumpster Battle movie left off. With Karasuno havꦅing finally defeated their eternal rivals Nekoma – and sparking Kenma's passion for the game – they move on to the quarter finals to face opponents Kamomedai High and their star player Korai Hoshiumi, AKA The Little Giant.

Unfortunately for Hinata, he's set to find out why his rival is also called The Little Giant – the nickname of a player ♋he once looked ಞup to. While we don't spoil the action (or the result) here, expect another fast and furious encounter as each school bids to stay in the tournament.

Completionists should also ensure they watch the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming Haikyuu special The Place Wh𝔍ere Monsters Go. That will cover the quarter final match between two other schools, Fukurodani and Mujinazaka and their respective aces Bokuto and Kiryu. For those reading along in the manga, that's covered by chapters 328-337.

Is Haikyuu VS The Little Giant the final movie?

Now, this is interesting. In 2022, it was ꦗannounced that Haikyuu would come to an end with two 'FINAL' movies instead of the expected fifth season.

But it remains to be seen whether VS The Little Giant is actually the final movie. Notably, the show's has removed 'Final' from The Little Giant's movie title – and given fans fresh hope that the manga's post-timeskip Final Arc will be a⛄dapted.

Given that The Dumpster Battle made a cool $100 million at the worldwide box office – making it the 30th highest-grossing Japanese film of all time – it a🎃ppears there's plenty of demand for fresh volleyball action from Hinata and his team. We certainly wouldn't rule out a Final Arc adaptation – whether that's on the big screen, a fifth season, or a series of television specials. Watch this space🐓.

Haikyuu VS The Little Giant trailer

Despite the movღie still not having a release date, the first Haikyuu VS The Little Giant trailer is here.

The minute-long teaser, which☂🎉 you can see above, charts Karasuno's exploits in both their biggest matches to date as well as their current run of tournament victories. Then, focus moves to their opponents Kamomedai and their own 'Little Giant', Hoshiumi.

Will Hinata fly high or will Hoshiumi fly that little bit higher? The Little Giant looks set to answer that question. While t🅰hat's still up for debate, the trai⭕ler teases that we'll get even more high-octane, fist-pumping volleyball action from the animation studio Production I.G.

A VS The Little Giant poster has also been released, showcasing some of the players that have strutted their stuff at the Nationals. See it for ⛄yourself🌳 below.

Haikyuu VS The Little Giant cast: expected returnees

As you might imagine, all of Karasuno's players 💧will be back on the court for VS The Little Giant. That includes Hinata (voiced by Ayumu Marase), the irascible setter Kageyama (Kaito Ishikawa), and Karasuno's captain Daichi (Satoshi Hino). Quiet-willed Asahi (Yoshimasa Hosoya), libero Nishinoya (Nobuhiko Okamoto) and hot-headed Tanaka (Yu Hayashi) will join the fray against Kamomedai in the quarter final.

Other players include Tsukushima (Koki Uchiyama), Sugawara (🐬Miyu Irino) and Yamaguchi (Soma Saito), while Hitoka Yachi (Sumire Morohoshi) and Kiyoko Shimizu (Kaori Nazuka) wil𝔍l be watching from the sidelines.

On the opposing side, Kamomedai's team consists of ace Hosh💙iumi (Natsuki Hanae), middle blocker Hirugami (Yu Miyazaki), and setter Sawa (TBA), who also captains the team.

Where to watch Haikyuu VS The Little Giant

If it follows the first movie, Haikyuu VS The Little Giant will 🧔first be avౠailable in cinemas before being made available to stream for Crunchyroll members six months after its western release.

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As rev♏ealed at the Corps Gathering ev♓ent on March 1, the upcoming feature is hitting cinemas on July 18, 2025.

For those out of the loo🔯p with Tanjiro's demon-hunting exploits, the manga's In🐓finity Castle arc is set to be adapted as a full movie trilogy.

Depending on how closelꦫy it follows Koyoharu Gotouge’s source material, it co🌄uld cover both the Infinity Castle arc (chapters 137-183) and the Sunrise Countdown arc (chapters 184-205). That would, in theory, bring the entire Demon Slayer story to a close on the big screen instead of on streaming.

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While Demon Slayer has released a series of recap and compilation movies in recent years, 2025's Infinity Castle movie stands to be the first full-fat, original feature for theꦍ hit anime since♒ 2020's Mugen Train.

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The film, which is an edited, theatrical version of some episodes in the new Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV show – set to release in Japan on April 8 – has enough merit to fill a gold mine. It shouldn't need to rely on cheap peeks under 🅰her schoolgirl skirt.

GQuuuuuuX is the series' first major collaboration between 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno's Khara studio and Bandai Namco's Sunrise – "a crossing of dreams," Gundam calls it in . Anno hims💞elf co-wrote the script alongside Revolutionary Girl Utena writer Yoji Enokido, while Anno's disciple and Evangelion director Kazuya Tsurumaki handled GQuuuuuuX's direction.

That is enough industry power to keep a wind turbine swirling, and the result is both visually and emotionally stunning. The alternate universe movie follows Machu, a high schooler with pink hair and a⭕ natural ability to command the fearsome mobile suit GQuuuuuuX. She uses the suit – clumsily lost by the Zeon military, coaxing Challia Bull into a wary pursuit – in illegal "clan battles," hoping to win money for the quiet, blue-haired delivery girl Nyaan while growing closer to her mysterious second-in-command Shuji.

I quickly became attached to Machu while watching GQuuuuuuX at its New York premiere. While the movie supplies barely any details about her life beyond a few casual remarks – she goes to cram school, her mother loves her – it emphasizes her listlessness at several points. Machu aches to experience real gravity and real s♈eas, not the manufactured environment of her colony in UC 0085. Even with the galaxy spilling endless stars around her, she wonders, "C💧an you be free in space?"

Her philosophical angs෴t is fresh and relevant, reminding me of my own ennui existing in a society where billionaires romanticize Mars, and the world seemingly has little regard for women's safety. GQuuuuuuX's laser sword✤s and pretty character designs – reminiscent of the clean and colorful style of the original '80s Gundam – emphasize Machu's revelation when she discovers a portal of fractured, rainbow light during a mobile suit battle.

"Kira kira," she call📖s it, or glitter, a vacuum of endless shine she💞 starts to yearn for.

I love Machu for her ambition. Ultimately, she's an unabashedly girly genius, who modernizes the Gundam franchise by being one of its few female protagonists with dimension. That's a cue GQuuuuuuX seems to take from Evangelion. But, despite both the character and the film's impressiveness, I just can't get over the fact that, in GQuuuuuuX – much like Evangelion treats its own f♊emale characters – Machu is mercilessly sexualized.

Right after we see Machu's face in GQuuuuuuX, we see her underwear. The high schooler is introduced in a handstand position, surrounded by a crowd of classmate🔯s squealing about her panties. From this early moment in the film, I felt my guard go up, making it impossible to🎐 savor any of the intriguing moments that were to follow.

Hypersexualizing young girls is one of anime's most perva꧟sive tropes, and it's as revolting as a wound that won't close. Apart from contributing to a , legendary but lecherous anime like 🅷Evangelion also makes it impossible for me as a female audience member to legitimately connect with a female character. There's always a voice whispering in the back of my mind, reminding me that she's only here for people to gawk at, not relate to.

It's alienating. And it's disappointing that Machu is subjected to such lazy exploitation; GQuuuuuuX also depicts the small, obviously young character naked in the bathtub in an unnecessarily drawn-out sequence, and naked in the kira kira, though no other character who passes through the sparkle appears to lose their clothes. She also wiggles through an older man's legs while controlling a mobile suit for the first time, something that made my screening's a🐲udience giggle.

But, for me, these uncomfortable moments sit like black coffee on an empty stomach. It's not like collaborator Hideaki Anno can't do better – the writer's 1998 live-action experimental film Love & Pop is highly c👍ondemnatory of the deranged Japanese men who pay to date its naive high sch🌺ool protagonists.

That movie has plenty of intimate shots of its young female characters – the camera often swoops under their uniform skirts, or glares at their bare legs – but its context is critical, not blissfully unrelated like GQuuuuuuX. In Love & Pop, teen🐼 girls are surrounded by staring eyes, unwanted hands, stinking hot breath at the back of their necks. So, even the camera becomes part of the frenzy, suggesting that the vulnerable girls are always seen as sexual, even when they're alone, even when they're afraid. But in the unrelated GQuuuuuuX, getting a glimpse of Machu's undies or bare shoulders turns her body into a spectator sport.

Machu deserves better, as do incoming fans of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX𝕴's otherwise refreshing take on the franchise. I left the film wondering, why do robots deserve mor🀅e respect than a girl?

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Dragonite and the Postman is s🎃hort and sweet, clocking in with a runtime of just over 14 minutes. Shared on the official account, it follows Hana, a young g🌄irl who's fascinated by a Dragonite postman.

One day, she finds a letter without an aಌddress and sets out to find the sender with her partner Pokémon, Fuecoco. The sender turns out to be a young boy named Rio, who wrote the l𝔍etter for his father's birthday as he's currently working away from home in another region. It's already his father's birthday, though, so it's a race against time for Hana and Rio to make sure the letter arrives.

♔The film was produced by CoMix Wave Films, the studio behind anime movies like Suzume, Weathering With You, and Your Name. Taku Kimura, who previously helmed an episode of Star Wars: Visions, directed the short.

Unfortunately, there isn't an English dub or any English subs for🐽 the short just yet, but it's definitely still worth checking it out for the gorge🌼ous animation.

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Sirens of the Deep, whic🔥h hit the streamer on February 11, is currently sitting at just shy of five million views for its week on the platform. Nightmare of the Wolf, however, hit over nine million views in the same timeframe when it dropped back in 2021.

The film is currently number seven in Netflix's top 10 movie chart, above Norbit, Mission: 🌼Impossible – Dead Reckoning, and Shrek the Third. The first two Shrek movies, B🐽ack in Action, and Kinda Pregnant are all pulling in more views, however.

Sirens of the Deep follows Geralt of Rivia (voiced by the character's video﷽ game actor, Doug Cockle) as he travels to a seaside village to investigate a series of attacks by mysterious creatures – and gets drawn into a cenꦕturies-long conflict in the process. Set between episodes 5 and 6 of the main show, it's based on Andrzej Sapkowski's short story 'A Little Sacrifice'. The cast also features actors from the live-action show, including Anya Chalotra and Joey Batey.

Nightmare of the Wolf, meanwhile is a prequel that follows the origin story of Geralt's mentor Vesemir, voiced by Theo James. The f෴ilm has a perfect critics' score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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"Du🀅e to overwhelming demand, Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK screenings in the US & Canada have been EXTENDED! More chances to experience the epic c💝onclusion on the big screen – don't miss out!" reads a post on Attack on Titan's Twitter account.

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"After venturing beyond the walls and separated from h♏is comrades, Eren finds himself inspired by this new truth and plots the 'Rumbling,' a t𒁏errifying plan to eradicate every living thing in the world," reads the movie's synopsis. "With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, a motley crew of Eren's former comrades and enemies scramble to halt his deadly mission. The only question is, can they stop him?"

The Last Attack is released in the US on Fe𒁏bruary 10 and in the UK on February 26.

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It's in some seriously good hands too as it's created by the studio behind Makoto Shinkai's Your Name, Weathering Wiಌth You, and Suzume, CoMix Wave Films. The premise is extremely moving too, as it follows a young girl named Hana who admires a Dragonite postman. One day, she finds letter without an address on it, and sets out on an adventure to find its sender.

Per , the synopsis reads "Upon finding that the sender is a young boy named Rio, she learns that he wrote the letter๊ for his father's birthday, since he's currently away in the Kanto region for work. Problem is, it's already his father's birthday…" You're breaking my heart, guys. It seems it will be a race against time to deliver the message, and I can't wait to see what's sure to be a wholesome journey.

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Bandai Namco revealed the news, sharing that Dune's production company Legendary would be officially co-financing the film with Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. Th🅺e movie is tentatively titled GUNDAM for now.

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A first look at the project was also unveiled via a poster, which you can see below. It doesn't give much away, but it does have a pretty cosmic vibe. Sweet Tooth's Jim Mickle is directing and wrಞiting, with a theatrical worldwide release planned.

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A movie wꦏas first announced back in 2018, and by 2021 it was intended for Netflix with Jordan Vogt-Roberts directing. However, Mickle joined the project as director in 2024 and by then Netflix was no longer involved, though Leg🉐endary has remained attached.

As for Dune, it sounds like director Denis Villeneuve will be returning to Arrakis soon for Dune 3. "I was expecting to do something else before, but frankly, that's the inspiration that came to my mind as I took a break this summer and was going back and finishing the story," 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:he said recently. "I was re🍒ally moved by the way Part Two was received by cꩲinephiles around the world, and I felt an appetite and a desire to see more and a responsibility to finish that story."

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"I don't think there was anything particularly new about [this] Geralt. The writers were really good about keeping him familiar. I think if he wasn't, that would be a problem," Cockle told GamesRadar+ of Sirens of the Deep, which also features the voices of Jaskier actor Joey Batey and 🤡Yennefer 💖actor Anya Chalotra.

"I've been voicing Geralt since 2005, so I don't think he has any surprises in store for me. If he doe🍷s, [The Witcher author] Andrzej Sapkowski is going to ha💞ve to write them."

Sirens of the Deep – which is set between the fifth and sixth episodes of The Witcher season 1 – does see Geralt and Doug Cockle head into uncharted waters in some respects, ✃however.

As The White Wolf finds himself caught in the middle of a brewing wa꧋r between merpeople and humans, he has to eit🌜her let his sword do the talking or, in this case, a new language.

"One of the th🌳ings that was reaℱlly fun about recording Sirens of the Deep is the merspeak, which I found really challenging," Cockle reveals. "If anything, that's a new facet to [Geralt] that we didn't know about… He does try his hand at merspeak and me doing it, me performing, it was really hard."

But Cockle remains clear: the Geralt in Sirens of the Deep, Netflix universe or otherwise, is ultimately in line with the one he has played across several game titles and, presumably, will do so again in the future in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Witcher 4.

"I had to 💜bring Geralt," Cockle says. "When I was asked to do it, they didn't say, 'Can you make this change?' I just brought my Ger💙alt to the table… Watching the [film] myself, I thought, 'This is my Geralt.'"

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According to showrunner Lauren Hissrich and Sirens of the Deep co-writer Rae Benjamin, there's a perfectly logical reason why they've waited to tell the tale in 2D. "We didn't want to cheap out," stresses Hissrich in the new issue of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:SFX magazine, which features Daredevil: Born Again on the cover and hits newsstands on January 29. "Water is♈ death, you know?" she adds. Well, not everyone can be James Cameron now, can they?

Directed by Kang Hei Chul, Sirens of the Deep takes place bet🔯ween episodes 5 and 6 of the main show and sees Geralt of Rivia hired to investigate a series of violent attacks that have spooked the residents of a small coastal village. Later, he finds himself having to stop a centuries-old conflict between humans and und𝄹er-the-sea folk from turning into an all-out war. Doug Cockle, Joey Batey, Christina Wren, and Anya Chalotra star.

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Inviting audiencesไ into a fully conceived merworld, inhabited by merpeople who speak their own mer language, is a tall order, and the team behind The Witcher's latest offering saw it as an opportunity to push the limits on what we've see♐n of The Witcher world before.

"Being that this was animated," says Benjamin, "we took full advantage of making these merpeople feel different. They're not your traditional depiction of mermaids – you know, a human-looking person with a tail. W✃e wanted to make something that you haven't necessarily seen in other movies and TV shows, and really make it as heightened as possible. There aren't any budget constraints, there aren't any visual effects constraints. We wanted to dive into that world and make it as unique as poss🦩ible."

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With uncharted territory, then, comes a brand new companion for Geralt to potentially warm up to. Enter✱ Essi Daven (Christina Wren), an old friend of Jaskier (Joey Batey) who ends up by The White Wolf's side as he finds himself entangled in a brewing🅺 war between humans and merpeople.

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For fellow writer Mike Ostrowski, s🐠he represents "the road not taken", someone who "on its face, makes more sense than Yen."

While The Witcher executive producer Lauren Hissrich said the mainline show made the decision that "Geralt would never really stray from Yen again" after the first season, she points to Geralt's wandering adventures in🐼 Sapkowski's books as a ri🦂ch vein of storytelling still to mine.

"So we thought this was a great way to pay homage to how Geralt was after he met Yen, b🌳ut before they became what we now know them as, which is lovers who have become each other’s family," Hissrich says.

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In hindsight, I should have. The movie, which is out now, is as sweetly original as the gum-wrappered insides of a high school student's locker; Catholic school girl Totsuko doesn't quite have synesthesia, but she sees people's colorful auras. Kind, spiritual, and a little bit of a dummy, Totsuko is lost until she starts a band with her blue-green friends Kimi and Rui, a "music otaku," Yamada said through a translator at The Colors Within's New York premiere, who happens to play the theremin – t🌳een stuff.

"There's really no name for why [Totsuko] is this way," Yamada tells us through a translator during an interview conducted ahead of the Animation is Film Festival in October 2024. "It's really just how she sees the world, and how she relates to other people. [...] I was hoping it would be an opening into helping audiences realize something about themselves, like, 'Oh, when I talk to people, this is where I get this feeling.'"

Watching The Colors Within, I was moved by how much I related to Totsuko in unpredictably tiny ways. Like the protagonist, who bounces around with hair rendered wheat-gold by Yamadওa's pastel-colored brush, I was raised Christian, with an emphasis on expression and feeling God in your heart. Totsuko and I both sing and pray for the orbit of the planets, ice cream, and even the snowfall sway of Gisele, a ballet I love that I was surprised to discover Totsuko loves, too.

This is the power of specificity. Though many coming-of-age movies strive for universal relatability with blanket facts – gym class, mꦏean dad, best f♏riends – I found The Colors Within so emotional because its characters couldn't be mistaken for anyone else.

"With an original [film]," Yamada, who's worked extensively on manga adaptations like K-On!, explains to us, "I have to create something from scratch, be the biggest fan of it myself, and then make it. [It's a] big hurdle, because if I start to think, 'Oh no, of course it's not going to be interesting, because it came from me,' there's no way I could selꦫl it to my staff. So I think I put in a lot of effort into [...] looking at myself objectively."

Though it's perhaps an unintended byproduct of her process, Yamada's characters in The Colors Within strive for confidence in a similar way to what she describes. At the film's New Yor🍸k Japan Society premiere this week, Yamada said she꧙ wanted the film to embody "the courage to say, 'This is what I like.'"

That kin꧑d of clarity can be difficult or embarrassing for anyone, but especially for The Color Within's awkward protagonists. Though the music they play – composed by DanDaDan soundtrack creator Kensuke Ushio – has so much sparkly spirit, Totsuko, Kimi, and Rui hesitate to tell anyone about their band practices out of fear of punishment or judgement. Even so, "Having a secret was really important" to the trio, Yamada said, "because to have the courage to reveal that secret was a really important step in the characters' lives."

In their own shy way, the teenagers eventually learn to form their identities like seaglass, bright little fingers of patience, resilience, and surrender. And, by reminding me of my adolescent self – who I st♈ill carry with me like a shiny, holy penny – The Colors Within imbued me with r🍎esiliencꦺe, too.

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"Adolecense is a time when both your heart and your body are not fully grown, so there's so much possibility." Yamada said in New York. "And I think that's really 🍎beautiful."

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"He's great in all those action films that he's done, isn't he? He is wonderful. So I think he'll bring all that to it," Cockle tells GamesRadar+ of Hemsworth, who has appeared inꦍ the likes of The Expendables and The Hunger Games franchise🌠s.

"We'll see what he brings to the table. He's a good 𝓀actor, so I'm really excited to see what he brings."

Cockle, who is about to mark 20 years of voicing Geralt, is in the dark as much of the rest of us when it comes to Liam Hemsworth's debut in N♔etflix's The Witcher. Yet, his boundless experience means he knows exactly what a good Geralt, new or old, should bring to the table – and it's something previous incumbent Henry Cavill had in spades.

"I think what Henry and I brought to the role was that slight dou🐷r[ness] – I call him a reluctant hero," Cockle explains.

"It's that quality I think is🦩 most important to bring to the character of Geralt, because that's what he does. He's not a bad guy; he's not necessarily a good guy. He always wants to remain neutral, but he keeps finding himself in these situations where he has to make a d🐭ecision when faced with a moral dilemma."

Cockle continues, "Sometime🍸s these decisions turn out okay, sometimes they don't. So I think that reluctant heroism is the most important quality to bring to the character of Geralt. But that can take many different shapes. Henry's version of that was difꦅferent from mine, but very similar."

Liam Hemsworth 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:took over the role of Geralt from Henry Cavill, who departed The Witcher after three seasons. Hemsworth is set to portray The White Wolf in the final two seasons of The Witcher, with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a first look at his take on the character released last year.

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The Wit𝄹cher: Sirens of the Deep is streaming on Netflix from February 11.

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Fans are expecting that the new information includes an official release date for the movie, which is set to be released in Japa🀅n at some point in 2025, as well as further details about the plot. MAPPA has only released a couple of so far, so we might be getting a full official trailer too.

For those who don't know, AnimeJapan is an annual gathering of anime's biggest and upcoming titles, which will be taking place at Tokyo's Big Sight from March 22. The event will offer big updates for highly anticipated animes like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Demon Slayer's Infinity Castle arc, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:My Hero Academia's final season, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Apothecary Diaries season 2, as well as Chainsaw Man's first movie.

Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc will continue the story after the events of season 1. The story follows Denji, an impoverished teenager who ag♎rees to fuse his body with that of a dog-like Devil named Pochita. Now with the ability to transform parts of his body into chainsaws, Denji joins the Public Safety Devil Hunters, a government agency dedicated to protect Japan against Devils.

The movie is set to adapt the Reze Arc from Tatsuki Fujimoto's popular manga. The official synopsis reads: "Denji became Chainsaw Man, a boy with a devil’🎀s heart, and is now p💮art of Special Division 4’s devil hunters. After a date with Makima, the woman of his dreams, Denji takes shelter from the rain. There he meets Reze, a girl who works in a café."

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A trailer for the first ever Aliceജ in Wonderland anime mo🐓vie is here, and it's a spellbinding, dreamy trip through another world.

In the clip, which you can watch above, we're taken through an oversized keyhole to Wonderland, where we see all the familiar elements of the classic tale – like the 'eat me' label, a clock, red roses, the Cheshire Cat,🔯 and the Queen of Hearts playꦰing card – but in a beautiful, paper art style.

The movie is titled 'Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to - Dive in Wonderland -' (Alice in Wonderland: Dive in Wonderland), and it follows Rise, a regular girl who enters Wonderland and meets Alice. Rise will be voiced by Nanoka Hara, while Alꦉice is voiced by Mica Pyu. TBS Holdings and Shochiku are producing, with Black Butler's Toshiya Shinohara directing. Yuko Kakihara scripted the movie, and P.A. Works is animating.

While Alice in Wonderland has been adapted as an anime show, titled Fushigi no Kuni no Alice and released between 1983 and 1984, this is the fiꦜrst anime movie adaptation. It will be released in theaters in Japan this August 29.

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The 30-second clip, which you can watch below, opens with beautiful watercolor painting-like landscapes of trees and a house in the middle of nature. We then get a glimpse of the two central characters as one says, "Ourꦺ reunion brought back the fireworks," to which the other replies, "I wonder if we could make something like this still exist."

The teaser ends with some beautiful underwater clips, abruptly ended by an alarm clock. Could it have all been a🅺 dreaﷺm?

Loosely inspired by the fast-changing Japanese after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, A New Dawn f🍷ollows three characters and꧙ their connection to the Taitou Fireworks factory.

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The upcoming movie is set to mark S༒hinomiya's directorial debut. His previous works as an artist include Children Who Chase Lost Voices, and Gekijōban Cardfight!! Vanguard.

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An adaptation of one of the final arcs in Koyoharu Gotouge's a♛cclaimed manga, the upcoming mo💟vie trilogy sees Tanjiro and the elite Hashira demon slayers drawn into the shadowy 'Infinity Castle', home to a selection of the world's most fearsome 'Upper Rank' demons – including series Big Bad Muzan Kibutsuji.

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The feature is expected to bring together the first five episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen season 2, an arc which dived⛄ further into the past and recounts Gojo and Geto's time as sorcerers-in-training at Jujutsu High.

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30. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Year: 2006
Director: Mamoru Hosoda

Kicking off this list is The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, a Groundhog Day-style time lꦛoop adventure that sees teenager Makoto bestowed with the ability to rese♊t time – seconds before being hit by a train. While her first attempts to 'time leap' are cheap and unnecessary, Makoto's discovery that her powers are finite soon turn the movie into a faintly tragic tale that mirrors Steins;Gate's and its heroes' inability to avert disaster.

Bundled with a strong love story and endearing protagonist, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, ironically, feels like a movie that is caught in a temporal limbo. The 2006 release missed out on the late '90s and early '00s wave of renewed interest in anime, while it would have undoubtedly been a wider success if it were released today. Maybe it's time to seek it out for yourself and experience this 🌸anime-hidden gem.

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29. Jujutsu Kaisen 0

Year: 2021
Director: Sunghoo Park

Prequels, by their very nature, can be predictable and meandering affairs. Thankfully, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is more in line with Better Call Saul in terms of how it approac💝hes things, taking prominent characters – in this case, sorcerers Goto and Geto – and enriching their stories to deliver a beautifully-told chapter through the lens of shy sorcerer-in🃏-training, Yuta.

Being based on a popular ongoing anime, it's of little surprise that Jujutsu Kaisen 0 cut through in the (relative) mainstream when it was released in cinemas, grossing almost $200m at the box office. Its style and flair are obv🔯ious highlights, though the accessibility of the horror-tinged prequel to newcomers should not go overlooked. Jujutsu Kaisen has plenty more to come, but it might never be better than this standalone prequel.

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28. The First Slam Dunk

Year: 2022
Director: Takehiko Inoue

Remixing the finale of an anime and manga series that hasn't been seen since the mid-'90s doesn't exactly seem like, well, a slam dunk. But, against all the odds, The First Slam Dunk is a Last Dance-style success story. The feature film, which grossed almost $280 million worldwide, takes the series' final match – 🌠between Shohoku and Sannoh high schools – and gives it the big-budget treatment, making every rebound, fou🍒l, and shot feel extra impactful with its fluid animation.

But The First Slam Dunk's greatest triumph is in how it treats point guard Miyagi. Readers and viewers of the original story will still have some affinity with the player. Still, the 2022 movie goes further, unpicking 🤡his motivations for the sport from his first steps onto the court through to the final buzze🌺r.

27. In This Corner of the World

Year: 2016
Director: Sunao Katabuchi

Unfortuna🐭tely for Hiroshima, its lasting image is one of destruction. In This Corner of the Wor💫ld, though, opts for the path less traveled by opening up the more personal side of its culture and citizens in the lead-up to August 6, 1945. Japan has long made incredibly poignant art out of the gaping trauma of World War Two's nuclear attacks, but few are as heart-wrenching or as unflinching in their portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground impact on its people.

As newly-married Suzu settles into her new life ju🍒st outside the town of Hiroshima, she soon encounters the disrupting nature of wartime measures. Of course, viewers will be acutely aware of the irony of the town's initial grumbles, but few will be ready for the wave of violence and destruction to come. In This Corner of the World culminates in a se🐈ries of sadly predictable events that, though immensely sad, blossoms into something surprisingly touching against all the odds – and stands as a lasting testament to the power of anime and the secret stories it can tell.

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26. Violet Evergarden: The Movie

Year: 2020
Director: Taichi Ishidate

The sequel movie to Netflix's Violet Evergarden rounds out the𝕴 story of Violet, an ex-soldier who later finds a career as an Auto Memory Doll. In the job (and in the mainline series), she spends her days finding ways to help others find connection through letter-writing. The movie, though, flips the script and allows her to finally discover the meaning of the words 'I l෴ove you'.

Kicking off with a clever framing device that pays tribute to the episodes that preceded it, Violet Evergarden: The Movie soon charts its own path as Violet goes off to find her one-time superior Gilbert, a man she previously had thought to have been dead and the subject of some serious complicated feelings. For some, Violet Eve🌳rgarden can be overly sentimental and saccharine, but the movie reins in a little to pay off its overarching story in satisfying fashion – with one of anime's great reunions thrown in for good measure.

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Year: 2021
Director: Mamoru Hosoda

The past decade of anime has been largely dominated by sporadic Studio Ghibli releases and the works of Makoto Shinkai. Belle, then, comes crashing in relativel🗹y out of nowhere and takes 𓆉its lead Suzu on a whirlwind journey from an angry, lonely teenager to a virtual pop idol, the likes of which would make even hardcore Swifties sit up and take notice.

Laced with big, poppy energy and maximalist visuals, Belle undercuts the loud, vibrant virtual world of 'U' with a darker twist as an ultra-powerful user named Beast (yes, this is a twisted Beauty and the Beast pastiಌche) crashes the fantasy. From there, director Mamoru Hosoda skilfully uses Belle's plight to hold up a mirror to a contemporary world held in the grip of social media, the new age of celebrity, and – in something that feels even more prescient today – the anonymous anger of faceless personas.

24. Patlabor 2

Year: 1993
Director: Mamoru Oshii

Where the original Patlabor is more of a by-the-numbers mech action flick, its 1993 sequel unspools into a tense political thriller that makes g⛦ood on the potential of its universe (here, Tokyo's police force use 'Patlabors', or Patrol Labors, to keep the peace).

Patlabor 2, then, coolly meshes the rip-roaring action of the first movie with a more introspective, historical bent as a terrorist attack cripples Tokyo. Its critiques on Japanese's softening military might be lost on a portion of its audience, but it acts as the perfect gateway into a sci-fi world that isn't afraid to go the blockbuster route to communicate big ideas, in much the same way some of the 21st Century's great directors – Nolan, Villenueve, to name but a few – would grasp a few years l🎃at🍨er.

23. Haikyu: The Dumpster Battle

Year: 2024
Director: Susumu Mitsunaka

There were sports crowd-like whistles of derision when it was announced that Haikyu would be ending its volleyball saga with two movies instead of finishing upꦚ with the anime series. Those fears were misplaced. The Dumpster Battle – the latest installment in the eternal rivalry between schools Karasuno and Nekoma – is able to take center stage on the most worthy of courts: the big screen.

With standout animation from Production I.G. that exceeds even the studio's lofty standards, The Dumpster Battle serves up a pulsating match-up between the two teams as middle blocker Hinata aims to surpass his hero, the 'Little Giant'. Sports anime has, arguably, never re💎ached the heights of the first Haikyu movie – and we're locked in for whenever Hinata's journey comes to an end in the near future.

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22. Look Back

Year: 2024
Director: Kiyotaka Oshiyama

The most recent entry on this list, Look Back is a pitch-perfect adaptation of a one-shot manga from Chainsaw Man's Tatsuki Fujimoto. But where Chainsaw Man is all gore, cinematic aspirations, and kinetic action, Look Back is a slower, more methodical commentary on art and loss. What begins as a childhood obsession for Fujino as she scribbles panels for her school newspaper's manga soon unravels into fiercely one-sided rivalry with shut-in classmate Kyomoto. From there, ܫa surprise kinship blooms between the pair.

Brought together by their love of drawing, the beautifully-depicted friendship is a triumph of connection, one that suddenly comes crashing down after tragic circumstances inspired by real-world events. At once a wistful, nostalgic piece and a forward-thinking, crushing meditation on the impact of art, Look Back is an instant classic – and audiences may look even more 🌞favorably on it in the years to come.

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21. Cowboy Bebop The Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Year: 2001
Director: Shinichirō Watanabe

You may have at least heard of Cowboy Bebop, the sci-fi series that blends together jazz, an eclectic ensemble cast, and a gal🔯axy's worth of space bandits to craft what is – for many – the best anime series ever made. You may be less familiar wit♋h its later feature-length adventure, however.

Slightly awkwardly wedged into the events of the main series so as to not break canon, Knockin' on Heaven's Door sees the motley crew of Spike, Jet, Faye, Ed, and Ein on the hunt for a biological terrorist. In truth, it doesn't deviate too much from Bebop's typical winning formula, but its greatest strengths – the action, the effortlessly ✅cool vibes – are writ large here. If you can spare a few Woolongs, it's absolutely worth dipping into Cowboy Bebop The Movie for a big-screen bounty like no other.

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20. Metropolis

Year: 2001
Director: Rintaro

While its connections to the 1927 Fritz Lang trailblazer are loose (and, if you believe the author of the 1949 manga on which the 2001 movie is based, entirely coincidental) Metropolis similarly helped pave the way for anime with a dazzling film that stood out as one of the 21st Century's first essential anime movies. Its biggest success? Laying doꦍwn a stylistic blueprint for an industry that would soon look to the far-flung future for commentary on its present moment.

In many ways, Metropolis works off the same hymn sheet as Akira: a downtrodden future megacity, people ruled with an iron fist, and coursing with a rebellious streak. What makes the Rꩵintaro-directed effort stand out, however, is its personal touch. Faced with a dictator father who has grand schemes to overthrow the planet using a weapon designed to look like his deceased daughter, his adopted son Rock battles to reclaim what's his in a pulsating blockbuster. It all culminates in one of anime's most striking scenes, a Ray Charles-backed sequence 🐠as the city crumbles – an electric ending to a modern-day masterpiece.

19. Tokyo Godfathers

Year: 2003
Director: Satoshi Kon

The first Satoshi Kon feature to appear on this list, Tokyo Godfathers is perhaps the most restrained of the director's body of work, one that was cruelly cut short by his death in 2010 at age 42. Despite that, the madcap premise (three homeless people – a transgender woman, an alcoholic, and a teenager who has run 🌄away from home – adopt an abandoned baby) and its Christmassy spirit ensures it will live long in the memory.

While the story takes its cues from 1948's 3 Godfathers, the festive energy and Kon's ever-keen eye for human expression makes it wholly un🍃ique as the trio's Chr❀istmas Eve adventure sees them crossing paths with hitmen and attending wedding receptions in a last-gasp dash to find the baby's parents. It's not quite It's A Wonderful Life, but its motley crew of leads will give you the same warm, fuzzy feeling of everything being right with the world by its end.

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18. Ponyo

Year: 2008
Director: Hayao Miyazaki

In some circles, Ponyo comes bundled with an unfair reputation as a Studio Ghibli movie aimed at a much younger audience. While the storybook visuals and focus on the wacky adventures of a goldfish named Ponyo and young boy Sosuke m𝓀ight give that impression, this Little Mermaid-style story of a girl wanting to walk on land as a human deserves to be held aloft alongside many of the studio's other revered works.

Boasting a wonderfully impish energy and director Hayao Miyazaki's eye for making the mundane into something magical (in this case, a boy-meets-girl story on a coastal town), Ponyo is a joyous aquatic exploration of friendship and first loves, one that might leave a wat🍬ery tear in your eye by its end.

17. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train

Year: 2020
Director: Haruo Sotozaki

Fun fact: Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is not only 2020's highest-grossing movie (besting Tenet), but is the highest-grossing anime movie of all time, raking in a cool $500 million at the box office. It certainly deserves to hold that record. Following directly on from the first season of the smash shonen anime, wannabe demon slayer Tanjiro, his sister Nezuko, and h𝕴is friends – the hot-headed Inosuke and erratic Zenitsu – board a train that is infested by a member of the Upper Ranks, a collection of powerful demons.

Aided by Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku, Tanjiro slithers his way through to the front of the train. Wha♏t begins as a low-key introspection of its characters soon explodes into a cacophony of sound and fury, as animation studio Ufotable showcases its world-class talents with a series of unmissable fight scenes, tinged with just the right amount of gut-wrenching emotion to make this big-budget affair a bonafide smash – and one that anime series have been trying to mimic in theaters ever since.

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16. When Marnie Was There

Year: 2014
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

A rare Ghibli directorial effort from Hiromasa Yonebayasi, When Marnie Was There sees sickly 12-year-old Anna sent to live in a quaint seaside coꦇmmunity after an asthma attack. While there, she discovers a mysterious mansion across the marshes and one of its residents – the titular Marnie. What follows is a journey sprinkled with self-discovery and the power of memories as the pair bond. It all culminates in an emotionally charged and cathartic ending, one that feels like the happy antithesis of something like Grave of the Fireflies.

When Marnie Was There can make a compelling case for b💦eing the most underrated and underappreciated Studio Ghibli movie of all time. Simply put, few can ensnare its aud𝔍ience with such a potent blend of melancholy, drama, and nostalgia; fewer still can execute it with a painterly panache that allows it to stand alongside anime's greats, Ghibli or otherwise.

15. Wolf Children

Year: 2012
Director: Mamoru Hosoda

Alongside Grave of the Fireflies – which we'll meet shortly in this list – Wolf Children stands out ღas shorthand for anime's power to emotionally devastate its audience.

🍸While the premise – a woman struggling with raising her half-wolf children as a newly widowed mother – might raise eyebrows, Wolf Children soon rips out your heart as the mother, Hana, battles her children's primal instincts in this coming-of-age story with a twist. Whether you're a parent or not, few🔯 anime movies will resonate quite as strongly and leave as hard a lump in your throat as this 2012 feature.

14. Ghost in the Shell

Year: 1995
Director: Mamoru Oshii

Ghost in the Shell's cultural cache has diminished somewhat in recent years, but its quality still shines through today. The 1995 movie follows Motoko, a synthesized and augmented human working for Public Security who is suddenly hot on the trail of the mysterious Puppet Master. What comes next is one of the quintessential cyberpunk stories, a thriller that digs deep into themes of identity, self-worth, and the loom🦩ing specter of technology.

Boasting trippy visuals and a hauntin🍃g philosophical message, there's a reason why Ghost in the Shell has proved so influential – and spawned several sequels, spin-offs, and an ill-fated live-action movie starring Scarlett Johansson. Still, t🦩he original is easily the best, an early pioneer that stands out as essential viewing and an anime classic.

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13. Porco Rosso

Year: 1992
Director: Hayao Miyazaki

"Better to be a pig than a fascist." If you only discovered Studio Ghibli through the lens of twee and whimsical adventures, Porco Rosso is going to be a sudden shock to the system. The 1992 adventure combines the fantastical elements of the by-this-point legendary animation studio with director Hayao Miyazaki's masterful eye for aviation. Here, ex-war pilot Porco Rosso (voiced by Michael Keaton in a remastered dub) tackles the onrushཧing wave of fascism sweeping Italy in the late 1920s, as well as Porco's own survivor's guilt – most memorably depicted in an☂ 'airplane graveyard' sequence that stands out as one of Ghibli's finest, most striking sequences.

Despite the heavy subject matter, Porco Rosso is wickedly funny and grounds itself in the sort of charm, personality, and 🅺sass of old-school adventure movies, which allows it to soar further than most of Ghibli's efforts. It's a rip-roaring, bombastic flight for the ages and one that, most importantly, wears its political heart on its sleeve.

12. Suzume

Year: 2022
Director: Makoto Shinkai

Despite being a shade less accomplished than his other major works, Weathering With You and Your Name, director Makoto Shinkai solidifies himself as a true anime great with Suzume, a coming-of-age tale that sees the titular teenager drawn into a grand road trip odyssey across Japan. After mysterious doors pop 🍬up across the country to cause ecol🃏ogical disasters, Suzume is soon whisked away on an adventure to save the day with experienced (door) 'closer' Souta – who is hamstrung by the most peculiar of circumstances after being turned into a three-legged chair. Hey, we've all been there.

Showcasing Shinkai's ability to mix personal stakes with world-ending scenarios, Suzume breezily hurtles towards its final act, a surprisingly emotional bump in the road as her own family tragedy intertwines with the very real disaster – known as 3.11 – that♐ hit Japan in 2011. It's to Shinkai's credit that Suzume might not eve🐟n crack his top two; even so, Suzume is a work that shouldn't be ignored.

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11. Weathering With You

Year: 2019
Director: Makoto Shinkai

Following up on a work as esteemed as Your Name is an unenviable task, but director Makoto Shinkai delivered on the heavy weight of expectation. Weathering With You may follow similar beats 𓃲in its supernatural love story, but it soon twists into a city-spanning tale that will leave you in floods of tears and send your heart soaring. Weathering With You follows Hodaka, a teenage runaway who flees to Tokyo.

While there, he crosses paths with 'sunshine girl' Hina, who can seemingly influence the weather. In need of money, the pair team up to offer out Hina's services – a decision that comes at a terrible cost. Yes, it may not live up to the impossible heights of Your Name, but Weathering With You is an exceptional movie in its own right, one that improves on 🦄the director's previous classic in terms of presenting a more mature central relationship, if not quite having as satisfying a payoff.

10. The End of Evangelion

Year: 1997
Director: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki

Neon Genesis Evangelion, famously, crashed against the very confines of the television medium to craft a controversial finale that brought teen Shinji's story to a close wit♑h an experimental blend of ennui, back-slapping, and mech action. Whatever their good intentions may have been, it was clear that time, budget, and audiences' patience were running thin. The End of Evangelion, then, is a welcome do-over. As Shinji fights to stop the apocalyptic Third Imಌpact from taking place, he is thrust into the end of all things – here visualized through a nightmarish menagerie of towering robots and world-dwarfing protagonists.

While it doesn't dig as deep into Shinji's psyche as the TV anime, it more than makes up for it with a bleak, oppressive final battle that ensures the series' flawed individuals don't escape unscathed. It's all topped of🧜f with a final sequence between Shinji and Asuka that speaks more to Neon Genesis Evangelion's cruel streak than the sickly sweet 'congratulati𒊎ons' fanfare of the original.

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9. Millennium Actress

Year: 2001
Director: Satoshi Kon

If you want a case study on what anime can achieve compared to its live-action cousins, look no further than Millennium Actress. The late director Satoshi Kon takes up multiple spots on this list, but few are as imaginative and push the boundaries of the medium quite like this 2001 movie. Focusing on an actress long since retired, Millennium Actress takes a straightforward premise – a retrospective interview – and injects it with passion ꧅and purpose, as the actress Chiyoko drags both the documentar🧔y crew and the audience through her life story, from humble beginnings, to post-World War Two stardom, and through to its tragic end.

Millennium Actress is so much more than a personal tale, however. It's a love letter to cinema and Japanese history, a kinetic, singular vision 🌊masterfully guided by a director in Kon whose loss is still keenly felt, some 15 years after his passing.

8. My Neighbor Totoro

Year: 1988
Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Think Studio Ghibli, then chances are you're probably thinking of My Neighbor Totoro. After all, there's a reason why the cat-like Totoro has endured as a cinematic icon for decades and its unforgettable cat bus scene has formed part of anim♛e canon ever since its wheels started turning back in 1988. But what that iconography doesn't reveal is what's hiding under the hood – and the hidden corners of this mag𝕴ical animated world.

As Satsuki and younger sibling Mei struggle with their mother being cooped up in hospital, they each stray a little too far from their new home and soon encounter a hidden world filled with spirits. What follows is an impossibly charming, childlike creation that takes director Hayao Miyazaki's bottomless well of imagination and fuses it with a storybook world filled with mischievous♈ soot sprites, glistening forests, and – at the center of it all – Totoro, a grinning cat. A towering anime that rightfully stands the test of time, it's a monument to not only Miyazaki and Ghibli's works, but its enduring charm means it continues to enrapture new generations of audiences, both young and old decades on.

7. Akira

Year: 1988
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo

Widely regard𒊎ed as the most influential anime movie of all time, Akira has inspired the likes of Jordan Peele and Hideo Kojima, while the iconic 'Akira slide' has been a pop culture mainstay ever since its release. But Akira is so much more than its imitators. A cyberpunk epic, the 1988 anime movie centres on Kaneda and his friend Tetsuo, who gains dangerous ps🔜ychic abilities after an accident.

With the cold, hard edges of the wiry Neo-Tokyo as their backdrop, the pair are soon drawn into a conspiracy involving the military, secret experiments, and the fate of the dystopian city itself. At face value, it's a compelling, fast-moving thriller but, look beyond that, and you'll see Akira for what it truly is: a legendary anime that stretches its tendrils across decades, shaping movies, TV shows, and video games long past its 'future' 2019 setting. Many have tried to copy Akira🐷's fantastic fusion of style and metal; none have bettered it.

6. Grave of the Fireflies

Year: 1988
Director: Isao Takahata

In many ways, Grave of the Fireflies is the antithesis of what Studio Ghibli is known for. Out goes the fantastical elements and breathtaking imagery in favor of a grounded, bleak story centered around orphans Seita and Setsuko and their battle to survive during the dying embers of World War Two. Placed in a bizarre double bill with My Neighbor Totoro upon its release – yes, really – Grave of the Fireflies' reputation as the ultimate day-ruining ani♛me movie is well-earned.

Yet, it𝓡's so much more than its devastating set-up and crushing ending: Grave of the Fireflies, through its two leads, digs into the psyche of a nation still healing from the battle in the Pacific and is staunchly, poetically anti-war as a result. It's a haunting (and hauntingly beautiful) tale that will stay with you long after the credits have rolled. No, it's not what you might expect from Studio Ghibli – but it's guaranteed to m🔴ake you cry.

5. A Silent Voice

Year: 2016
Director: Naoko Yamada

There are only a handful of movies thaꦛt I love so much, yet never want to see again. One – Grave of the Fireflies – you've just met on this list. The other is A Silent Voice, a supremely c🍸onfident and emotionally affecting debut from director Naoko Yamada. A shattering exploration of childhood bullying and its impact later in life, A Silent Voice revolves around Shōko, a deaf girl who is relentlessly harassed by her schoolmates – later to the point of suicidal ideation.

Yet, A Silent Voice isn't all about the bleak horrors of growing up. In a smart twist, the story moves hurriedly along to years later as one bully – since shunned by his peers – 💫attempts to reconnect with Shōko. That's the simple set up for a genuinely life-affirming story (not something I say lightly) that preaches love, kindness, and connection over hate, anger, and rejection. You may never want to watch A Silent Voice again after your first watch, but you'll be glad you did.

4. Perfect Blue

Year: 1997
Director Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon's psychological masterpiece might be th🦩e best anime movie you've never seen. Perfect Blue is a disturbingly prescient film – and a perfect companion to Belle, another entry on this list – that focuses on Mima, a popstar-turned-actress who is relentlessly pursued by an obsessive fan and has her personal details listed on a website called 'Mima's Room'. A smothering, suffocating fever dream of a feature, Mima's journey soon sees her encounter "the real Mima", a ghoulish reflection of her past life.

Perfect Blue then unravels into a horror movie laced with punchy commentary on jealousy, self-identity, and overwhelming celebrity fandom. Arguably, it's even more relevant today than it was back in 1997. Never allowing Mima or its viewer time to settle, Perfect Blue also comes bundled with one of the most disturbing final reveals, one that's brilliant Lynchian in its final rug pull and rivals๊ the lik𝔉es of Inception for just how much it'll worm itself into your brain days, months, and even years after you've first watched it.

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3. Spirited Away

Year: 2001
Director: Hayao Miyazaki

By every definition, Spirited Away is a juggernaut. Grossing almost $400m at the box office, winning t🀅he Oscar for Best Animated Feature (the first non-English film to do so), and widely seen as one of anime's most enduring achievements, this fantasy adventure is teeming with enough imagination for 10 movies – yet somehow finds a way to cram it all into a tight two-hour epic. Not that you would have guessed from Spirited Away's restrained opening, which sees Chihiro – nervously on the way to her new home with her parents – stepping into a new world filled with monstrous pigs, mischievous gods and, at its centre, a bathhouse housing the great and not-so-great denizens of the spirit world.

Spirited Away then explodes into a carousel of color an💟d chaos as Chihiro struggles to find her way home and to free her parents. Along the way, she (and viewers) are met with the iconic No-Face, a devious spirit who accompanies Chihiro partway through her journey. So, yes, Spirited Away is a giant of cinema – but that far-reaching leg🎃acy betrays the magical genius coursing through the veins of each frame and sequence in this anime all-timer.

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2. Princess Mononoke

Year: 1997
Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Despite being pipped to top spot, Princess Mononoke is an undoubted all-time great. The Muromachi-era fantasy revolves around an onrushing evil, one that literally clings to protagonist Ashitaka's arm and never lets go after he defeats a demon in the opening act. From there, he heads west to Iron Town, a settlement of working women and lepers caught in a crossroads between its ruler's strong will and the oozing corruption of the land. That sets the stage for an epic that feels like peak Ghibli. Why? It refines some of the studio's previous environmentalist messag🌊es in works such as Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and delivers fearsome set piece after fearsome set piece, something that was only glimpsed in Porco Rosso.

If My Neighbor Totoro put Ghibli on the map, Princꦯess Mononoke cemented it as a legendary collection of artists, storytellers, and creative visionaries. Princess Mononoke's greatest triumph, though, may be in how it influenced a new generation of stories. Everything from Avatar to The Legend of Zelda has been touched by Ashitaka's journey from headstrong hero to aiding San and The Great Forest Sꦺpirit. It's also everything you could want from an anime movie – imaginative visuals, exceptional world-building, strong morals – all rolled into one action-filled package.

1. Your Name

Year: 2016
Director: Makoto Shinkai

Your Name is our pick for the best anime movie of all time and, frankly, it's also one of the best movies of all time. Period. The 2016 classic revolves around, initially, the simplest of sci-fi premises: a city boy (Taki) and a 🦂rural girl (Mitsuha) switch bodies. Inevitably, hijinks ensue. B𒁃ut, around 20 minutes in, Your Name takes a turn from a light-hearted Freaky Friday-style adventure into something more powerful – transforming into a tale that chisels away at the human condition and a pair of slightly damaged people caught at the crossroads of fate, circumstance, and tragedy.

Director Makoto Shinkai, though, is the one who takes this🌠 into all-timer territory. Case in point, his innate ability to skilfully bamboozle the viewer. Your Name's body-switching premise is filled with misdirects, but the entirety of the movie is littered with the sort of narrative rug-pulls and sleight of hands that are the result of a master at work. M. Night Shyamalan, eat your heart out. The failed attempts to drag Your Name into live action – arguably the easiest Hollywood home run of all time if done correctly – would also indicate that this masterpiece is perfectly suite𓆏d to its form.

The potent alchemy of Your Name, from its dazzling visuals as comets streak through the sky to the gentle soundtrack by Radwimps that punctuates the movie's most heartbreaking moments, is somethin𒀰g that can never truly be replicated. If you only watch one anime movie 🐼on this list, make it Your Name. It's something truly special.

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It's a two-hour-plus feature given a wide theatrical release across the globe, conceived to fit within the continuity of Peter Jackson's live-action Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films (he's an executive producer on this), and directed by the proli༒fic anime veteran Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), wit🎉h various major Japanese animation houses credited as contributors to the project. But despite all its impressive credentials, this hopeful blockbuster sadly proves to be one of the more uninspired examples of an English-language property being given an anime makeover.

Although The War of the Rohirrim contains a new musical score from Stephen Gallagher, 𒁏the familiar notes of Howard Shore's piece 'One Ring to Rule Them All' are among the first things we hear in the opening stage-setting of this new film, as the same title card font used for Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy returns to firmly place this movie in that specific universe – if you're more keen on The Rings of Power series, you may still find things to enjoy in this very different prequel to J. R. R. Tolkien's mainline novels. Also returning from the Jacksonverse is Mirando Otto as Éowyn, narrating proceedings as though the film's story is something she's telling to her children.

Back in time

Set nearly 200 years before the events of Jackson's first Middle-earth trilogy, The War of the Rohirrim presents us with Helm Hammerhand (voiced by Brian Cox), a king of Rohan whose name became legend. But the first person we're introduced to is Héra (Gaia Wise), the adult daughter of Helm, whose name, Éowyn tells us, was not passed down in historical records in the same way. A free spirit often found wandering the wilderness, Héra is close with Olwyn (Lorraine Ashbourne), one of the last of the shieldmaidens of lore, and has no interest in plans for marriage that are not born out of love. If you have thought of Princ🐲ess Merida from Pixar's Brave while reading this, Héra is very much in that character template, and possibly not coincidentally also host to long red hair.

A suitor for Héra is what sparks the film's main conflict, as Dunlending lord Freca (Shaun Dooley) attempts a political maneuver with Helm by proposing that Héra marry his son, Wulf (Luca Pasqualino), a former childhood friend of Héra with whom she would secretly train in sword fighting as a young girl. Things go awry during the tense meeting between the fathers, and following a tragic misjudgement, Wulf has vengeance and the seizing of power set firmly in his sights.

As the ruthless young lord gains dangerous allies and sets up base at Isengard,𝕴 Helm, h𝄹is sons Hama (Yazdan Qafouri) and Haleth (Benjamin Wainwright), and his nephew Fréaláf (Laurence Ubong Williams) face additional challenges within their inner circle. Héra, meanwhile, must summon the will to lead as a shieldmaiden, as their deadly enemy forces the people of Rohan to take shelter in the stronghold of the Hornburg, a mighty fortress destined to be renamed and revisited for another siege in The Two Towers.

Fantasy lite

The War of the Rohirrim is an interesting case where a film's potential strengths directly feed into its failings. On the one hand, it's refreshing to get an ostensibly smaller-scale tale set in this universe, where the main antagonist is just a human rather than a magic-user or mythical creature. On the other hand, that this entry in a fantasy series is relatively light on fantastical elements – bar a few single-scene appearances of orcs and monsters, and one plot thread with a wraith – doesn't help to disguise the lack of flavor to this lethargically-paced story. The assembled voice cast 🐭gives it their all, but none of these characters pop in a memorable way like even some of the supporting Rohirrim players from Jackson's films – shout out to Gamling in The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

When it comes to the animation itself, there's a sense that design restrictions have been enforced, based on this film serving as a prequel to a set of hugely popular, undeniably iconic blockbusters. There is a recognizable anime flourish in the faces (though not too extreme), but perhaps so as not to alienate fans of Jackson's live-action films who aren't well-versed in anime, character models are otherwise designed to be as boilerplate as possible, with the humans often moving with a distractingly mechanical stiffness.

The few creatures on display fare a little better, with one memorable se༒t piece involving an elephant-like mûmak in the woods being a rare moment where the film comes alive. But the spectacleꦫ potential for Tolkien filtered through an anime lens feels wasted, especially when compared to how wild and inventive the contributors to Star Wars: Visions get to make things.

Elsewhere, empty nods to later events – including Mordor orcs looking for rings – grate, while the dramatic way that the title 'Helm's Deep' is delivered hammers that this tale really is little more than an origin story for the name of a location in a much better movie. And one particular voice cameo from a deceased actor jars. Thankfully, their limited dialogue was reportedly pulled from archival material rather than digital resurrection through the dark magic of generative AI (if you don't mind spoilers, you can𒊎 learn more here). But going to that well for ultimately superfluous ends only adds to this film's imbalance between honoring the past and forging a distinctive identity of its own🐬⛄.

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