Anime encompasses every genre known to filmmakers and writers, so it's not easy to choose the best of the bunch. There are a few movies, however, that stand out to fans both new and old.

The most notable anime film in the minds of many is Akira, released in Japan in 1988. An immediate blockbuster due to its groundbreaking animation style, Akira introduced many of today's hardcore anime fans to the artform that Japanese animation could be and helped make anime the best-selling craze that it is today. Its fluid and realistic animation pioneered the look that has contributed to anime's popularity. Up to that point, the cartoons had generally relied on animation with a limited amount of motion in order to keep production costs down. But Akira proved that if a better anime were build, the fans would come.

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