Must Watch Anime

Do you like to watch anime? Then, here is a collection of top 50 anime movies and series, that you MUST WATCH!

Are you an anime fan? Do you like to watch the same anime over and over again? Do you keep on anticipating about the next episode so much, that waiting hurts? Do you keep changing your computer wallpaper, every time you fall in love with a new anime? If the answer is yes, then you have got to see some of the most unique anime ever made. And whether you are a hardcore anime otaku or just a beginner to the world of anime, you just have to see the anime mentioned below. Many of them are available for download on the internet or you can buy the DVD’s. All of them are available with English subs, while some have a dual audio, which mostly has English as the second audio. So, even if you don’t understand Japanese you can still watch these top anime movies/series.

If you still can’t find subtitles to watch a particular anime, go to subtitle related site, and download the subtitles for the particular anime in your preferred language. It will be in srt file format. This file you will have to upload in the player along with the video clip you want to watch.

25 Must Watch Anime Movies

Anime	Genre	Description
My Neighbor Totoro	Comedy/Fantasy	This is an incredibly cute movie, in which two little sisters with their father move to countryside where they meet a forest spirit, Totoro.
Akira	Action/Sci-Fi	In this classic movie, two kids are trying to save the city from a psychopath biker gangster.
Ghost in the Shell	Action/Sci-Fi	In this movie, a female cyborg is trying to hunt down a nasty hacker with her partner.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Fantasy/War	Nausicaä, a princess is desperately trying to save two of the dying planets.
The Animatrix	Sci-Fi	This movie has couple of stories which depict the back story of the Matrix universe.
Grave of the Fireflies	War/Drama	This is a movie which surely will bring tears to your eyes, a brother is trying to save his and his baby sister’s life during the World War.
Perfect Blue	Thriller/Action	This is a horror/suspense movie in which a singer is stalked continuously by an obsessed fan.
5 Centimeters per Second	Drama/Romance	This is a very unique and one of the best anime movies, which has three interconnected parts of a guy and girls life.
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie	Action	In this movie, a leader of an international terrorist organization is searching for the best fighter on the planet.
Ponyo on the Cliff	Fantasy	In this extremely cute movie, a fish girl who is a princess, is trying to change into a girl.
Barefoot Gen	War/Drama	This movie portrays the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy’s life in Japan.
Afro Samurai	Action/Martial Arts	This movie has unique artwork, and is about Afro Samurai, who takes up the sword again to kill a sadistic leader.
Paprika	Thriller/Crime	Paprika is a female therapist, who is trying to stop a thief who attacks psyches.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time	Comedy/Sci-Fi	This movie is so much fun to watch. A girl accidentally learns how to time travel, and tries to go back to past to right the wrongs that happened.
Princess Mononoke	War/Fantasy	This is another great movie by Miyazaki, in which a boy is trying to cure a curse and finds himself in the middle of a war.
Spirited Away	Fantasy	This Miyazaki movie won an Oscar and is considered as one of the top anime movies around the world. It is about a girl who finds herself in the spirit world, where her parents are transformed into pigs.
Cowboy Bebop	Crime/Sci-Fi/Action	A bounty hunter with his crew is trying to catch a terrorist. If you like the movie, watch the series too.
X – The Movie	Action/Fantasy	This story is set in 1999, which is the Year of Destiny and the beginning of the end of the whole world.
Tokyo Godfathers	Comedy/Drama	This is very funny movie that takes place in Japan and has three homeless friends who find a newborn abandoned child.
Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade	Action/Drama	In this movie a traumatized member of an elite para-military police, falls for a sister of a female terrorist.
Kiki’s Delivery Service	Fantasy	This is a light movie about a witch called Kiki. Kiki leaves her home with her pet cat, for a city to earn a living.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Crime/Sci-Fi	In this movie a cyborg detective is investigating a case of a female robot. This movie has a PG-13 rating, so it is not suitable for kids.
Ninja Scroll	Action	A hired ninja is forced to fight an old nemesis, who is trying to overthrow the government.
Millennium Actress	Drama	In this movie, a famous actress is acting out in different genres to find a person who gave her a key.
Mind Game	Thriller/Drama	This is a freaky movie, in which Nishi journeys to heaven and back and then gets trapped inside a whale.

25 Must Watch Anime Series

Anime	Genre	Description
Death Note	Crime/Thriller	The best anime series I have ever seen, in which a guy finds a death note-book, that allows the owner to kill a person by writing the person’s name in the book.
Cowboy Bebop	Sci-Fi/Action	A bounty hunter and his crew hunt down various criminals. This series has an amazing climax.
Inuyasha	Fantasy/Action/Romance	This series has it all, action, fantasy, comedy and romance. A half dog demon is trying to gather shards of a pearl to become a full-fledged demon.
Bleach	Action/Fantasy	This famous series is about Ichigo, a high school student who can see ghosts and has to fight them.
Naruto	Action	This is a long series in which shows the struggle of three ninjas, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura during their training.
Fruits Basket	Romance/Fantasy	This is a very cute anime, in which a girl is living with members of Sohma family, who when hugged by humans, turn into animals.
Samurai Champloo	Action/Fantasy	In this historical anime, a girl saves two fierce warriors, and together they set out on a journey to find a samurai that smells like flowers!
Full Metal Alchemist	Action/Fantasy	In this series two brothers are trying to revive their dead mother. This is a very popular series, if you like it then watch the Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood too.
Avatar: The Last Airbender	Fantasy/Comedy/Action	This is one of the best anime which is popular around the world. In this anime, Ang is supposed to master all the four elements because he is the Avatar, so that he can defeat the fire lord.
Full Metal Panic!	Comedy/Action	This is a brilliant comedy in which an undercover soldier is given a mission to protect a high school girl, by posing as a transfer student.
Nodame Cantabile	Comedy/Musical/Romance	This is a romantic musical anime, which is very funny. It is about Nodame and Chiaki, who are in a conservatory learning music. Watch the chapter 2 of Paris and Finale too, if you like this series.
One Piece	Comedy/Fantasy/Action	Luffy is a captain of a pirate ship and with his crew he is looking for the legendary treasure, One Piece.
Code Geass	Action	Japan is called Area 11, after the giant robot weapons from the Empire of Britannia invaded it. A boy called Lelouch, vows to his Japanese friends that he will destroy Britannia.
Wolf’s Rain	Action/Fantasy	This is the story of a wolf, who with other wolves and a flower girl are in a quest for paradise.
Haibane Renmei	Fantasy/Comedy	A young girl is reborn as an angel, and has no memory of who she was before. She lives with other angel-like looking people.
Anne of Green Gables	Drama	This is a beautiful story of Anne, who is an orphan adopted by a kind brother and sister.
Vampire Knight	Fantasy	Yuki Cross is protecting the Day class students consisting of humans from the Night Class students who are vampires.
Karin (Chibi Vampire)	Romance/Fantasy	This is a very unique series, in which a child from a vampire family instead of sucking blood, produces blood which she injects by biting someone.
Lovely Complex	Romance/Comedy	This is a romantic comedy anime in which a girl and guy from high school are enemies in the beginning and then start liking each other.
Mushishi	Fantasy	They are neither plants nor animals, and unlike any other beings. Ginko is traveling around to investigate more about Mushi.
Chobits	Sci-Fi/Romance	In future, Hideki Motosuwa finds a Persocon, and names it Chobit, because it seems to be a more advanced Persocon.
Paranoia Agent	Action/Thriller	In this series a boy with a golden gold bat, keeps hitting people of Tokyo. Detectives are in search of this boy, but they discover that the lives of the victims have somehow become better after the assaults.
Ergo Proxy	Sci-Fi	This is an awesome anime, which portrays a utopia, where the differences between human and robots, and reality and dreams, intermingle.
Future Boy Conan	Sci-Fi/Drama	This is a classic anime in which a boy and his friends fight to save the world.
Kaiji	Thriller	This series is a great thriller like Death Note, and you will keep wondering what Kaiji, a gambler is going to do next.