Post by Omen on Sept 12, 2013 1:38:38 GMT -5
Welcome to the List-of-TEN: Anime Movies
This list is for us nutcases that grew up taking in an anime movie whenever and wherever we could. This was waaayyy before they were on all of the cable channels and made sensational.
We often found these movies in the back or bottom sections of small movie rental shops (before they had Blockbuster). The covers were worn out and slightly ripped. They were very few of them, so we rented them over and over when we were kids.
Things became AWESOME as time passed because anime shot to stardom, along with manga. Blockbuster arrived with its worldly access to distribution and the rest became history. Japanese anime poured in by the boat loads and the Geeks of America (GoA) LOVED it!!
Below is my List-of-TEN with number 1 being my favorite.
(Note: this list ONLY includes movies, NOT anime series… I’m saving that for next time)
10. Toss-up between Vampire Hunter D and Summer Wars (this movie actually surprised me and turned out to be pretty cool)
9. Sword of the Stranger – I LOVED the fight scenes!!! Off-the-chain wicked fights!!
8. Blood-The Last Vampire – This was spooky, short, and left you wondering.
7. Sea Prince and the Fire Child – Haters can hate all they want! I was a child, too… and I’m allowed to be touched by a classic Romeo-and-Juliet love story. I’m a man! I’m a savage man!! I kill cockroaches!!
6. Steamboy – Drop dead beautiful art and concepts. It left me with my mouth hanging open.
5. Animatrix – This was an anthology of greatness! These stories created FANS for the Matrix universe.
4. Akira – Stone Cold Classic! ‘Nuff said.
3. Galaxy Express 999 – Sniff-Sniff, I rented this as a kid, half-a-million times. It was on an old video tape and in barely playable condition. It was in English and the main kid’s name was Joey-Hanna-Kananda-Smith. I didn’t see the original version until adulthood and it broke my heart when I discovered the kid had another name.
2. Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? – This was a hard choice, because this movie came with memories also. My mother took me to my first comic show in Longwood, Fl. And they had it playing at a booth. I sat there and watched the entire thing and fell in love with Robotech, mechs, and space war… oh, oops… the love stuff was cool too. It blew my mind when I saw the ships being blown up and the pilots killed, after all it was a cartoon. This movie is simply Top Rate!
1. Ninja Scroll – This was so dang cold and slick, it sent chills through me when I first saw it. The art was second to none, the fighting was chaotic, the tempo… perfect. This merged, politics, honor, samurai, ninjas, and superhero powers all in one movie. You can’t get any better than this!!
This list is for us nutcases that grew up taking in an anime movie whenever and wherever we could. This was waaayyy before they were on all of the cable channels and made sensational.
We often found these movies in the back or bottom sections of small movie rental shops (before they had Blockbuster). The covers were worn out and slightly ripped. They were very few of them, so we rented them over and over when we were kids.
Things became AWESOME as time passed because anime shot to stardom, along with manga. Blockbuster arrived with its worldly access to distribution and the rest became history. Japanese anime poured in by the boat loads and the Geeks of America (GoA) LOVED it!!
Below is my List-of-TEN with number 1 being my favorite.
(Note: this list ONLY includes movies, NOT anime series… I’m saving that for next time)
10. Toss-up between Vampire Hunter D and Summer Wars (this movie actually surprised me and turned out to be pretty cool)
9. Sword of the Stranger – I LOVED the fight scenes!!! Off-the-chain wicked fights!!
8. Blood-The Last Vampire – This was spooky, short, and left you wondering.
7. Sea Prince and the Fire Child – Haters can hate all they want! I was a child, too… and I’m allowed to be touched by a classic Romeo-and-Juliet love story. I’m a man! I’m a savage man!! I kill cockroaches!!
6. Steamboy – Drop dead beautiful art and concepts. It left me with my mouth hanging open.
5. Animatrix – This was an anthology of greatness! These stories created FANS for the Matrix universe.
4. Akira – Stone Cold Classic! ‘Nuff said.
3. Galaxy Express 999 – Sniff-Sniff, I rented this as a kid, half-a-million times. It was on an old video tape and in barely playable condition. It was in English and the main kid’s name was Joey-Hanna-Kananda-Smith. I didn’t see the original version until adulthood and it broke my heart when I discovered the kid had another name.
2. Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? – This was a hard choice, because this movie came with memories also. My mother took me to my first comic show in Longwood, Fl. And they had it playing at a booth. I sat there and watched the entire thing and fell in love with Robotech, mechs, and space war… oh, oops… the love stuff was cool too. It blew my mind when I saw the ships being blown up and the pilots killed, after all it was a cartoon. This movie is simply Top Rate!
1. Ninja Scroll – This was so dang cold and slick, it sent chills through me when I first saw it. The art was second to none, the fighting was chaotic, the tempo… perfect. This merged, politics, honor, samurai, ninjas, and superhero powers all in one movie. You can’t get any better than this!!
