Gonzo is primarily known for their excellent anime TV series like Full Metal Panic!, Last Exile, Gantz, Samurai 7, and Afro Samurai. They have, incidentally, made a couple of anime movies that are quite good as well, but it can’t really be called a specialty of theirs.

Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)
Gin-iro no Kami no Agito (銀色の髪のアギト) (lit. Agito the Silver-Haired)

Sugiyama’s only anime movie direction credit is certainly no slouch in the graphics department. Both the visual and aural aspects of the movie are truly top notch providing a good time for your primary anime-watching senses. Unfortunately, the story following Agito and his struggles both against and for an anthropomorphic “Nature” and his companion Toola (who was frozen in a kind of cryo-sleep for 300 years) who is struggling with a “Brave New (post-apocalyptic) World” becomes meandering after a bit and holds less weight than the stories of many of the other anime movies in this guide. Overall, though, it’s worth a watch and not a bad time at all. Recommended for everyone even mildly interested in anime.