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# Anime Movie Guide

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- [Ghibli's Isao Takahata Passes Away at 82](https://animemovieguide.com/news/ghiblis-isao-takahata-passes-away-at-82/) - Isao Takahata, co-founder and director of some of Studio Ghibli's most unique movies including Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbors the Yamadas, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya passed away at the age of 82. He had been struggling with his health recently due to some heart complications, but it's always sad to see such
- [The King Has Returned](https://animemovieguide.com/news/the-king-has-returned/) - Kotaku reported today that Hayao Miyazaki is officially out of his retirement that began in 2013 after his latest movie The Wind Rises hit theatres. The details are a bit sparse on the new project itself at the moment, but its currently due out before the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Miyazaki has apparently been
- [Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Added to Movie Guide](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/kingsglaive-final-fantasy-xv-added-to-movie-guide/) - Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV has been added to the Movie Guide.
- [Sailor Moon R Movie Coming to Canadian Theatres March 1st](https://animemovieguide.com/news/sailor-moon-r-movie-coming-to-canadian-theatres-march-1st/) - Sailor Moon R: The Movie originally showed in Japan in 1993, but Viz Media is bringing back the English dub to theatres all across Canada on March 1st. To checkout showtimes and get more information you can visit the movie's info page here: http://www.elevenarts.net/sailormoon/
- [One Piece Film Gold in NA Theatres Today](https://animemovieguide.com/news/one-piece-film-gold-in-na-theatres-today/) - The latest One Piece movie's English dub is showing in theatres across North America starting today. To check your local showtimes in the US, you can go here: http://www.funimationfilms.com/movie/onepiecegold/ and in Canada you can check through Cineplex's website here: http://www.cineplex.com/Movie/one-piece-film-gold-2017
- [One Piece Movies Added to Series Guide](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/one-piece-movies-added-to-series-guide/) - All of the missing One Piece movies including One Piece Film Gold which is hitting North American theatres today have been added to the TV Series Movie Guide.
- [We're Back](https://animemovieguide.com/news/were-back/) - We're all settled on our new server, SSL encrypted and ready to help you discover excellent anime movies more efficiently and securely than ever! Our share counters on the Movie Guide page have unfortunately been reset since we moved to HTTPS, so our thousands of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and 280K+ StumbleUpon shares can no longer
- [Moving Servers, Pardon Our Dust](https://animemovieguide.com/news/moving-servers-pardon-our-dust/) - We're hopping in our cardboard Gundams and blasting off to a new server that will be much faster and feature SSL encryption to keep you safer than if you were browsing Anime Movie Guide in a Gundam of your own. We'll let you know when the transfer is complete, but you'll probably notice the site
- [Boruto: Naruto the Movie Screening Oct. 10 in NA](https://animemovieguide.com/news/boruto-naruto-the-movie-screening-oct-10-in-na/) - Boruto: Naruto the Movie has a limited North American theatrical release happening on Oct. 10th with 80+ cities in the US showing it as well as 9 cities in Canada. You can check out the full list of theatres and buy tickets here. Let us know how it is because the nearest theatre to AMG
- [Kawaii Box Oct. 2015 - AMG/Game Usagi Opens](https://animemovieguide.com/news/kawaii-box-oct-2015-amg-game-usagi-opens/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaTyYoksF94 Congratulations to Felipe Gerhard for winning a free Kawaii Box in our promotion!► Subscribe it up: Game reviews at http://gameusagi.com A review box was provided to us by the manufacturer.
- [Freedom Japanese Market Candy Box Aug. 2015 - Game Usagi/AMG Opens](https://animemovieguide.com/reviews/freedom-japanese-market-candy-box-aug-2015-game-usagiamg-opens/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPRni29tQB8 "Smiling yellow magician with blue tongue-flavoured candy" ► Subscribe it up: Logan delves into a candy box courtesy of Freedom Japanese Market. Mention Game Usagi or Anime Movie Guide when you subscribe for a free bonus candy in your first box! http://www.freedomjapanesemarket.com/japanese-snack-subscription-box Find more reviews at http://gameusagi.com
- [When Marnie Was There Added to the Movie Guide](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/when-marnie-was-there-added-to-the-movie-guide/) - When Marnie Was There has been added to the Movie Guide
- [Dorkly Anime Comic](https://animemovieguide.com/news/dorkly-anime-comic/) - Don't be one of those people: http://www.dorkly.com/post/73487/every-anime-ever Check the Guide and find out about some real anime.
- [Japan Crate Premium Feb. 2015 - Game Usagi/AMG Opens](https://animemovieguide.com/reviews/japan-crate-premium-feb-2015-game-usagiamg-opens/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJIL-lLfB9g "I hope they employ a lot of janitors in Japan." Logan and Linden take on a Premium Japan Crate courtesy of http://japancrate.com Subscribe it up:
- [The Tale of Princess Kaguya and A Letter to Momo Added to Movie Guide](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/the-tale-of-princess-kaguya-and-a-letter-to-momo-added-to-movie-guide/) - As a celebration of the launch of our new site, The Tale of Princess Kaguya and A Letter to Momo have been added to the Movie Guide
- [Welcome to AMG 2.0!](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/welcome-to-amg-2-0/) - We've moved into the modern age now with a responsive theme, bigger images, clearer descriptions of movies, links to help you find the best prices on anime, a premium Anime ID service for people trying to remember movie titles, and even more movies. We're still in the process of adding the best store links to
- [The Wind Rises, Wolf Children and The Garden of Words Added to the Movie Guide](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/the-wind-rises-wolf-children-and-the-garden-of-words-added-to-the-movie-guide/) - Bringing the Movie Guide more up to date, we added The Wind Rises, Wolf Children and The Garden of Words.
- [BERSERK Golden Age Arc Review](https://animemovieguide.com/reviews/berserk-golden-age-arc-review/) - You may have noticed that the main Movie Guide is down a couple of anime movies as of late. Rest assured that this is only temporary as we were originally holding off on posting a couple of movies to the Guide so that we could have a huge chunk of new content available when AMG
- [Two Anime Screenings in Canada](https://animemovieguide.com/news/two-anime-screenings-in-canada/) - Canadians are getting a double treat of anime in the coming months with Cineplex hosting screenings of Katsuhiro Otomo's SHORT PEACE on May 14th/May 17th and the second Tiger & Bunny movie, The Rising on June 26th/June 29th across Canada. If you're having trouble purchasing tickets for the events online and your theatre is listed
- [Madoka Magica the Movie Part 3: Rebellion Screenings](https://animemovieguide.com/news/madoka-magica-the-movie-part-3-rebellion-screenings/) - Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 3: Rebellion is coming to North American theatres starting on Dec. 3rd in the US and Dec. 9th in Canada. We quite enjoyed the first two, so if you want to catch the much anticipated third installment on the big screen you should probably go grab your tickets
- [Movie Guide — Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-nasu-a-migratory-bird-with-suitcase/) - 08-29-13 — Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase was added to the Movie Guide.
- [Movie Guide — Nasu: Summer in Andalusia](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-nasu-summer-in-andalusia/) - 07-22-13 — Nasu: Summer in Andalusia was added to the Movie Guide.
- [Movie Guide — Hotarubi no Mori e](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-hotarubi-no-mori-e/) - 06-05-13 — Hotarubi no Mori e was added to the Movie Guide.
- [Movie Guide — Dead Leaves](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-dead-leaves/) - 05-08-2013 — Dead Leaves was added to the Movie Guide.
- [Movie Guide — Colorful](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-colorful/) - 05-07-2013 — Colorful was added to the Movie Guide.
- [Kuiba II Coming May 2013](https://animemovieguide.com/news/kuiba-ii-coming-may-2013/) - In the review of Kuiba I, I stated that I was eagerly awaiting the second installment in the movie series. Well, it looks like my wait will be short indeed as the movie is hitting Chinese theatres this month. Check after the jump for the movie's trailer that seems to promise we'll get a much
- [Kuiba I (2011) Review](https://animemovieguide.com/reviews/kuiba-i-2011-review/) - When a representative from Vasoon Animation contacted us with an opportunity to watch Kuiba I (魁拔) (pronounced "kwee-ba"), I was certainly intrigued as I had not seen any Chinese anime (or donghua / 動畫) before. Having seen some good South Korean anime (or manhwa-yeonghwa / 만화 영화) in the past I know that Japan isn't
- [Movie Guide – Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Parts I & II](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-puella-magi-madoka-magica-the-movie-parts-i-ii/) - 03-21-12 – Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Parts I & II were added to the Movie Guide.
- [New Katsuhiro Otomo Anime Movie Announced](https://animemovieguide.com/news/new-katsuhiro-otomo-anime-movie-announced/) - Katsuhiro Otomo, who hasn't made a new full-length anime movie since Steamboy in 2004, released a trailer for his upcoming movie SHORT PEACE which can be viewed on YouTube here. It debuts in Japanese theatres on July 20th this year and we'll let you know if its as good as his other amazing works when
- [TV Series Movie Guide – Bleach Movies](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/tv-series-movie-guide-bleach-movies/) - 01-01-13 – Bleach movies added to the TV Series Movie Guide.
- [OVA Guide – Coicent and Five Numbers!](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/ova-guide-coicent-and-five-numbers/) - 02-22-13 – Coicent and Five Numbers! added to the OVA Guide.
- [Movie Guide – Berserk: The Egg of the King ](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-berserk-the-egg-of-the-king/) - 12-11-12 — Berserk Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King was added to the Movie Guide.
- [Movie Guide – Welcome to the Space Show](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-welcome-to-the-space-show/) - 11-17-12 — Welcome to the Space Show was added to the Movie Guide
- [Movie Guide – Summer Days with Coo](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-summer-days-with-coo/) - 10-06-12 – Summer Days with Coo was added to the Movie Guide
- [Movie Guide — From Up on Poppy Hill](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-from-up-on-poppy-hill/) - 09-17-12 — From Up on Poppy Hill was added to the Movie Guide
- [Movie Guide — Sword of the Stranger](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-sword-of-the-stranger/) - 08-14-12 — Sword of the Stranger was added to the Movie Guide
- [Movie Guide — Children Who Chase Lost Voices](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-children-who-chase-lost-voices/) - 08-12-12 — Children Who Chase Lost Voices was added to the Movie Guide
- [Kid Icarus 3D Anime Released](https://animemovieguide.com/news/kid-icarus-3d-anime-released/) - If you have a Nintendo 3DS you can now check out the Nintendo Video app for some very nice 3D anime OVAs from the likes of Production I.G, Shaft, and Studio 4C.
- [Movie Guide - Redline](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-redline/) - 02-21-12 -- Redline was added to the Movie Guide
- [Youtube Movies = Free Anime](https://animemovieguide.com/news/youtube-movies-free-anime/) - I'm not sure why exactly, but there are many superb anime movies legally available for rent for free right now on Youtube's new movie rental service, Youtube Movies. Go here to stream awesome anime movies and OVAs like Castle of Cagliostro, Karas, Origin: Spirits of the Past, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Dead Leaves, and
- [Movie Guide - The Secret World of Arrietty](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-the-secret-world-of-arrietty/) - 10-02-11 -- The Secret World of Arrietty was added to the Movie Guide
- [Special Kid Icarus Uprising OVAs Announced](https://animemovieguide.com/news/special-kid-icarus-uprising-ovas-announced/) - Nintendo had a conference today to announce a ton of new games for the 3DS, but they also had some very special anime news. Over the next couple of months, Nintendo is going to release exclusive 3D OVAs from Shaft, Studio 4C, and Production I.G.. If you want to see some very high-quality 3D anime,
- [OVA Guide - Kakurenbo](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/ova-guide-kakurenbo/) - 07-02-11 -- Kakurenbo was added to the OVA Guide.
- [Movie Guide - Cencoroll](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-cencoroll/) - 07-20-11 -- Cencoroll was added to the Movie Guide
- [Movie Guide - Final Fantasy Movies](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-final-fantasy-movies/) - 04-05-11 -- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and Final Fantasy VII Advent Children added to the Movie Guide.
- [Movie Guide - GiTS: Solid State Society](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-gits-solid-state-society/) - 03-13-11 -- Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society from Production I.G added to the Movie Guide (will be moved to OVA guide soon with all other OVAs in our old Movie Guide).
- [Incoming Organization](https://animemovieguide.com/news/incoming-organization/) - As some people may have realized, there are currently a good number of OVAs in the Movie Guide section as opposed to the OVA section. This is an artifact left over from our old amalgamated format and will be corrected in the coming days as we shuffle them over to their appropriate section.
- [Movie Guide - Evangelion 2.0](https://animemovieguide.com/updates/movie-guide-evangelion-2-0/) - 01-23-11 -- Evangelion 2.0 from Gainax added to the Movie Guide
- [New Website!](https://animemovieguide.com/news/hello-world/) - Anime Movie Guide was getting a little bit big for its britches on Game Usagi, so we've moved it over to its own domain! Here's a list of the changes we've made to the main Anime Movie Guide aside from the obvious visual ones: Added the release year of each anime movie to its title

## Pages

- [Chizu](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/chizu/) - Mamoru Hosoda Mamoru Hosoda entered the original anime feature film scene in 2006 with the release of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars in 2009 for Madhouse. Studio Chizu was then formed in 2011 as an "auteur's studio" to grant Hosoda more creative freedom with his subsequent films. He was quite active
- [TV Series Movie Guide](https://animemovieguide.com/tv-movie-guide/) - Latest Addition: One Piece Film: Red Do you have feedback, questions, movie suggestions or review copy offers? You can contact us using our Contact Page I’ve spent more time than I care to think about watching anime movies in my life thus far. I’ve seen both astoundingly spectacular and horrifically terrible anime movies. I’m giving you
- [One Piece](https://animemovieguide.com/tv-movie-guide/one-piece/) - One Piece The first chapter of the One Piece manga hit store shelves on Aug. 24, 1997 in the weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. It took less than two years for One Piece to become a full-fledged anime series with the first episode airing on Oct. 20, 1999. Since then, One Piece has grown to be
- [Movie Guide](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/) - An anime movie guide with the best (and only the best) anime movies in existence organized according to studio, director and release date.
- [Studio 4°C](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/studio-4c/) - Studio 4°C - (Ayumu Watanabe / Michael Arias) Studio 4°C is one of the most diversified studios featured in this guide. They used to be known primarily for their OVA contributions to collections including The Animatrix, Genius Party, Genius Party Beyond, Batman: Gotham Knight, and Halo Legends, but have in more recent years been expanding
- [Madhouse](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/studio-madhouse/) - Studio Madhouse Satoshi Kon Satoshi Kon loved dealing with the abstract, surreal, and fantastic. All of his movies have at least brief nudity and violence, and are thus not recommended for children. The plots of his works also often become complex quite quickly and you may not have an entirely enjoyable experience with his movies
- [Bleach](https://animemovieguide.com/tv-movie-guide/bleach/) - Bleach The first volume of the Bleach manga, created by Tite Kubo, debuted in August of 2001 in the weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Three years later, Bleach took to the TV screens of Japan with its first episode airing on Oct. 5, 2004. Even though Bleach is one of Shonen Jump's most popular manga and
- [More Coming Soon](https://animemovieguide.com/tv-movie-guide/more-coming-soon/)
- [Naruto](https://animemovieguide.com/tv-movie-guide/naruto/) - Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga premiered in its full form in the November 1999 issue of the weekly Shōnen Jump magazine and October 3, 2002 saw the release of the ever-popular anime series adaptation of the manga. The Naruto manga is one of the best-selling manga series of all time with 126.5 million volume copies sold
- [My Hero Academia](https://animemovieguide.com/tv-movie-guide/my-hero-academia/)
- [Contact](https://animemovieguide.com/contact/) - Contact We receive numerous emails every day from anime fans just like you! We do our best to respond to all emails in a very timely fashion, but please understand that it may take us a short time to get to your message.
- [OVA Guide](https://animemovieguide.com/ova-guide/) - OVA Count: 8 Do you have feedback, questions, movie suggestions or review copy offers? You can contact us using our Contact Page I've spent more time than I care to think about watching anime in my life thus far. Some of the best available anime either ends up being too short or too long to be released
- [Square Enix](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/square-enix/) - Square Enix Square Enix, as most gamers could tell you, primarily makes video games, not anime movies. This is very true, but they have also made some of the most compelling CG anime movies currently available. While some people would say that they are not strictly anime movies, they fit the generally accepted definition of
- [Brain's Base](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/brains-base/) - Brain's Base/Takahiro Omori Brain's Base is one of the behind-the-scenes workhorses of the anime industry. They have handled various levels of in-between and key animation for anime feature films like Children Who Chase Lost Voices, Ponyo, and Tekkonkinkreet and TV series or TV series movies for Detective Conan, Crayon Shin-Chan, Eden of the East, Eureka
- [Ghibli](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/studio-ghibli/) - Pre-Ghibli Studio Ghibli was officially formed in 1985. Before that time many of the writers, directors, producers and animators that would come to form Studio Ghibli worked together on several anime movies. These movies have much of the charm of Studio Ghibli features and are in many cases now also owned and distributed by Studio
- [Shaft](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/shaft/) - Shaft/Akiyuki Shinbo Formed in 1975, Shaft didn't really start making a name for themselves as original anime creators until they came out with the popular 12-episode anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica in early 2011. In spite of its looks, Madoka Magica is definitely not for kids, but is a uniquely compelling series for mature
- [AIT](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/ait/) - Anime Innovation Tokyo/Atsuya Uki Anime Innovation Tokyo (AIT) is a unique anime studio, as they don't work in quite the same way as the others featured in this list. AIT, instead of producing solely theatrical films with big-name directors aims to encourage young and unique talent in the anime industry by finding sponsorship for and
- [Gainax](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/gainax/) - Gainax Gainax is primarily known for their anime TV series, such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, and making movies for both their own and other studios' series. Luckily, there was a pleasant exception to this made in 1987, where the studio ended up producing a really good movie out of the blue. The anime movies based
- [Bones](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/bones/) - Studio Bones/Masahiro Ando Bones is known for its many high-profile anime TV series including both versions of Full Metal Alchemist, Soul Eater, Eureka Seven, and Ouran High School Host Club, as well as the movies released for these series. While this would normally place them squarely in the TV Series Movie Guide, Bones made an
- [Tin House](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/tin-house/) - Tin House/Kim Moon-saeng This company has only animated one feature-length anime movie. They are also the only company on this list that isn't Japanese, they are South Korean. You may not have been aware that high-quality anime (or as it's known in South Korea, manhwa-yeonghwa / 만화 영화) can originate from countries other than Japan, but
- [A-1](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/a-1/) - A-1 Pictures Not a titan in the anime movie community by any means, A-1 Pictures so far has but a single original anime movie under its belt along with a TV series movie each for Fairy Tail and Blue Exorcist. A-1 Pictures primarily works on anime series and animation for anime-themed video games like Persona
- [Hara](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/hara/) - Keiichi Hara Keiichi Hara is known primarily for directing most of the Doraemon and Crayon Shin-Chan TV shows and movies, but has in recent years taken to directing original anime feature films as well. His original films are much more weighty and serious in tone than the series he handled, so don't take his
- [Sori](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/sori/) - Fumihiko Sori Vexille is currently the only original anime film directed by Fumihiko Sori, who was the producer of the first Appleseed movie. Along with some live-action ventures, Sori also directed the exceedingly unremarkable OVA TO and a licensed CG film based on the Dragon Age games called Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker. Vexille (2007)
- [Aramaki](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/aramaki/) - Shinji Aramaki Aramaki is known primarily for directing the two Appleseed movies which were unique in their time being completely CG and cel-shaded to appear more anime-like instead of being traditionally animated. If you're considering the Appleseed movies for family viewing you can treat them both as your average action movies in terms of questionable
- [Shinkai](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/shinkai/) - Makoto Shinkai Shinkai's films, while breathtakingly beautiful, are almost all intensely depressing and sad. He has been dubbed "the new Miyazaki" by many in the anime biz, but he considers that to be an exaggeration. His earlier films were sad and beautiful, but as such were not really comparable to the generally family fare that
- [Production I.G](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/production-ig/) - Production I.G Pretty much all of the movies from Production I.G in this guide are for teens to adults only. Kids wouldn't get much from most of these movies even if they did watch them anyways. Regardless, Production I.G's anime films are some of the most beautiful and well-written anime movies available. (Yes, Okiurasan, Kitakubosan and
- [Otomo](https://animemovieguide.com/movie-guide/otomo/) - Katsuhiro Otomo (featuring Rintaro) Katsuhiro Otomo doesn't have a studio tied to his name. He has done many movies for/with many studios, so he gets a section of his own. Otomo's work varies from good for family to barely good for public consumption, so keep in mind that only his best works will be listed
- [Anthology Guide](https://animemovieguide.com/anthology-guide/) - Anime Anthology Movie Guide COMING SOON
- [Sections Coming Soon](https://animemovieguide.com/ova-guide/ova-coming-soon/)

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