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<p>+ shorts </p><p><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CTxk-4J5HY" rel="nofollow">www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CTxk-4J5HY</a></p>
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<p>This list will be updated regularly.</p><p>Any suggestions are welcomed*, I'd love this list to be huge and one day to have a 100% watched.</p><p>Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese and Mongolian films are all welcomed.</p><p><br />*I'm not including the following films, otherwise this list would be too long and not very inviting:</p><p>-Films that originated from a tv series (Dragonball, One Piece, Evangelion, etc); films set in a different universe of the anime series, a remake or reboot are ok (Escaflowne: The Movie).<br />-Films that originated from videogames (Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, etc). <br />-Films that originated from live action films (The Animatrix, Batman: Gotham Knight, etc).<br />-OVA series (unless they were released as a single film somewhere).<br />-Extremely obscure films (hint: usually they can't be found on AniDB, Anime News Network or Wikipedia) and they have never been officially distributed theatrically, on Blu-Ray, on DVD, on VHS or online.<br />-Films under 20 minutes (I encourage someone to make a list of anime shorts).<br />-Films without any major involvement of an East Asian country.</p><p><br />In the case of films that are part of a film series I'm only including the first film in the series (Rebuild of Evangelion, Broken Blade, etc).</p><p>Feel free to suggest anything anime related, even if it doesn't make the list.</p><p><i>In case you are interested I'm ranking the ones I've seen, right now I've seen until number: 64</i></p>
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Originally a Letterboxd list: https://letterboxd.com/maxthemovieguy/list/adult-animation/
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<p>Excluding films based on anime TV series and the DC Universe series, which are so prominent that they would almost overshadow everything else on this list.</p>
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<p>I love animation. I even studied it for four years at university and came out with an honours degree on the subject. You can imagine then how disheartening it is the fact that the majority of westerners (generally) believe the following:</p><p>“Cartoons are for children”</p><p>This basically creates a catch-22. Western audiences think it because the animated shows and movies being advertised are, for the most part, targeted exclusively at children and families (Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Illumination). This leads western studios to become reluctant to make animated movies for anyone other than those audiences because they don't think they'll find a large enough audience. And, to be honest, they probably wouldn't, thanks to the aforementioned perception. My own brother even asks me every so often “Are you still watching cartoons?”.</p><p>Consider this; when was the last time you sat down in the cinema to watch a film and saw a trailer for an animated movie that wasn't family friendly, or made in Japan? I struggle to think of ANY time that happened. Animated movies just don't seem to be on the radar of most westerners / studios outside of Disney etc. </p><p>Aside #1 - I acknowledge we've had quite a few animated tv shows targeteding adults in recent years, but most of those seem to be witty short-form comedies with the same target audience - they sit in their own little niche. Plus Letterboxd is for movies.</p><p>Aside #2 - Anime is obviously a beast. But outside of Japan it's only popular in certain circles and still gets judged immensely. Partly because of the animated form, partly because of the tropes. I know more people who are aggressively not into anime, than are into anime. I see anime as a bit of an exception and it's own niche. </p><p>As far as I'm concerned, animation is imagination and creativity in its purest form. With animation, you could create literally ANY type of film or story - even the sky isn't the limit - and I look forward to the day we break the cycle on that perspective.</p><p>In the meantime, here are some examples of animated movies that treat the form more than something just targeted at children and families. Or, at least they do as far as I can tell... I haven’t seen them all yet! But I'm working my way through them. Possibly with the exception of Urotsukidoji because I’d like to walk away from this with my sanity and dignity intact thank you very much.</p><p>PS – Feel free to send me suggestions or recommendations.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>____________________________________________<br />BONUS INFO BASED ON COMMENTS AND THIS LIST CATCHING FIRE:</p><p>► Please note that this list is very much vibe-based and from my own perspective. It's is not an exact science, and while they don't always have to be, I do lean towards films that are more off the beaten path, or lean into artistry and experimentation a bit more. You might argue that WALL-E or The Lion King might be more suited to this list than Song of the Sea for example, but in my vibe-check they wouldn't. Disney and Pixar won't show up much on here, as much as I love a lot of their movies.</p><p>► I don't want to dillute the list with too much of one thing, and this is why I haven't added *checks notes* almost every single anime movie ever made. If this was a list of all adult-oriented animated movies it would be 98% anime and I don't want that. I have plenty anime on here, but defintiely going for a balance - anime is it's own thing entirely.</p><p>► Quite a few of these films are perfectly fine to be watched by children, of course, but I don't think any of them are explicitly targeted at children.</p><p>► I've also had a few comments - including, weirdly, one extremely hateful one along the lines of "this list is bullshit, no one thinks animation is for children anymore, get a grip". And to that I say: "disagree, and your comment is getting deleted".</p><p>Fin.</p>
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<p>A mix of essentials, classics, shorts, obscure entries, old-school schlock, and hidden gems.</p><p>For series on letterboxd, see <a href="https://letterboxd.com/laserviettedu/list/anime-series/" rel="nofollow">this list</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/dynamitefilms/list/the-ultimate-film-canon-1833-2020-master/" rel="nofollow">Master List</a><br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/dynamitefilms/list/the-ultimate-film-canon-women-directors-1896/" rel="nofollow">Women Directors Master List</a><br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/dynamitefilms/list/the-ultimate-film-canon-20th-century-1901/" rel="nofollow">Ultimate Film Canon pt. 1: 20th Century</a><br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/dynamitefilms/list/underrated-and-obscure-gems/" rel="nofollow">Ultimate Film Canon pt. 2: Underrated and Obscure Gems</a><br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/dynamitefilms/list/the-ultimate-film-canon-2-1878-2000/" rel="nofollow">Ultimate Film Canon pt. 3: 1878-2000: Bonus Films</a><br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/dynamitefilms/list/the-ultimate-film-canon-21st-century-2001-1/" rel="nofollow">Ultimate Film Canon pt. 4: 21st Century</a><br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/dynamitefilms/list/the-ultimate-film-canon-bonus-short-films/" rel="nofollow">Ultimate Film Canon pt. 5: Bonus short films</a><br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/dynamitefilms/list/the-ultimate-mini-series-canon/" rel="nofollow">Ultimate Film Canon pt. 6: Mini-series/OVA/Web-series/Multi-part documentary</a><br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/dynamitefilms/list/the-ultimate-television-series-canon/" rel="nofollow">Ultimate Film Canon pt. 7: TV series</a><br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/dynamitefilms/list/notes-towards-a-future-canon-2021-2022-2023/" rel="nofollow">Notes Towards a Future Canon: 2021/2022/2023, etc.</a></p>