When most people think of anime films, especially from the 2000s, their minds turned to the works of studio Ghibli. With the decade which saw the release of Fiery,, Howl moving castle,, Healing And more, it is entirely understandable. And what is really great in the 2000s is that many other masterpieces, of the same level of quality as the films of Hayao Miyazaki, were published throughout the decade by other directors and studios.

Anime went to America in the 2000s, and it was largely thanks to the spectacular films that were released. Whether it is action, romance, drama, horror, fantasy or science fiction films, the decade has seen the release of films that stand out among the best, in general, from the 21st century. For all those who consider themselves a fan of animation, all these cinematographic opus are compulsory.

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5 centimeters per second was Makoto Shinkai’s melting blow

5 centimeters per second is a must for fans of your name

While just over an hour, 5 centimeters per second Offers more value than most films twice its length. Split in three parts, with a global history that extends over decades, Makoto Shinkai’s first major success is as superior as the director’s modern fans expect from his work on Your name. After the humble life of Takaki Tono and his desire to find love, the film is a romantic drama engaging and one with a more daring message than most.

5 centimeters per second consists in adopting and embracing the little joys in life, rather than observing to achieve objectives that cannot be controlled. Visuals in 5 centimeters per second are superb, and they are dynamic enough to raise the conceptually simple scenes of the film. His soundtrack is magnificent, and its short length allows him to move at a quick pace and never drag.

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Cowboy Bebop: Knockin ‘On Heaven’s Door is the best action anime of the 2000s

Cowboy Bebop: Knockin ‘On the Sky Porte still raises one of the greatest anime of the 90s

Cowboy Bebop: knock on the sky door is an excellent example of what a film should be that acts as a side story of a popular television anime. It takes everything that fans love in the classic science fiction of the 90s, and improves everything he can, while telling an autonomous story that is always thematic online with the series. The presentation of Cowboy Bebop was already exceptional, and his fights were already the most beautiful of his time, but Knock on the sky manages to completely blow the television series out of the water in these respects.

Cowboy Bebop: knock on the sky door Suit Spike Spiegel and Bebop crew while conflict with Vincent VolajuA bad guy who probably serves an even better to climb flower than vicious. The interactions between Spike, Faye, Sid and Edward are still as charming, the jazz compositions of the series make a comeback, and Spike’s personal journey throughout the film is touching. Knock on the sky is mainly a film for fans of Cowboy Bebop But, given its simple premise and its autonomous nature, it can be appreciated by anyone.

Cowboy Bebop: knock on the sky door

Release date

May 16, 2003

Execution time

1 hour 55 minutes

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Howl’s moving castle is one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most popular films

Howl’s moving castle was recognized by the Oscars

Howl moving castle had a difficult task when it was released, needing to serve as a real monitoring of the already legendary Fiery. Although it is not as breathtaking as its predecessor, It is always a wonderful work of art in its own right, and one of the best films of Hayao Miyzakai. His story stumbles during his final act, but that is forgiven how incredible everything is, and how impressive the visuals are from start to finish.

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Howl moving castle tells the story of a cursed young woman to appear elderly by a witch, an event that triggers a chain of events leading her to an adventure filled with romance, magic and war. The first parts of the film do an immaculate work in immersed viewers in his fantastic world and attaching them to the relationship between Sophie and Howl. And, although the third act is confusing, it is only because this is where the ambitions of the film culminate, because it presents its most spectacular sequences, and aims to bring back its multitude of themes.

Howl moving castle

Release date

September 9, 2004

Execution time

119 minutes

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  Chieko Baisho

  Sophie (voice)

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  Takuya Kimura

  Scream (voice)

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Metropolis is one of the best animated cyberpunk films

Metropolis is inspired more than the manga on which it is based

Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is one of the greatest films ever made. While the manga of the same name of Osamu Tezuka only made a minimum influence of the Masterclass of Lang in German expressionism, its 2001 cinematographic adaptation derives strongly from both. The result is Metropolis To be a visually magnificent cyberpunk film with a more complete and satisfactory story than the manga on which it is based.

Metropolis Depicted a futuristic and dystopian society where humans and robots live side by side, the inequalities of wealth have reached new extremes, and the poorest of humans were deceived by their business suzerains to blame robots for their tests. More relevant today than ever for multiple reasons, the film illustrates its worldly realistic world in an artistic style which is its own, and deliberately presents it mainly from the children’s pov, those without hatred in their hearts. Metropolis’ Imagination and animation are constantly impressive and, despite the gloom of the film, it actually leaves viewers with a final note full of hope.

Metropolis (2001)

Release date

January 25, 2002

Execution time

1 hour 48 minutes

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The girl who jumped in time is a sincere science fiction jewel

The girl who jumped in time has a feeling of magic generally only carried out by Studio Ghibli

Mamoru Hosoda is famous for her work on Summer wars And Wolf children But, before one or the other, he directed the timeless classic that The girl who jumped over time. One of the most charming and most beautiful films of the 2000s, The girl who jumped over time used science fiction concepts to tell a Terre-à-Terre story. He can sometimes get bogged down in his own traditions and mechanisms, but he generally focuses on the journey of his charismatic and relatable protagonist, Makoto Konno.

The girl who jumped over time Makoto follows as she develops the ability to travel back in time, a power that she starts quickly abusing to solve small problems, or simply have a good time. The film is always funny and sweet and, while its actions are starting to cause problems, Makoto’s growth is satisfactory to witness. The romance between Makoto and Chiaki is not the best, but it is quite charming, and it does well to support Makoto’s Arc through the last act of the film.

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Mind Game is the most ambitious and inspired anime film of the 2000s

Mind Game demands the attention of his audience with his creativity

Mind game is an experience that defies what it means to be an animated film. A fever trip of a film, at no time are the events that occur around the young and depressed man who acts as the principal of predictable history, things only becoming more and more random, dramatic and fantastic. And, as the story changes several times, the style of animation changes completely from one scene to another.

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The best animated films are often those that can only be animated by animation, and Mind game certainly supports this idea. Director Masaaki Yuasa has a love for the medium which cannot be equaled by many, and he demonstrates his passion through the abundance of unusual style which he presents throughout the film. Mind game is not a traditional story, but something to experiment, and it is an unforgettable experience for that.

Mind game

Release date

August 7, 2004

Execution time

103 minutes

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Paprika ended Satoshi Kon’s career on a good note

Paprika dissects the nature of dreams in an obsessive way

While Hayao Miyazaki may have produced some of his best work during the decade, the most brilliant anime director of the 2000s was Satoshi Kon. Visionary genius who died tragically in 2010, Kon spent the 2000s to create one of the most fascinating series of the decade, Paranoiaas well as three great films of all time. Kon’s final film, Paprikais exceptional, and only the weakest of his films because of the strength of the rest of his works.

Paprika is a film on dreams and identity. Difficult that the film can sometimes be followed, being often clear what is real and what is not, its comment is nevertheless fascinating, and the creativity of its visuals is practically unequaled. The characters are not the best of Kon, but they serve the objectives they need, embodying the messages of the film of duality and balance, and serving as substitutes for the public to discover one of the most surreal cinematographic pieces ever put on the screen.

Paprika

Release date

November 25, 2006

Execution time

90 minutes

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The actress of Millennium proved that Satoshi Kon was not a whim with a perfect blue

The actress of Millennium defies the binary nature of fiction and reality

Millennium actress exists in two worlds. It is both the first entry into the trilogy of the 2000s of Satoshi Kon, and a direct monitoring of the film which put it on the map, Perfect blue. This duality reflects the themes at stake in Millennium actressA film which, like a large part of Kon’s other works, seeks to decompose and explore the division between reality and fantasy.

Said from the point of view of an interview of years after the events of the film, Millennium actress uses its format and surreal stylistic choices to play with its audience. Not only does it work constantly to ensure that viewers wonder what is real and what is not, but it deeply makes them worry about the protagonist Chiyoko Fujiwara, and each time that fans were kicking so that it overcomes its difficulties, the segments of interviews cut to remind them that it will not. Millennium actress Maybe scary positively, his animation is out of the world and corresponds perfectly to the tone, and it is probably the most ambitious film in Kon.

Millennium actress

Release date

September 14, 2002

Execution time

87 minutes

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  Miyoko Shoji

  Chico fuijwara (70)

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  Mami Koyama

  Chico Fuijwara (20-40)

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  Fumiko Orikasa

  Chico fuijwara (10-20)

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Tokyo Godfathers is the most sincere work of Satoshi Kon

Tokyo Godfathers is one of the great Christmas films of all time

The second of the films of the 2000s of Satoshi Kon, Tokyo sponsors is his most unique film, and probably his best. Contrary to Perfect blue,, Millennium actressAnd Paprika,, Tokyo sponsors It is not interested in being surreal, exciting or narrative and thematically complex. Instead, he just tells a simple story on three homeless people with a good heart trying to find the parents of a baby at Christmas and the execution of the story roughly relentlessly.

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Despite being simpler than any other Kon’s work, There are still lots of depth to find in Tokyo sponsorsand his visuals are just as inspired, in their own way, as those found in Paprika And Millennium actress. Its central theme of the family leads to many emotional moments, and Gin, Hana and Miyuki are easily the most endearing protagonists of Kon because of them. Notably, Tokyo sponsors is a rare example where its English dub, in particular that made in 2019 by GKIDS, is objectively the best way for the English-speaking public to live it, because previous dubbing and submarines all contain major translation problems.

Tokyo sponsors

Release date

December 5, 2003

Execution time

92 minutes

Casting

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  Aya Okamoto

  Miyuki (voice)

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  Yoshiaki Umegaki

  Hana (voice)

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  Satomi Korogi

  Kiyoko (voice)

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Spirited Away deserves its reputation as a Magnum opus by Hayao Miyazaki

Spirited Away is a perfect movie from start to finish

The most popular film studio Ghibli, the most profitable Japanese film for 15 years after its release, and an Oscar winner, Fiery makes the impossible, and is up to the media threw that surrounds it. Hayao Miyazaki and Magnum opus from Ghibli studio, Fiery is imaginative, emotional and breathtaking, and it can be appreciated by anyone. The story of Chihiro Ogino, and his quest to escape the kingdom of the Spirit and save his parents, is perfect and captured through visuals that hold more than even today.

Fiery Immerse the viewers without effect and puts them in the place of Chihiro, initially presenting the spiritual kingdom as a terrifying place, before Chihiro finds friends in the most unexpected places and sees the most fanciful side, leaving the fans to worry as much about the tastes of haku, linen and without face. Like many other Ghibli films, he has strong environmental themes and, ironically, given the explosion of the film in popularity in America, it offers a heavy criticism of Western consumerism. In the 2000s, there is no other anime film with depth, the entertainment value in the surface and the heart that Fiery is able to balance.