From new hits to Ghibli classics, there's an anime movie for everyone on Max.
Over the past few years, anime has transcended from being a niche medium only a select few engage with to rivaling animated media produced stateside and even surpassing it in more ways than one. Anime brings a lot of eyeballs as the wide range and versatility of the medium's storytelling attract both mainstream popularity and a dedicated fan following.
Mamoru Hosoda is one of the most prolific modern anime directors, known for critically acclaimed movies like The Boy and the Beast, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and Mirai, which was also the first non-Ghibli anime movie to be nominated for an Academy Award. Hosoda's latest feature, Belle, was also a critical darling that opened at the Cannes Film Festival to a rapturous 14-minute standing ovation and became a box office sensation in Japan.
This serene masterpiece from the master Hayao Miyazaki himself came out just at the beginning of this century but has already claimed its status as a classic. Spirited Away is about a young girl named Chihiro, who ends up at an abandoned theme park with her parents on their way to move into their new house.
In this semi-biographical World War II drama, Miyazaki takes a fantastical approach to history as he tells the story of a real-life fighter plane designer - Jiro Horikoshi. The Wind Rises chronicles a troubled and turbulent time in Japan's history, filled with tales of terror, as it follows a well-meaning man pursuing his obsession to make the best fighter plane possible.
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