My Top Five Anime Movies

Anime movies that everyone should give a go

5. 5 Centimeters Per Second (Byousoku 5 Centimeter)

5 Centimeters Per Second is a movie composed of three short stories. It's a romantic drama anime about two childhood friends, Takai and Akari, who fall in love with each other but are torn apart by distance after one of them moves away. The both promise to stay in contact and still hope to see each other again someday. It is a story about the harsh reality of long distance relationships.

4. A Whisker Away (Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu)

A Whisker Away is a movie about a high school girl named Miyo Sasaki who can turn into a cat. She uses this ability to catch the attention of her crush since she is not able to get his attention as herself. She realizes that she isn't able to help her crush with problems she hears in her cat form and the line between cat and human is starting to blur. She has to decide whether to stay a cat forever or reveal her identity.

3. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai)

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is a heartbreaking romance movie about a boy who doesn't have any interest in other people and thinks that no one else has any interest in him either. He soon discovers that a popular girl in his class is secretly suffering from a fatal pancreatic illness and she reveals to him that she doesn't have much time left to live. He agrees to spend time with her until she passes away.

2. A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi)

A Silent Voice is about a movie about boy who bullied a girl with impaired hearing. The bullying got so bad that she transferred schools. Years later they meet again and the boy greatly regrets his actions and tries to show her that he has changed. He goes on a journey of redemption and tries to make things right.

Your Name (Kimi no Na wa)

Your Name is a movie about a boy named Taki and a girl named Mitsuha who keep swapping bodies. It all started when the Mitsuha dreamed of herself living in Tokyo as a boy and Taki dreamed of himself living in a rural town as a girl. Their everyday lives get impacted due to them switching bodies and things get even more complicated when they try to meet in person.