Anime Movies 1990-2000, a list by Thomas Wann

8.3

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84

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83

/8686/

4.4

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93

/123/

94

/12006/

78

/31/

8.6

/871132/

4.0

age 12+

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

85

8.1

/74665/

83

/3739/

82

/1764/

4.5

/466608/

92

/12/

87

/249/

8.5

/676895/

age 16+

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

83

7.6

/41541/

74

/1951/

73

/1203/

3.9

/157147/

100

/63/

82

/66/

90

/19/

7.4

/83893/

4.0

age 11+

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

82

8.0

/117199/

82

/6058/

83

/3020/

4.4

/1040062/

84

/57/

89

/1220/

67

/17/

8.5

/426577/

age 16+

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

82

7.8

/81618/

80

/3475/

79

/2193/

4.2

/400693/

95

/21/

90

/1519/

75

/4/

8.2

/224797/

age 10+

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.

81

7.7

/114271/

77

/5114/

77

/3581/

4.0

/481515/

95

/21/

87

/8412/

83

/11/

7.9

/176374/

age 10+

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.

81

7.9

/170828/

80

/9499/

79

/3723/

4.1

/383822/

95

/62/

89

/4413/

76

/14/

8.2

/354836/

3.0

age 15+

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

80

7.8

/43997/

78

/1665/

77

/710/

3.8

/35007/

90

/21/

89

/2211/

7.6

/75932/

age 17+

Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways—and possibly his life.

77

7.5

/25235/

75

/1399/

74

/523/

4.0

/55225/

82

/305/

7.7

/54646/

A freighter crew responds to a distress call from a station run by an AI opera diva. The AI manipulates life support, VR, and nanosystems, posing dangers the crew must overcome to survive.

75

7.2

/38252/

72

/1968/

71

/1143/

3.7

/120798/

86

/14/

77

/731/

77

/8/

7.2

/69308/

age 10+

The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.

77

75

7.6

/13615/

75

/1033/

75

/903/

3.7

/31056/

86

/35/

7.6

/106741/

Not paying attention to his job, a young demon allows the evil cleansing machine to overflow and explode, turning the young demon into the infamous monster Janemba. Goku and Vegeta make solo attempts to defeat the monster, but realize their only option is fusion.

78

75

7.5

/5042/

76

/259/

73

/140/

4.2

/10566/

84

/108/

8.0

/19247/

A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.

74

7.2

/16806/

73

/840/

73

/477/

3.8

/28366/

78

/359/

7.4

/152804/

Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.

74

7.4

/10789/

73

/847/

73

/768/

3.4

/20562/

83

/59/

7.3

/88556/

The Z Warriors discover an unopenable music box and are told to open it with the Dragon Balls. The contents turn out to be a warrior named Tapion who had sealed himself inside along with a monster called Hildegarn. Goku must now perfect a new technique to defeat the evil monster.

73

7.2

/10839/

70

/515/

71

/303/

3.5

/10618/

80

/5/

78

/596/

7.1

/21332/

Bison, the ruthless leader of the international terrorist organization Shadowlaw, has been desperately searching for the greatest fighter on the planet for years. He finds it in Ryu, a young wanderer who never stays in one place long enough for Bison to find him. He does, however, get a fix on Ken Masters, an American martial arts champion who studied with Ryu as a child under the same master. Meanwhile, Major Guile of the United States Army is forced to team up with Chun Li from China in hopes of apprehending Bison and putting a stop his international ring of crime.

76

72

7.6

/3685/

77

/330/

73

/190/

3.8

/7477/

8.0

/43065/

Kaitou Kid dares to challenge the police once more, setting his sights on the Russian Imperial Easter Egg. With the date, time, and place, the Osaka police force scrambles to stop him. But this time, Kid may have bitten off more than he can chew—Conan Edogawa, Heiji Hattori, and numerous others are also trying to get their hands on the jeweled egg.

72

7.1

/17475/

71

/1018/

70

/587/

3.6

/49681/

78

/9/

75

/293/

75

/4/

7.0

/29128/

age 7+

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

72

7.4

/13196/

74

/1155/

72

/969/

3.4

/32756/

7.3

/111660/

While the Saiyan Paragus persuades Vegeta to rule a new planet, King Kai alerts Goku of the South Galaxy's destruction by an unknown Super Saiyan.

71

7.1

/7932/

71

/808/

72

/605/

3.2

/20413/

78

/985/

7.1

/81869/

Mr. Money is holding another World Martial Arts Tournament and Mr. Satan invites everyone in the world to join in. Little does he know that Bojack, an ancient villain who has escaped his prison, is competing. Since Goku is currently dead, it is up to Gohan, Vegeta, and Trunks to defeat Bojack and his henchman.

81

70

7.7

/1932/

78

/197/

81

/186/

3.9

/4450/

92

/383/

8.2

/70217/

All of the Clow Cards have been captured, and Sakura Kinomoto, the new Master of the Cards, is preparing to play the lead in the play for the town festival. However, a new evil force is causing mysterious events all over Tomoeda, including the disappearance of Sakura's cards. With Syaoran's help, Sakura must figure out the cause of these events, and save her town.

73

70

7.3

/3746/

75

/341/

72

/217/

3.6

/6884/

7.8

/41941/

Ran’s secret past revealed! Ten years ago, something happened between her mom and dad. Now, plagued by nightmares, Ran is starting to remember… Meanwhile, a murderous card dealer breaks out of jail to seek revenge. His target: Ran’s father. Can Conan stop him in time and save his girlfriend’s family?

70

7.0

/9329/

69

/889/

70

/723/

3.3

/26321/

80

/171/

7.0

/102127/

After defeating Frieza, Goku returns to Earth and goes on a camping trip with Gohan and Krillin. Everything is normal until Cooler - Frieza's brother - sends three henchmen after Goku. A long fight ensues between our heroes and Cooler, in which he transforms into the fourth stage of his evolution and has the edge in the fight... until Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan.

70

7.3

/20666/

74

/909/

74

/536/

3.9

/39538/

52

/23/

79

/417/

59

/13/

7.7

/86620/

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he saw die.

69

6.9

/9621/

69

/709/

70

/372/

3.3

/15027/

7.0

/85981/

There once was a pirate known as the Great Gold Pirate Woonan, who obtained almost one-third of the world's gold. Over the course of a few years, the pirate's existence faded, and a legend grew that he disappeared with his gold to a remote island, an island pirates continue to search for. Aboard the Going Merry, Luffy and his crew, starved and reckless, are robbed of their treasure. In an attempt to get it back, they wreck the getaway ship, guided by a young boy named Tobio, who's a captured part of El Drago's pirate crew. El Drago's love for gold has driven him to look for Woonan's island, and thanks to Woonan's treasure map, he finds it. During this time, Luffy's crew have been split up, and despite their own circumstances, they must find a way to stop El Drago from obtaining Woonan's gold.

69

6.6

/22975/

65

/1495/

64

/940/

3.1

/140250/

89

/18/

64

/166/

73

/4/

6.5

/82818/

3.0

age 12+

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...

71

68

7.2

/3298/

72

/420/

74

/386/

3.4

/6808/

7.1

/35807/

A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.

68

6.8

/3605/

68

/229/

65

/127/

3.6

/7096/

60

/25/

7.0

/14612/

3.0

Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider human feelings.

68

7.4

/4500/

76

/421/

74

/257/

3.6

/9694/

38

7.8

/48102/

Once brilliant teenage detective Shinichi Kudo was given a poison that reverted him to a 4-year-old. He's adopted the pseudonym Conan Edogawa so no one (save for an eccentric inventor) will know. Now he's got to solve a series of bombings before his loved ones become victims. Who is this madman and why is he doing this? Only the young genius can save the day but will even he be up to the task?

76

67

7.7

/3100/

75

/213/

78

/179/

3.7

/8517/

7.7

/39176/

While enjoying the flower gardens, Sailor Moon and friends encounter an old childhood friend of Mamoru's: an alien! He's come back to give Mamoru a special flower but doesn't like Usagi and the rest of the planet's inhabitants. Sailor Moon must defend the earth from the evil Kisenian Flower he's brought back... before the evil vines and blossoms overrun the planet!

71

67

7.1

/3461/

68

/294/

66

/184/

3.4

/8827/

84

/44/

7.2

/55693/

She and Her Cat details the life of a cat, entirely from the cat's perspective, as it passes time with its owner, a young woman.

76

67

7.7

/2879/

75

/171/

73

/50/

3.5

/2860/

89

/427/

7.7

/38367/

After Colony (A.C.) 196, one year following the end of the battles between the Earth Sphere and the space colonies, peace has spread throughout. The Gundam pilots find themselves attempting to rebuild their lives. No longer having need of their weapons of war, their Gundams are sent into the sun to be destroyed. But suddenly, Relena Darlian, now a high-ranking government official, is kidnapped by a colony with aspirations of total dominance. The pilots and their allies find themselves called into action once again. The Endless Waltz has resumed...

77

67

7.2

/1985/

71

/221/

77

/160/

3.7

/4939/

92

/383/

7.6

/61457/

Sakura Kinomoto, a Card Captor, wins a game of chance and is awarded a trip to Hong Kong, along with her best friend Tomoyo and her rival, Syaoran Li. It turns out that the ancient rival of Clow Reed, the creator of the mysterious and powerful Clow Cards, summoned them, and she's out for revenge. A battle ensues, and secrets are revealed about Clow Reed's shady past and Sakura's connection to him.

78

67

7.8

/6886/

75

/681/

76

/580/

3.8

/22734/

90

/7/

7.8

/89291/

It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now Trunks must figure out a way to change this apocalyptic future

78

66

7.2

/1998/

77

/159/

74

/83/

4.2

/11640/

85

/153/

7.6

/29706/

In a loose retelling of the Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series, Utena Tenjou arrives at Ohtori Academy, only to be immediately swept up in a series of duels for the hand of her classmate Anthy Himemiya and the power she supposedly holds. At the same time, Utena reunites with Touga Kiryuu, a friend from her childhood who seems to know the secrets behind the duels. Utena must discover those secrets for herself, before the power that rules Ohtori claims her and her friends, new and old.

66

6.7

/9478/

65

/736/

65

/610/

3.0

/19565/

75

/139/

6.6

/91138/

Goku and friends must stop a band of space pirates from consuming fruit from the Tree of Might before it's destructive powers drain Earth's energy.

82

65

7.8

/460/

77

/108/

77

/58/

4.1

/4599/

92

/12/

87

/250/

8.5

/676612/

Revival of Evangelion is a re-edit of the Neon Genesis Evangelion films , released in 1998. It consists of Evangelion: Death (which was essentially a clip show that summarized the entire regular series) and The End of Evangelion , re-edited together to make a version that tells the entire story of Evangelion. It is considered to be the final form of the Evangelion films.

64

6.6

/8116/

63

/716/

66

/539/

2.9

/15120/

67

/121/

6.5

/74100/

The evil Dr. Kochin uses the dragon balls to resurrect his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, in an effort to take over the world. Dr. Wheelo, his body having been destroyed by the avalanche that killed him fifty years before, desires the body of the strongest fighter in the world as his new vessel. Believing Roshi to be the world's strongest warrior, Dr. Kochin abducts Bulma and forces Roshi to surrender himself to save her. When Goku hears of their abduction, he goes to their rescue.

77

63

7.5

/3700/

77

/305/

74

/194/

3.7

/6736/

85

/8/

8.0

/40224/

Police officers around Tokyo are being murdered by an unknown assailant. When Ran witnesses an attempt on the life of one of her friends in the police, she loses her memory. Now, Conan and Inspector Megure must find the murderer while Ran attempts to regain her lost memories.

76

62

7.6

/1272/

75

/259/

75

/89/

3.9

/7074/

7.6

/76283/

Two children receive a strange egg that hatches into their very first Digimon, leading to the night that would change their lives forever.

62

6.5

/7390/

64

/702/

65

/573/

2.8

/16154/

61

/110/

6.5

/79189/

A Super Namekian named Slug comes to invade Earth. But the Z Warriors do their best to stop Slug and his gang.

61

6.5

/7083/

66

/826/

68

/703/

2.8

/18728/

47

/80/

6.7

/89413/

A Saiyan Space pod crash-lands on Earth out of which a wounded Saiyan crawls: Broly, the Legendary Super Saiyan. The wounded Broly shouts out in frustration and turns into normal form. The place soon freezes, trapping him in it and he falls into a coma.

61

6.6

/14033/

67

/778/

68

/356/

3.4

/11921/

50

/18/

66

/824/

44

/6/

6.8

/62934/

In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya asks David to give a new katana to her. Soon she saves the school nurse Makiho Amano from two vampires disguised of classmates and Makiho witnesses her fight against the powerful demon.

64

60

6.9

/9384/

66

/753/

65

/1082/

3.0

/20356/

59

/23/

6.7

/86311/

Cooler has resurrected himself as a robot and is enslaving the people of New Namek. Goku and the gang must help.

73

60

7.3

/3042/

75

/178/

72

/99/

3.4

/969/

80

/177/

7.5

/28554/

The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desparate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Rurouni Kenshin. Will the former assassin take up his sword to fight again? When Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity and his fight becomes a personal vendetta, the young hero will have no choice.

59

6.3

/49319/

72

/2748/

69

/1538/

3.6

/116908/

17

/90/

77

/52/

35

/25/

7.6

/188364/

2.0

age 6+

Determined to prove its superiority, a bio-engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokemon match like none before.

75

59

7.6

/2554/

73

/57/

74

/44/

4.0

/5134/

7.6

/5479/

Moomintroll, Sniff and Little My set out to stop a comet approaching the Moominvalley. Along the way they meet Snufkin, the beautiful Snorkmaiden, Snork and Hemulen, who join them in their quest.

77

59

7.5

/812/

75

/110/

70

/69/

3.8

/2797/

91

/148/

7.7

/9227/

Three decades after the great war between the humans and the Zentradi, the U.N. government is developing new technologies to use in their transforming fighter aircraft by running tests on the colony planet Eden. Military test pilots and former childhood friends, loose cannon Isamu Alva Dyson and the Zentradi mixed race Guld Goa Bowman, are selected to each pilot a new aircraft (Shinsei Industries' YF-19 & General Galaxy's YF-21) for Project Super Nova, to choose the newest successor to the VF-11 Thunderbolt variable fighter which is currently still in use by the U.N. Spacy military forces. Their own personal grudges end up disrupting the tests, and begin to wreak havoc on the program.

63

59

6.5

/3998/

71

/230/

67

/143/

3.3

/2802/

43

/14/

68

/469/

55

/7/