Top Picks - Japanese Animation (Japananime)

Absolutely Fantastic...
Hayao Miyazaki is a great animator, and this is a great film...
It tells an epic story set in medieval Japan, at the dawn of the Iron Age, when some men still lived in harmony with nature and others were trying to tame and defeat it. It is not a simplistic tale of good and evil, but the story of how humans, forest animals and nature gods all fight for their share of the new emerging order.
It is one of the most inventive and visually stunning animated films I have ever seen...
The artistry is simple but beautifully crafted...examples...
The writhing skin of the boar-monster and the great white wolves which are drawn with such grace...

Review Pending*

As a "dark future science-fiction romance" Vampire Hunter D is set in the year 12,090 A.D., in a post-nuclear holocaust world where vampires, mutants and demons "slither through a world of darkness" (in the words of the film's opening introduction)...

The film has great voice-acting performances especially in regards to the title character, D. It was ground-breaking in that it effectively brought together elements of Gothic horror and dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction in a classic Western motif...

This one garners respect for its advanced animation techniques...

The storyline features a larger cast than the first film but it doesn't take away from any aspects of the film...

Review pending...