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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 2897406" data-attributes="member: 2238">Its better if you think of Anime as a way of filming a movie rather than a kind of movie.  Certain conventions that are assiciated with Anime and cause many to think of it as a genre of film are actually japanese cultural conventions and come from Japanese film, literature, theater, and art.   Just like using regular film stock and a camera, anime is capable of producing amazing pieces of art and huge piles of crap.  Just like western cinema about 10% of what is made is really worth watching.  In my opinion much of it does not age well.  Ghost in the Shell is pretty good, but the epilogue is kind of dumb.Princess Monoke is goodMacross Plus (the movie edit) is amasingly good.I know you are looking for movies, but check out "cowboy bebop".  The episodes stand alone, so you can get a DVD and check it out.  There is also a film and you don't need the series to understand it.Also, want to second Ghost in the Shell SAC series.  This one is really good.  One of the cool traits of the series is that it has "Stand Alone" episodes that don't tie into the ongoing story, and "Complex" ones that do.</blockquote>