Anime Movies You NEED To Watch that are not Studio Ghibli

Welcome to Cinemonica Today I'm gonna talk about some anime movies that you definitely need to watch now. I'm the biggest Studio Ghibli fan I've watched every single movie. I love them so much, but there are so many great other anime movies out there So I wanted to continue this list since I already made another video about this But this time I'm telling you about even more anime movies that you need to watch before we start I want to say how happy I am about the new discord group that I made the little film club We already have like 400 members and it's been great So if you want a place where you can talk about movies anime TV shows and whatever Then you're more than welcome to join. I'm gonna leave the link in the description Alright, so a lot of these movies I've already talked about in a lot of my past videos But now they're all together in just one video starting with a movie that again I have gushed about this movie so much. I love it. It's amazing I think it's one of the most original anime movies that I've ever seen It's so weird and it's the night is short walk on girl This movie is about a girl who has the craziest night of her life. She's going from bar to bar drinking lots of alcohol Honestly, it's just like a really weird kind of psychedelic dream The animation is super unique super colorful and honestly, it really does feel like a dream It is extremely fun and something that I love about it is the music The music in this movie is so quirky and so fun and I still haven't been able to find it on YouTube Spotify or anywhere but to this day I still remember it because I loved it It is directed by Masaki Yuasa and since I'm talking about him I want to mention another one of his films that I really like it is called ride your wave It's about a girl who tragically lost her boyfriend. So she starts seeing him in water It sounds kind of strange and like it would be sad But for some reason this movie wasn't really that sad It was more fun than anything else And I really really like that even though it deals with loss and with grief it does so in a way that's really fun That sounds bad. It's grief is not fun I just really appreciate how this movie deals with it something that I noticed with Masaki Yuasa films is the soundtrack I really like the soundtrack in this movie the colors. It's super colorful. This movie is just so positive and joyful Somehow it kind of reminded me of like an old school anime rom-com Which I love now moving on to a different director this time Mamoru Hosoda who just released his latest film called Bell, which I just saw and I loved Bell It's like this combination of Beauty and the Beast meets Summer Wars from the same director or if you haven't seen Summer Wars Ready Player One or Wreck-It Ralph meets Hatsune Miku or like Hannah Montana. What more can you ask for? It's such a fun combination Bell is about a high school girl named Susu who is very shy She really loves to sing but somehow she just can't bring herself to sing She's just kind of depressed But then she enters this virtual world named you where she creates an online persona named Bell. Bell is beautiful Fashionable and most importantly she has the courage to sing in front of millions of people She becomes the most popular person inside this virtual world, but nobody knows it's Susu. It's all anonymous They all know her as Bell. One day she's having a massive concert and it's interrupted by this beast who is being chased Susu then takes it upon herself to try to find this beast who this person is and help him from whatever it is that He's suffering from. This movie was not only a lot of fun It was so gorgeous too, the animation, the whole virtual world and Bell as a character Her design was just beautiful. I love her outfits. Honestly, I am a fan of Bell I want to go to her concert. Her songs, honestly, bangers. The soundtrack was incredible It was really funny, but it also dealt with a lot of serious topics. I was honestly super impressed I really like Mamoru Osada's movies But I feel like you never know what he's gonna make next because all of his films are very different from each other The thing about Bell though is that it really reminded me of Summer Wars or the Digimon movie Let's face it because of the whole virtual world I'm a huge fan of Wolf Children, The Girl Who Left Through Time, which I mentioned in my last video about anime movies So yeah, I was super excited to watch Bell and it did not disappoint at all. Bell is out now in theaters I didn't watch it in a theater, but I'm dying to see it in a theater And I think I'm gonna go probably this weekend because it was just gorgeous And I would really like to see it on a big screen Thank you so much to G Kids for sponsoring this video and letting me see Bell. I truly truly loved it Speaking of Mamoru Osada, I want to talk about another one of his films It's called Mirai of the Future which came out last year and it was actually nominated for an Academy Award It's about a boy who has this little sister who he doesn't really like He's suddenly not the only child his parents have to you know, pay attention to their daughter He's kind of being a brat about it. So one day he gets a visit from his little sister all grown up She's coming from the future. Through the film we see him learn and kind of mature and treat his sister better It was very sweet. Definitely not as ambitious as Bell So if you want to watch something that's a little bit more slow-paced and simple then I suggest that you watch Mirai The next film I want to talk about is A Letter to Momo A Letter to Momo is about a girl named Momo who has just moved out of the city She starts seeing these mysterious goblins appear in her house, but she's the only one that can see them She's very scared at first, but then they kind of like become friends This movie was super fun, but it also deals with a lot of serious things such as grief there's a lot of anime movies about Losing someone and grieving and like coping with that in kind of like a spiritual way this one really reminded me of Studio Ghibli because of you know The spirits and Momo also kind of reminded me of Chihiro from Spirited Away. It really has a Ghibli vibe So if you like Studio Ghibli, I really recommend you watch A Letter to Momo It was absolutely beautiful and also the animation is very comforting Next is a movie that I've talked about a lot in previous videos and it's In This Corner of the World In This Corner of the World is about a young woman who goes to live in Hiroshima during World War 2 It shows the everyday life of this woman who's very caring She loves art, but sadly is living so near war that her life is just changing all the time It's a heartbreaking story that somehow is just full of hope but also misery If you watch this movie beware because it will really rip your heart apart So if you're in the mood to cry, this is the one that I recommend It's very sad, but extremely beautiful at the same time Next I want to talk about one of my favorite anime directors Satoshi Kon I've talked about all of his movies extensively in past videos. In part one of this video I talked about Perfect Blue and Millennium Actress. So in this video, I want to talk about Paprika and Tokyo Godfathers Let's start with Paprika, which is a movie that is very very trippy If you've watched Inception, this is the movie that Inception took inspiration from It's all about dreams and going from dream to dream, reality to reality Jumping around all these dreams. Every single frame in this movie is incredible The animation in this movie is something I've never seen being done before It's just extremely impressive and I feel like your imagination just runs wild when you watch this It's just impossible to not get inspired when you watch this movie Moving on to Tokyo Godfathers, I think the lightest and funniest movie from Satoshi Kon It's about three homeless people that find a baby during Christmas and decide to take care of it as their own What I love the most about this movie is the characters' personalities They're all so vibrant and full of life It is extremely fun to watch and somehow just very comforting I'd say this is a great Christmas movie, but of course you can watch it any time of the year The next movie I want to talk about is Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop It's super simple but so wholesome I really like the characters a lot, but what I liked about it the most is the colors It's so colorful The animation is just so pretty and pleasant to look at I really like how the animators just, you know, had fun with it Making everything as colorful as possible It's about a girl and a boy who come together to try to find this old record that means a lot to this old man Like I said, this one is just really simple, nothing too deep You will not cry or be angry or sad So if you just want to watch a really wholesome and cute anime, then this one is for you The next one is Flavors of Youth Flavors of Youth is divided into three stories Which is great if you don't have time to watch a whole movie or you don't want to It's basically like three short films I am gonna say this though I didn't like the three of them the same amount I did feel like the first story was cute The second one was whatever And the third one is the one that gets all the hearts for me The third story is the one that I want to see a whole movie made about Honestly, I feel like it's worth it to watch all of them But if I have to pick my favorite, it would be the last story Although if you really enjoy watching anime food, then the first story is the one for you The song in the end credits, absolutely beautiful I had to look for it right away As you can see, songs and soundtracks really get to me in anime movies Alright, we've reached the last movie that I'm gonna talk about And surprise! It's a Ghibli movie I know this is supposed to be movies other than Studio Ghibli But I feel like this one is underrated So I want to talk about it And it is Only Yesterday One of my absolute favorite Ghibli movies And one that I feel like it's not talked about enough It's about a woman who goes to visit her family in the countryside And there she starts to remember her old life How she was as a child The movie is filled with flashbacks showing her 10-year-old self And the contrast of how she is now and how she was before I feel like this movie really makes you reconnect with your childhood self And makes you think about Did I accomplish all of those dreams I had as a child? Have I grown as a person? It is just absolutely wonderful I feel like it's a movie that every single Studio Ghibli fan must watch Even if you're watching it for the first time, it just feels so nostalgic This movie deserves so much love And that's it for my list of anime movies you should definitely watch Let me know if you've watched any of these movies and what you thought of them And of course, let me know of even more anime movies that you think I should include in this list Please don't forget to check out Belle in theaters It's an absolutely incredible movie And I truly, truly recommend that you go watch it Alright, thank you so much for watching And I'll see you guys in the next one Bye!