Weekly Poll Results: Best Anime Film
Last week we asked you what the best anime film of all time was, and the results were pretty interesting. It’s not so much that the winners were unexpected per se, but the top 3 choices were more closely matched in votes than probably any other poll we’ve had previously. Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke ended up on top with 21% of the votes, while another Miyazaki film, Spirited Away, was #2 at just shy of 20%. (Clearly we’re going to have to do a showdown between all of Miyazaki’s films at some point in the future.) Akira followed immediately after that, with Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll rounding out the top 5. I was a bit surprised to see Rintaro’s Metropolis relegated to last place, but I suppose given the competition it’s understandable. Do you concur with these results?
1. Princess Mononoke — 21.4%
2. Spirited Away — 19.9%
3. Akira — 19.6%
4. Ghost in the Shell — 9.2%
5. Ninja Scroll — 8.9%
6. Grave of the Fireflies — 7.7%
7. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie — 5.2%
8. Perfect Blue — 4.4%
9. Paprika — 2.2%
10. Metropolis — 1.5%
Comments (4)
Spirited Away is probably the best on the list, but I voted for Grave of the Fireflies since I didnt think anyone else would. One of the saddest films ever of any genre.
Posted by Goon on November 5th, 2009Meh. Mononoke > Spirited. By a long shot. But that’s just me. I saw “Metropolis” when I was 15 and all I remember is being really depressed after watching it… I think I had issues with the animation, too… but I’m sure it’s worth a watch.
Posted by Falsk on November 5th, 2009Ninja Scroll isn’t that great imo. On this list I’d go for Grave of the Fireflies. I expected Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind on this list too tbh, but you probably didn’t want too much Miyazaki on the list.
Posted by RaphNL on November 5th, 2009I’d have gone with “My Neighbor Totoro” over “Princess Mononoke” and “Spirited Away”. It was the first anime I ever saw and it really influenced my interest in the genre.
Posted by Scott on November 6th, 2009Leave a Reply