TOP 15 ANIME MOVIES TO WATCH DURING THE CORONAVIRUS [COVID-19] QUARANTINE
The world is on lockdown, and everyone is jumping on their watch and read lists, consuming them at an alarming rate. Everybody is asking for recommendations about things to watch, and I’d like to recommend to you the following 15 Anime movies (in no particular order). Be warned, however: if you’re looking for happy-go-lucky movies with smiles and laughter, you will not find them here. I know that some people want to find an escape from real life through tv, but I much prefer watching well-made, apocalyptic animations during times like these. I find that I can immerse myself in the situation, and since most of them end on good notes, they don’t stir any anxiety, only intense fascination and awe. This list is full of Dystopian, and Post-apocalyptic themes, as well as a couple of pandemic-themed animes, for all of those who want to keep it real!
Social Distancing at its best.
1.King Of Thorn
いばらの王
2.Jin-Roh the wolf brigade
人狼
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Studio + Other Works by Studio: Production I.G
Trailer: Link.
Length: 102 minutes
3.AKIRA
アキラ
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Studio + Other Works by Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Trailer: Link.
Length: 124 minutes
4.Blame!
ブラム
Director: Hiroyuki Seshita
Studio + Other Works by Studio: Polygon Pictures
Trailer: Link
Length: 106 minutes
5.NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND
風の谷のナウシカ
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Studio: Topcraft (Studio no longer exists)
Trailer: Link
Length: 117 minutes
6.The Empire of Corpses
屍者の帝国
Director: Ryoutarou Makihara
Studio + Other Works by Studio: Wit Studio
Trailer: Link
Length: 120 minutes
7.harmony
ハーモニー
Director: Michael Arias + Takashi Nakamura
Studio + Other Works by Studio: Studio 4°C
Trailer: Link
Length: 119 minutes
8.Pale Cocoon
ペイル・コクーン
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Studio + Other Works by Studio: Studio Rikka
Trailer: Link
Length: 23 minutes
9.patema inverted
サカサマのパテマ
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Studio + Other Works by Studio: Studio Rikka
Trailer: Link
Length: 99 minutes
10.Seoul Station
서울역
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Studio: Studio Dadashow
Trailer: Link
Length: 92 minutes
11.Neon Genesis Evangelion (any of them)
新世紀エヴァンゲリオン
What I recommend: either watching the whole series. Or, watch Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth which recapss the 24 episodes of the serie and contiues on to the plot that will form the basis of the next movie you should watch: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion. If you’re really into it you can then watch : Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, followed by Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance and finally Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. After watching all of these, we can both cry ourselves to sleep every night because there was supposed to be rebuild of the films by the end of 2020 but it’s probably going to be postponed due to the current situation. Evangelion is one of my favorite animes to date, I know it’s probably not everyone’s cup of tea, but I feel like its dark psychological doomsday vibes fit in with the situation.
12.Wonderful Days (Sky Blue)
원더풀 데이즈
Director: Kim Moon-saeng
Studios: Endgame Productions Inc. + Masquerade Films + Maxmedia + Tin House Productions
Trailer: Link
Length: 86 Minutes
13.MEMORIES (stink bomb)
メモリーズ (最臭兵器)
Directors: Katsuhiro Otomo + Koji Morimoto +Tensai Okamura
Studio + Other Works by Studio: Madhouse Inc. + Studio 4°C
Trailer: Link
Length: 113 min
14.psycho pass the movie
劇場版 サイコパス
Directors: Katsuyuki Motohiro + Naoyoshi Shiotani
Studio + Other Works by Studio: Production I.G
Trailer: Link
Length: 113 minutes
15.PIGTAILS
みつあみの神様
Director: Yoshimi Itazu
Studio + Other Works by Studio: Production I.G
Trailer: Link
Length: 29 minutes
