Rough Guide’s 50 Greatest Anime Ever Made
Source: The Rough Guide to Anime (book)
Akira (1988 film – Ôtomo)
Astro Boy (Series 1: 1963-66, 193×30min – Tezuka; Series 2: 1980-81, 52×30min – Dezaki; Series 3: 2003-04, 50×30min – Kanaka)
Barefoot Gen (1983 film – Masaki)
Castle in the Sky (1986 film – Miyazaki)
Cowboy Bebop (1998-99 series, 26×25min – Watanabe)
5 Centimeters per Second (2007 film – Shinkai)
Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-04 series, 51×30min; 2005 film – Mizushima)
Gankutsuô (2004-05 series, 24×25min – Maeda)
Ghost in the Shell (1995 film – Oshii)
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004 film – Oshii)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988 film – Takahata)
Gunbuster (1988 film, Anno)
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004 film – Miyazaki)
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999 film – Okiura)
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989 film – Miyazaki)
Kimbo the White Lion (1965 series; Series 1, 52×25min; Series 2, 26×25min; Series 3, 52×25min – Yamamoto)
Little Norse Prince (1968 film – Takahata)
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (1979 film – Miyazaki)
Macross (1982-83 series, 36×25min – Ishiguro)
Metropolis (2001 film – Rintarô)
Millennium Actress (2001 film – Kon)
Mind Game (2004 film – Yuasa)
Mobile Suit Gundam (1979-80 series, 43×25min – Tomino)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988 film – Miyazaki)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984 film – Miyazaki)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-96 series, 26×25min – Anno)
Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985 film – Sugi)
Ninja Scroll (1993 film – Kawajiri)
Only Yesterday (1991 film – Takahata)
Panda and the Magic Serpent (1958 film – Yabushita and Okabi)
Paprika (2006 film – Kon)
Paranoia Agent (2004 series, 13×30min – Kon)
Patlabor (1988-89 series, 7×25min – Oshii and Yoshinaga)
Perfect Blue (1997 film – Kon)
Porco Rosso (1992 film – Miyazaki)
Princess Mononoke (1997 film – Miyazaki)
Puss ‘N Boots (1969 film – Yabuki)
Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997 film – Ikuhara)
Samurai Champloo (2004-05 series, 26×25min – Watanabe)
Samurai X: trust and betrayal (1999 series, 4×30min; 1999 film – Furuhashi)
Serial Experiments Lain (1998 series, 13×25min – Nakamura)
Space Battleship Yamato (1974-75 series, 26×25min – Matsumoto)
Steamboy (2004 film – Ôtomo)
Spirited Away (2001 film – Miyazaki)
Tarô the Dragon Boy (1979 film – Urayama)
Tekkon Kinkreet (2006 film – Arias)
Tokyo Godfathers (2003 film – Kon)
Urusei Yatsura (1981-86 series, 218×25min – Oshii)
Whisper of the Heart (1995 film – Kondô)
Wings of Hanneamise (1987 film – Yamaga)
