Miyazaki-san is the genius behind a number of very accessible anime movies, often re-dubbed into english with excellent voice acting from well-known actors—his films have starred the voices of (among others) Christian Bale, Claire Danes, Billy Bob Thornton and Mark Hamill. If you aren’t sure about anime, or don’t know where to start, these are probably pretty good, and a lot more conventional than much of the other anime available. Matt would recommend Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle as good places to start.

• • mattw: 5
  • brehaut: 4
  Spirited Away
• • mattw: 4
  • brehaut: 4
  Howl’s Moving Castle
• • mattw: 3
  Castle in the Sky
• • mattw: 4
  Princess Mononoke
• My Neighbor Totoro
• …

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mattw‘s only real complaint is that the same character-types seem to turn up in all his films, especially the young male protagonist.