anyone know a good 'serious' anime movie?

[shadowDOESrock]

just something dark and serious.

Please no Akira, Ghost in the Shell or anything old generally, unless it has a clean animation style like nausicaä.


These i've seen;

[Elija2]

Pokemon: The First Movie is dark and serious?

[Supersonic196]

Have you seen howls moving castle? It's not really dark so much as it is abstract. I loved it though.
YOU might like Karas. I didn't. It features a loose (awful), very dark plot and over 5 billion gallons of blood...

Pokemon: The First Movie is dark and serious?

That pikachu versus pikachu fight scene was some heavy stuff.

[Hakudamashi]

F*ck, there was the one creepy movie that scared the sh*t outta me that showed on Toonami... but I can't remember the name...

Also, have you seen Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away?

[shadowDOESrock]

Have you seen howls moving castle? It's not really dark so much as it is abstract. I loved it though.
YOU might like Karas. I didn't. It features a loose (awful), very dark plot and over 5 billion gallons of blood...

Karas - No thanks. There needs to be substance.
The Moving Castle - Also no thanks. Too light-hearted for my taste.


Something like Kara no Kyoukai. Something that makes you think and is beautiful.


Okay, maybe not that dark. But you get what i mean.

Also, have you seen Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away?

Mononoke; Yes.
Spirited Away; No thanks.

[jkid101094]

Karas - No thanks. There needs to be substance.
The Moving Castle - Also no thanks. Too light-hearted for my taste.


Something like Kara no Kyoukai. Something that makes you think and is beautiful.


Okay, maybe not that dark. But you get what i mean.

Mononoke; Yes.
Spirited Away; No thanks.

Have you ever tried Murder Princess? It's not a movie but with only 6 episodes it might as well have been. You can tell me how it is.

Edit: Oh, wait. Something that makes you think...?

*shrug*

[TheGameNinja]

Have you seen Blood: The Last Vampire?

If you liked Summer Wars, watch the Digimon movie. It's the same thing. The first part anyway.

The first two live-action Death Note movies are pretty good, but they aren't anime...

[shadowDOESrock]

Have you seen Blood: The Last Vampire?

If you liked Summer Wars, watch the Digimon movie. It's the same thing.

The first two live-action Death Note movies are pretty good, but they aren't anime...

Yes, i've seen Blood: The Last Vampire Anime & Movie and Yes, i've seen the Death Note Movies & Anime.
And i watched everything-digimon as a child, so no to that too.

:L

And jkid, Murder Princess sounds so... wat.

[TheGameNinja]

Grave of the Fireflies?

[jkid101094]

And jkid, Murder Princess sounds so... wat.

Maybe it's just my princess fetish talking here but the concept sounds..."neat", to say the least. Apparently a princess falls off a cliff onto an assassin and during their near death experience their souls get confused and enter the wrong bodies so you have a psychopathic princess chopping off heads and a naive, most likely adorable, assassin going around trying to make friends.

Like I said. If you do watch it it's something that's interested me so if you like it I can trust your opinion enough to try it myself. =P  

[Hakudamashi]

Mononoke; Yes.

Yes, i've seen Blood: The Last Vampire Anime & Movie and Yes, i've seen the Death Note Movies & Anime.
And i watched everything-digimon as a child, so no to that too.

just something dark and serious.

Please no Akira, Ghost in the Shell or anything old generally, unless it has a clean animation style like nausicaä.


These i've seen;

THIS LIST IS USELESS

[shadowDOESrock]

THIS LIST IS USELESS

Well, sorta.
I didnt remember every anime i've seen when i added old anime shows.
>.< sawry.

Grave of the Fireflies?

I... I dont like Ghilbi Movies. ^^;

Maybe it's just my princess fetish talking here but the concept sounds..."neat", to say the least. Apparently a princess falls off a cliff onto an assassin and during their near death experience their souls get confused and enter the wrong bodies so you have a psychopathic princess chopping off heads and a naive, most likely adorable, assassin going around trying to make friends.

Like I said. If you do watch it it's something that's interested me so if you like it I can trust your opinion enough to try it myself. =P 

That sounds quite neat, actually. I'll check it out tomorrow.



As of now, i found a movie anime movie called 'King of Thorn'



But thanks to everyone for the help. ^^

[TheGameNinja]

Grave of the Fireflies is pre-Ghibli. It's as serious as can be. I could spoil it for you, but people die is sad ways. Kids. And watching it a second time makes you realize what a person at the beginning of the movie dumps out of a tin is actually the ashes of the guy's sister. There's no happy ending. It's based on a real story, only they went and killed the guy in the movie that lived in real life just to make it bleaker.

[Hakudamashi]

Grave of the Fireflies is pre-Ghibli. It's as serious as can be. I could spoil it for you, but people die is sad ways. Kids. And watching it a second time makes you realize what a person at the beginning of the movie dumps out of a tin is actually the ashes of the guy's sister. There's no happy ending. It's based on a real story, only they went and killed the guy in the movie that lived in real life just to make it bleaker.

You just ruined my night, thanks alot

[Supersonic196]

Grave of the Fireflies is pre-Ghibli. It's as serious as can be. I could spoil it for you, but people die is sad ways. Kids. And watching it a second time makes you realize what a person at the beginning of the movie dumps out of a tin is actually the ashes of the guy's sister. There's no happy ending. It's based on a real story, only they went and killed the guy in the movie that lived in real life just to make it bleaker.

I still haven't seen that. I was gonna get it through netflix, but I think the last DVDs we borrowed still haven't been returned.