🎬non-ghibli anime that deserves the same hype

everyone's best-anime list is secretly a best-ghibli list. these earned it without the logo.

01
Perfect Blue (dir. Satoshi Kon, 1997)
the one that ruins parasocial fandom for you forever. second viewing is scarier once you know what's real
02
Paprika (dir. Satoshi Kon, 2006)
that parade scene alone justifies the runtime
03
Millennium Actress (Satoshi Kon, 2001)
quietly his best structured film, and the least talked about
04
Tokyo Godfathers
05
Wolf Children (Mamoru Hosoda)
rewatch tax is real on this one, cried less the second time and I'm not sure what that says about me
06
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
07
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Hiroyuki Okiura, script by Mamoru Oshii)
cold, slow, not for everyone. the Red Riding Hood framing does a lot of work
08
In This Corner of the World
09
A Silent Voice
kyoani, obviously good, I just don't want to talk about it
10
Redline (Takeshi Koike)
took 7 years to animate by hand and it shows in every frame, plot is an afterthought and that's fine
11
Belladonna of Sadness (1973, Mushi Production)
deep cut nobody asks for. watercolor pans instead of real animation half the runtime, genuinely upsetting, not a casual friday watch