Calling this list the 10 best anime titles of all time may be a misnomer. The original comparison was the top 10 visually stunning pieces, outshining Disney/Pixar’s body of work. The list presented by Screenhead is as follows:

10: 5CM Per Second (2007)
9: Cowboy Bebop (2001)
8: Tokyo GodFathers (2003)
7: Princess Mononoke (1997)
6: Paprika (2006)
5: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
4: Ghost in The Shell (1995)
3: Grave of The Fireflies (1988)
2: Akira (1988)
1. Spirited Away (2001)

Now, admittedly I am a Miyazaki fan, but this list was a bit heavy on his works. Leaving out works like Perfect Blue, and Robot Carnival (once of the first I ever saw) isn’t understandable for me. I have yet to see 5CM Per Second, but will be adding this to my near range to-see list for comparison.

For the anime movie fans out there, what would is lacking from this list that you have seen?

[via Screenhead]

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Welcome back to another SPOILERTASTIC edition of Geek Movie Reviews. Warning: the following review contains heavy spoilers of a 1980’s movie that you should have already seen. PixelatedGeek.com is not liable for any spoilers you may be exposed to during the course of this article.

Meet Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox), your regular 17 year-old high school student. He has ambitions of becoming a musician, has a girlfriend who absolutely loves him, and a family he’s not particularly proud of. Life is pretty normal for Marty, except for the fact that he spends his time with an aging inventor, Dr. Emmett Brown (played by Christopher Lloyd, a scientist who Marty affectionately calls “Doc” and whose life’s work revolves around time travel. So, after a late-night meeting with Doc, in which he unveils his latest invention, a time machine built into a DeLorean DMC-12. And, after an altercation with Libyan terrorists (that’s right, terrorists), who Doc swindled in order to get a hold of the plutonium necessary to power the time machine, Doc is murdered and Marty drives away in the DeLorean, unintentionally activating the time circuits and blasting him back to November 5, 1955. Upon arriving in 1955, Marty meets his parents in their younger days and interrupts a pivotal event in their courtship, causing a chain reaction, which will cause Marty to disappear from existence. Unable to return to the present, due to his current predicament and the fact that he left behind the case of plutonium necessary to power the time circuits, Marty enlists the help of a younger Doc Brown, who plans to use the energy of a bolt of lightning set to strike the Hill Valley clock tower on November 12th to send Marty back to 1985.

More of this time-bending review after the break.

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Always been a bit of a Green Lantern fan for a long time. With the recent Rebirth from DC Comics thanks to the talent of Geoff Johns I’ve been hoping that eventually we might see a “quality movie” of the Green Lantern. With the recent news of Van Wilder as a Green Lantern I wasn’t sure if “quality” is what we are going to get. Lucky for me there was a Animated outlet for my Green Lantern Movie Taste.

I’ve seen many iterations of the Green Lantern in an Animated Form. This film however takes the WB animation to a new level. With character designs that I felt really fit each character. The quality of the animation is also top notch, which is something that I largely expect after seeing Wonder Women Animated Movie. The story is also top notch, lending itself for those who aren’t familiar with the Green Lantern while still impressing those that are fans. As for the Blu Ray side of things the movie looked great. Artwork popped and the colors were vibrant. The only downside to the Blu Ray was the Digital Download. This time around they are only supporting Windows Media Player so Itunes fans your screwed. The plus side though the extra features were awesome. With over 4 hrs of Extras. My personal favorite was the extra episodes of Justice League Unlimited feature the Lantern Corps along with the Duck Dodgers Green Lantoon episode.

Overall this is a solid movie and would recommend it to any Green Lantern Fan or newcomers alike. The Blu Ray really shows the quality of animation with it’s amazing colors and visuals while packing a nice 4hrs of extra features.

LOS ANGELES, NOVEMBER 2019

(Warning: Here Be Spoilers…proceed at your own risk.)
In a dystopian future in which the world is covered in pollution and humanity has started colonizing space, advances in biotechnology have brought forth a new kind of automaton. Known as Replicants, these artificial beings resemble humans in every way possible…except when it comes to emotions. Used as slave labor off world, Replicants are prohibited on Earth following a bloody mutiny that occurred off world by a group of Nexus-6 Replicants, created by the Tyrell Corporation. The Nexus-6 is considered to be the most dangerous type of Replicant, appearing identical to an adult human, as well as being better, stronger, faster (just like the Six Million Dollar Man or a bad Daft Punk song). As such, special units have been formed to “retire” any Replicant found on Earth, known as Blade Runners.

Based on Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner differs in many respects from the original novel. While both tell the story of Richard Deckard, played by Harrison Ford, a retired Blade Runner (in the original novel, he was still active and not referred to as a Blade Runner) who is tasked with finding a renegade group of Replicants (Androids/Andies in the novel) who have made it onto Earth, the film differs from the book in many respects, becoming its own work to an extent, something that in this case works in the films favor, as it gives Blade Runner its own aesthetic qualities apart from that of the novel. (more…)