With the release of the DVD, along with two older movies by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, I cannot hold back any longer. ...

It is an interesting paradox of animation that in the right hands, ... One of the most devastating anti-war films ever made, animated or otherwise, ...

Mindwarping animation meets paranoid slackers from the future in Richard Linklater's adaptation Philip K. Dick's sci-fi novel. Starring Keanu Reeves as a ...

Breathless, dense, and psychedelic, the twisted plot of "Akira" was matched by eye-popping animation. Almost two decades later, the film still stands as a ...

In black-and-white animation, "Persepolis" depicts Satrapi's own painful coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iraq-Iran war.

... the story of Major Motoko and commander Bateau. "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence" offers more jaw-dropping animation and mind-boggling Descartes-quotes.

Dialog and dubbing are both handled very well, and so is the animation. The rich designs and colors are a pleasure to watch. The problem is the story, ...

The animation–the familiar vast fields of flat, juicy color bounded by satisfyingly thick black lines–looks great on a movie screen. ...

As to be expected, the animation is breathtaking: full of otherworldly beauty but also detailed enough to give even the most outrageous inventions weight ...

The best Japanese Animation on DVD, from your About Guides Marcy Dermansky and Jurgen Fauth.