20 Anime Movies That Are Better Than Studio Ghibli

Anime has produced many landmark feature films beyond the most famous work of Studio Ghibli, which includes Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. While Ghibli set a high bar for quality, other studios and filmmakers have crafted movies that match or even surpass that standard in different ways.

In This Corner of the World (2016) pairs a deceptively gentle art style with a harrowing portrayal of the Hiroshima attack to explore the costs of warfare. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) refines the original with striking hand-drawn visuals and gothic atmosphere as D pursues the kidnapped Charlotte Elbourne, standing out as a definitive vampire tale.

The First Slam Dunk (2022) blends 3D and 2D techniques to capture the adrenaline of a high school basketball championship while deepening its emotional core.

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