Tokyo Godfathers
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On a chilly December evening, Hana, a transvestite, Misaki, a teenage runaway, and Gin, a retired bike racer, found little Kiyoko in the trash. For three homeless people, finding an abandoned baby might not have been the best of luck, but with good intentions and two cents to chip in, the trio set out to find the parents of the child. But locating the mother will not be an easy task, and all they have to go on is a small key...
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Perfect Blue
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- 1997
When popular pop idol Mima decided to retire from her group, Cham, and become an actress, she had no idea that one person's obsession would soon spiral out of control. With death threats, letter bombs and a forged website which details her every move, Mima finds herself slowly becoming trapped in a nightmare she can't seem to escape. With murders piling up and her mental state slowly degrading, can she discover who the culprit is, before she becomes the next victim?
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add recBoth Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers are directed by Satoshi Kon, fit into similar anime realism genres which are rich in Satoshi Kon's social commentaries, and have intellectually stimulating themes.
While Tokyo Godfathers is more relaxing than Perfect Blue's murderous plot, both touch upon very realistic and sad parts of our world. Both play up feelings very well, but not the same feelings. Nonetheless, if you like how you are drawn into the story in one you might like the other too!
Aside from the fact that both of these are films by Satoshi Kon, both of these films have a similar sort of rawness about them. While the plots of both films are rather different, both portray a darker side of society. If you enjoyed that aspect of one, then definately try out the other as tehy both have very engaging plotlines that don't sugar-coat anything.
Millennium Actress
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- 2001
What starts as a simple interview of a legendary actress becomes a journey through the history of Japan. But this is no ordinary lesson; from the perspective of this actress, we learn of the beauty and sadness of love, the pain and regret and joy of the Japanese people and their film, through this film: Millennium Actress.
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add recTokyo Godfathers and Millennim Actress are both made by MADHOUSE studio. Though not very similar in story line, both are poignant stories with lots of human emotion, breathtaking visuals, and a few scenes to make you cry.
Do you like anime that are a) realistic b) beautiful c) a little humoristic and d) made by Satoshi Kon? In that case Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers are the right choise for you. They are both masterpieces from one of the greatest anime-directors, and worth their reputation.
Gunslinger Girl
Henrietta is a young girl who works for a "welfare group" that does the government's dirty work. Cybernetically-enhanced and specially-trained, she is one of a group of elite hit-girls, remorseless killers with no memories of their past. Jose, her partner, has taken care of her since she was brought into the organization following the murder of her family, and struggles between his affection for her, and his opposing duty to his employer. But, time is running out.. for with each bullet they fire, Henrietta and the other girls lose a little more of their humanity.
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add recIn some great anime series music plays a major role in setting the mood and emotion with the storyline.
Both Tokyo Godfathers and Gunslinger Girls incorporate Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Ode to Joy) and work effectively in displaying the dramatic irony.
Gunslinger Girls unravels a tale which leaves you begging for more in the next episodes. The same can be said for Toyko Godfathers: subplots are introduced, and you can't wait to see how they play out.
Gunslinger Girl is longer and has a lot more character development, but both it and Tokyo Godfathers tell a tale of sadness. A lot of events happen to the characters and impact their way of thinking about the world.
Junkers Come Here
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- 1994
Hiromi Nozawa is a young sixth-grader with a fairly normal life -- and a talking pet dog named Junkers. With her mother at work all hours of the day, and her father constantly overseas, tension in the household is building up quickly, making Hiromi concerned that her parents might not stay together much longer. Luckily, Junkers has the ability to grant three miracles... but are miracles strong enough to save Hiromi's family?
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add recIn "Junkers Come Here" and in "Tokyo Godfathers" the most important thing is family; both movies' characters must bring the family back together. At first everyone thinks only about themselves and their own welfare but in the end they'll understand what's so important about family. In other words, they will find their family anew. It may seem that in "Junkers Come Here" everything is done by magical Junkers' powers, or that in "Tokyo Godfathers" all events are keyed by unnatural coincidences, but it's the characters that ultimately grow and make miracles happen.
Both movies are about contemprorary issue of not showing one's feelings. Atmosphere is very similar and these productions leave us with some reflections in our head.
Samurai Champloo
Samurai Champloo is all about style, from the dj-style scratching scene changes to the hip-hop-inspired soundtrack to the eclectic character design. Mugen's fighting style is a funky meld of capoeira and limb-cutting, and Jin is the dramatic foil; he is all steel and old-school samurai style. What binds them together is the desire to test each other's abilities, and a promise to a girl named Fuu: to find the samurai that smells of sunflowers, who plays a pivotal role in her past. Together they travel through edo-era Japan, finding battle and comedy wherever they stop.
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add recThe only thing that really separates Samurai Champloo and Tokyo Godfathers is 400 years between the Edo era and present day Tokyo. In both, a very strange crew travels in searching of relatives, and no one of the party actually wants to stick together but somehow in the end they always get dragged to each other. The funny humour and modern style in these two anime really makes them more lively and interesting to watch.
This might seem like a strange recommendation, but Samurai Champloo and Tokyo Godfathers are similar in their main concept. They are both about three strange individuals with seemingly nothing in common who come together to find something new about themselves. They're both about outcasts in society who rise above their circumstances by coming together to accomplish a common goal, and in doing so, they find themselves.
