Anime - a distinctive style of animated film that has its roots in Japanese comic books, immediately recognizable and characterized by heavily stylized backgrounds, sci-fi and fantasy themes, highly exaggerated facial expressions with limited facial movement, simulation of motion through varying the background behind a static character or other foreground element, and frequently, big-headed characters with child-like, large eyes; originally called 'Japanimation. (Definition)

OK thats the definition out the way, anime is produced for every age group and covers virtually every subject matter, it is the animated form of Manga, (comic books) and can be childishly simplistic or amongst the most beautiful and stylish art youll ever see.

In this thread well cover films and series (at least the stand out ones), so from the imagination of some of Japans greatest animators lets take a journey through the world of anime. 

Please feel free to add your own comments, reviews, and criticisms to this thread.

INDEX in alphabetical order.

Click on the film name to be taken straight to the comments.

Angel's Egg - 1985 comments by A 

Appleseed - 1988

Appleseed - 2004

Barefoot Gen - 1983

Brave Story - 2007 Thread started by hengcs.

Ghost in the Shell - 1995

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - 2004 

Ghost in the Shell [Stand Alone Complex] - 2002 

Haibane Renmie - 2002 Thread started by Howard Schumann.

Howls Moving Castle - 2004 review from arsaib4

Howls Moving Castle additional comment.

I Can Hear the Sea - 1993

Little Norse Prince - 1968 

Millennium Actress - 2001

Mind Game - 2004 

My Neighbour Totoro - 1988

Nausica of the Valley of the Winds - 1984 

Paprika -2006 Thread started by Hengcs.

The Place Promised In Our Early Days - 2004 comments by hengcs.

Porco Rosso - 1992

Puni Puni Poemi - 2001

Steamboy - 2004 review from arsaib4

Steamboy - 2004 further comment.

Voices of a Distant Star - 2003

Whisper of the Heart - 1995

Still to come list. 

For other sections of Japanese Journals, please use the links

1.General

2. Kurosawa, Ozu & Mizoguchi - The Classics

3. Kitano, Tsukamoto & Miike - The Modern Cult Directors

4. Anime

5. Horror & Ghost Stories

6. Jidaigeki (Chambara)

Cheers Trev