In partnership with the Scenic City Anime club in Chattanooga, TN, we are hosting a competitive bracket style tournment focused on anime films over the last 40 years. Beginning on September we’ll open voting for each round until we crown a bracket champion! Will your favorites win? You help decide through your votes so tell your friends to vote and check back with each round to vote for the next contestant!
Round 2 Voting Is Live!!!
Click here to vote!————————————
How to Play Along at Home
If you’d like to play at home (for bragging rights, as prizes are only eligible for dues paying Scenic City Anime club members), then download this bracket and select your pics before the start date Wednesday October 2nd.
Following each round of voting we’ll update the bracket with the latest round of winners on this page (so bookmark it, or keep watch on our social media page: www.facebook.com/ScenicCityAnime
The rounds will then go as follows:
Round 1
October 2nd – 8th
Round 2
October 9th – 15th
Round 3
October 16 – 20th
Round 4
October 21st – October 23rd
Round 5
October 24th – 27th
Round 6 (Final)
October 28th – 30th
Voting
When voting is live you will see a poll here for you to vote in. You may vote once; however, we encourage you to share this with any and all friends who may want to vote as well.
Fall Anime Royale Tournament Bracket
Complete List of Competing Films
- Spirited Away
- The Boy and the Heron
- Howl’s Moving Castle
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Porco Rosso
- Kiki’s Delivery Service
- The Cat Returns
- Pom Poko
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Whisper of the Heart
- From Up On Poppy Hill
- Tales from Earthsea
- Princess Mononoke
- The Wind Rises
- Castle in the Sky
- Ponyo
- Your Name
- Akira
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
- Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back
- Drifting Home
- EVANGELION: 2.22 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE
- Perfect Blue
- Belle
- Suzume
- Cowboy Bebop The Movie
- Steamboy
- The Animatrix
- Otaku no Video
- Ninja Scroll
- Interstellar 5555
- Armitage the III
- Vampire Hunter D
- Barefoot Gen
- Appleseed (1988)
- Blood: The Last Vampire
- Arcadia of My Youth
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa
- Fist of the North Star
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
- Gundam: Char’s Counterattack
- Wings of Honneamise
- Space Adventure Cobra
- Robot Carnival
- Project A-Ko
- Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- Metropolis (2001)
- Memories
- Escaflowne The Movie
- Tokyo Godfathers
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
- The First Slam Dunk
- Inu-Oh
- A Silent Voice
- GOODBYE, DON GLEES!
- Summer Wars
- DEMON SLAYER -KIMETSU NO YAIBA- THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN
- JUJUTSU KAISEN 0: THE MOVIE
- PRETTY GUARDIAN SAILOR MOON ETERNAL THE MOVIE
- Fireworks
- The Deer King
- Redline
How Many of These 64 Must-Watch Anime Films Have You Seen? Find Out Your Score!
How Can I Watch These Anime Films?
We always recommend checking in with your local library which may have these titles, or may be able to acquire them through an interlibrary loan system. If that’s not an option, several of these titles are streaming across various platforms.
Tubi
Appleseed
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Ghost in the Shell
Jin-Roh
Project A-Ko (1986)
Steamboy
Tokyo Godfathers
Plex.tv
Barefoot Gen
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Pluto.tv
Project A-Ko
Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Tokyo Godfathers
Netflix
Jujutsu Kaizen O
The Deer King
Drifting Home
The First Slam Dunk (Starting Aug. 25th)
Suzume
Disney+
Belle
From Up On Poppy Hill
Howl’s Moving Castle
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Pom Poko
Ponyo
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Tales from Earthsea
The Wind Rises
HBO Max
Belle
From Up On Poppy Hill
Howl’s Moving Castle
Kiki’s Delivery Service
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Pom Poko
Ponyo
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Tales from Earthsea
The Wind Rises
Ghibli Fest
See the full list of titles and screenings for Ghibli Fest 2024 hosted by GKIDS.