I liked the original Ghost in the Shell, it was visually excellent and philosophically interesting. I also felt a connection to the cyborg (or whatever) and there were some great action sequences.
What other films manage to be visually beautiful, compelling, and philosophical?
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Robot Carnival
Blade Runner
the original, not the onions one with Gosling
Paprika
Akira always seems to go hand in hand with Ghost in the Shell.
Definitey, they both do a lot of the same things really well
Ghost in the Shell
Akira
Memories (Magnetic Rose mostly)
Neon Genesis Evangelion + End of Evangelion
Alita: Battle Angel
Magnetic Rose is amazing.
>that sequence
How do these crazy Japs do it?
Apart from the fact that it's animated FLAWLESSLY and it's not rotoscoped how do they get past the sensors??
No American studio would ever allow boobies or blood to be shown in animation, also everyone has to be pixar-like 3D
European animation would show boobies and nudity but they would have the most repulsive ugly creature because in modern Europe ugliness passes as culture sad
I can't get enough of EofEva
>What other films manage to be visually beautiful, compelling, and philosophical?
Apart from the excellent suggestions in this thread and putside of the sci-fi genre but strictly animated I would suggest everything from Satoshi Kon, especially
>Perfect Blue
>Millenium Actress (don't miss this, it's incredible)
>Paprika
>Tokyo Godfathers (not my favorite but it certainly has a charm)
Satoshi Kon also made a series
>Paranoia Agent
which may also be nice but I haven't checked out yet
Speaking of anime series with interesting philosophical questions there is
>Serial Experiments Lain
Personally I didn't like it that much, it felt forced but you may enjoy it, it had some great imagery though
If you want a really nicely executed hero's journey and a beautiful film you can't go wrong with
>Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Another interesting film, half sci-fi, half philosophical questions but extremely lyrical and beautiful is
>The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Finally, since this list is mostly Japanese animation I'd like to mention a forgotten Disney production that I find unique and very enjoyable, striking imagery and first class world building that deserves more recognition
>Atlantis
And of course don't miss
>Robot on the Road
It's a short but it's very good
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Great
I suggest you watch the Satoshi Kon films in this order
>Perfect Blue
>Paprika
>Millenium Actress
>Tokyo Godfathers
Millenium Actress is great but you must get used to Kon's film making first
Serial Experiments Lain, better than EVA in my opinion, also Texhnolyze and Ergo Proxy.
Beautiful Dreamer and Patlabor 2 which Oshii rehashed into Ghost in the Shell
check out genocyber for the anomation
what a load of shite. old animation like heavy metal had tons of boobies, just as long as they were rated appropriately.
>Recomends the Disney plagiarism of Nadia instead of the original anime
Lain is boring as hell and very constricted.
EVA is obviously far better.
>eva
>better than anything
H*ck off watch a real mecha show instead of pretentious "deconstructive" garbage, you might actually enjoy yourself
>Watch a real mecha show
I watched a lot. Some of them are barely entertaining and the ones influenced by EVA tend to be the best. But most of them are crap.
>he thinks eva is deconstructive
Brainlet spotted
EVA is a character study on human affairs and individuality
"Mechas" in EVA is just a plot device and make for some kick ass action scenes which all end up to feed into the human affair and individuality study
This is objectively false, on the basis that the best mecha show is nearly a decade older than eva and the exact opposite of it
Jin-Roh is a good movie
Curious: which ares of philosophie are you all interested in the most?
Ethics and morality? Existentialism? etc?
Because when people say they're interested in philosophy, they never specify areas - not that it's required.
Philosophy is cringe.
Not OP but for me it's ethics and morality because a moral compass can help in life
Existentialism seems like philosophy for philosophy's sake which could be interesting but only after you have the basics of your life figured out
Eva is far more than a mere mecha show.
And Gunbuster is great, but it's not even the second best work by Anno.
Ghost in the shell innocence is good as well
reminder that Major Motoko is basically Rei Ayanami on steroids.
12 year olds discovering anime for the first time have to get their rage against american sensibilities out of their system
give him time
good question!
Ghost in the Shell obviously touches on metaphysics and questions of personal identity, i think those areas are really cool.
fuck me up with any existentialism; (subversive) moral philosophy and theology too
Nadia sucked though