Anime-Masterpieces: The Boy and the Beast + Wolf Children

[sundin13]

SvennoJ said:

sundin13 said:
Watch every movie by Hosoda. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars are both absolutely fantastic too. He's certainly one to watch

The girl who leapt through time was very enjoyable as well, despite the only way I could watch is was on you tube. It's a shame it's so hard to get anime on blu-ray here. 10 years after the movie came out, finally a blu-ray release here.

Other non Ghibli favorites of mine are Journey to Agartha aka Children who chase lost voices and Patema inverted.

Children Who Chase Lost Voices was good, but I prefer Shinkai's other works like 5cm/sec and Voices of a Distant Star. 

Other than the main three (Ghibi, Shinkai and Hosoda), I don't watch a ton of anime movies though.

okr said:
I didn't like Wolf Children or Summer Wars, but I like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. 
Haven't seen the Beast movie yet.

I'd say its a lot more like Summer Wars than The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, so if you didn't like Summer Wars, I doubt you would like The Boy and the Beast.