text: great anime movies? i've recently seen final fantasy 7, and declare it to be the hottest anime movie that i've seen in a while.  other than akira, ninja scoll, street fighter, p mononoke, dbz, or those "regular" anime movies whats really worthwhile? if you really like the postmodern genre in animated films:  armitage iii - poly matrix http://imdb.com/title/tt0109151/  gunnm (battle angel) http://imdb.com/title/tt0107061/  read or die http://imdb.com/title/tt0368197/  metropolis http://imdb.com/title/tt0293416/   although, if you're interested in a slightly different bent of anime (which many otaku overlook):  ushio & tora http://imdb.com/title/tt0205492/