Directed by Mamoru Oshii • 1995 • Japan, United Kingdom
Starring Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi

2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of the Puppet Master, a mysterious and threatening computer...

Directed by Takeshi Koike • 2009 • Japan
Starring Takuya Kimura, Yu Aoi, Tadanobu Asano

This eyeball-blasting optical joyride takes animation to new heights of high-octane delirium. On the military-controlled planet of Roboworld, the Redline—held every five years—is the most dangerous and thrill...

Directed by Satoshi Kon • 2006 • Japan
Starring Megumi Hayashibara, Toru Furuya, Koichi Yamadera

The final feature directed by anime legend Satoshi Kon is a dizzying, dazzling tour through the unconscious that takes the genre to new heights of giddy imagination. Atsuko is a psychiatrist who has ...

Directed by t.o.L • 2002 • Japan
Starring Hisayo Mochizuki, Shinji Takeda, Béatrice Dalle

Arguably the only anime ever made inspired by both Hello Kitty and Thomas Pynchon’s “The Crying of Lot 49,” TAMALA 2010: A PUNK CAT IN SPACE is a futuristic fever dream that flows back and forth in time, fo...