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Anime Among Empire Greatest Movies (Updated)
posted on by Andrew Osmond
The latest issue of the film magazine Empire (July 2014), includes a reader poll of the best 301 cinema films. According to the editorial, 250,000 people voted. Four anime films made the list, three of them directed by Hayao Miyazaki. (Update - The full list is online here, thanks to TsunaReborn! for the heads-up.)
The highest was Spirited Away (pictured) at 82, which also made it the third high-rated animated film, behind the first Toy Story at 58 and Disney's The Lion King at 66. The other three anime nominees were Princess Mononoke at 203, My Neighbor Totoro at 216 and Katsuhiro Ōtomo's Akira at 236.
Three Japanese live-action films made the poll: Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai at 57, Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story at 231 and Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale at 289.
The higher entries included the anime-inspired The Matrix at 23 and the Tokyo-set Lost in Translation at 73.
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