Best Anime Era

Promotional art for the 1997 animated film <n>Perfect Blue</n>, directed by <n>Satoshi Kon</n>.

<n>Lain Iwakura</n> in a scene from the 1998 cyberpunk anime <n>Serial Experiments Lain</n>.

A still from <n>Princess Mononoke</n> (1997), directed by <n>Hayao Miyazaki</n> for <n>Studio Ghibli</n>.

<n>Major Motoko Kusanagi</n> in the 1995 film <n>Ghost in the Shell</n>, directed by <n>Mamoru Oshii</n>.

A still from the 1995 film <n>Ghost in the Shell</n>, directed by <n>Mamoru Oshii</n>.

Don’t just stick to the Ghibli style — as beautiful as it is.

There are so many other styles within anime!

Here I want to show you a few subgenres, so you can compare and see which one best fits the aesthetic you’re looking for.

As an example, I chose Leeloo, the protagonist

A fan edit of the character <n>Sailor Saturn</n> from the anime *Sailor Moon*.

Characters <n>Howl Pendragon</n> and <n>Sophie Hatter</n> in <n>Hayao Miyazaki</n>'s <n>Howl's Moving Castle</n> (2004).

Characters <n>Faye Valentine</n> and <n>Ein</n> from the anime series <n>Cowboy Bebop</n>, directed by <n>Shinichiro Watanabe</n>.