>>1079570>Anything as long as it is not like the studio ghibli and akira stuffWhat? Do you just mean things that are popular? I doubt you or your friends have seen Ocean Waves, Only Yesterday, The Cat Returns, etc.
>>1079685>the 2013 version of Captain HarlockArcadia of My Youth is a thousand times better, sorry it had to be like this.
If you truly care most about animation, any of the expo style projects is probably your best bet. Memories, Neo Tokyo, Anima(tor) expo, Genius Party as the other anon said, Robot Carnival.
As for films, vaguely in order:
Penguin Highway
Omae Umasou da na
Tekkonkinkreet
Steamboy
Wings of Honneamise
Eve no Jikan
Madoka films
Sakasama no Patema
Kara no Kyoukai films
Genocidal Organ
Sword of the Stranger
Kanashimi no Belladonna
Nerawareta Gakuen
The Cowboy Bebop movie
Gunbuster is only two hours long so eeeeeh
I assume the Oshii films fit into the "not like Akira and Ghibli", but obviously watch those, same with Satoshi Kon, Hosoda, etc.
Adolescence of Utena, arguably you should have seen the series first but it'd probably be fine. It won't make any more sense if you do.
It's easier to give recs if you ask for more specific ones honestly.
