Last updated on January 4th, 2023 at 12:19 am
There are numerous Japanese anime movies with interesting plots to watch. However, some of them are well dubbed by their English voice artists and offer a better experience than their Japanese dubbed version. Dubbing is an important aspect of anime films that contributes to their popularity among fans.
Here you will find some of the best anime movies in English dubbed according to their IMDb rating(2022). So, without further ado, let’s get to this fantastic list.
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20. Patema Inverted (7.3)
Patema Inverted is one of the most beautiful animated movies directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura. This film is set in a world where the gravity of the earth turns in reverse, and everything starts flying away from the earth.
It mainly follows the story of two children whose gravity is inverted relative to each other. However, they gradually began to learn about each other’s worlds. The animation of this film is very beautiful, and its characters were also excellently voiced by their dubbers.
Running Time: 99 minutes
19. Colorful (7.4)
Colorful is an excellent anime movie for teenagers directed by Keiichi Hara. In this film, Purapura, an unknown spirit, is being transported into Makoto’s body, a 14-year-old child who committed suicide.
He had only six months to live in this body, and he had to solve two mysteries before he ran out of time. He first wants to find out about his former self and what sins he committed in the past. The other mystery is to find out the reason for Makoto’s suicide.
Running Time: 127 minutes
18. Summer Wars (7.4)
Summer Wars is a science fiction anime movie directed by Mamoru Hosoda and set in a world that is connected to a virtual world, OZ, through the internet.
In this film, Kenji, a mathematics genius, goes on a summer trip to his crush Natsuki’s house. However, he unintentionally solved a mystical equation and brought the earth into a danger zone.
This movie shows us some of the best mystical events and good romantic elements. As a result, it became one of the most rated romantic anime movies in English dubbed.
Running Time: 114 minutes
17. Redline (7.5)
Redline is a science-fiction anime movie directed by Takeshi Koike and mainly depicts the Redline, a popular car race on planet Dorothy.
This film is all about racing and features some of the fastest cars created by alien technologies. Each of the races in the series is fascinating and provides us with a lot of thrills, just like any racing movie.
Running Time: 102 minutes
16. Only Yesterday (7.6)
Only Yesterday is one of the successful drama anime films directed by Isao Takahata. It tells the story of a young woman, Taeko Okajima, who came to visit her elder sister’s in-law’s house.
While traveling from the city to her rural country house, she immersed herself in her childhood memories and missed them a lot. She gradually develops a romantic relationship with her brother-in-law’s cousin and decides to live with him in the countryside.
It excellently depicts our major issues of career and love and how we are trapped in these issues. Because of the amazing work of its voice artists, this film is also known as one of the most popular romantic anime movies in English dubbed.Â
Running Time: 118 minutes
15. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (7.7)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a science fiction anime film and one of the best–dubbed anime movies directed by Mamoru Hosoda. It follows the story of a young girl, Makoto Konno, who has the special power of time travel.
Makoto frequently used this power to go to school at the right time and fix her school grades. However, due to her excessive time traveling, she unintentionally affects other people’s lives and creates another future for them.
Running Time: 98 minutes
14. Paprika (7.7)
Paprika is a science fiction-thriller anime movie directed by Satoshi Kon. It depicts a very complex story of Paprika, a dream detective, and her investigations into mysterious psychological cases.
Paprika works harder to capture the dream terrorists who steal people’s dreams and provide them with horrible nightmares. This movie is a great choice for those who love psychology and want to know about the meaning of their dreams.
Running Time: 90 minutes
13. Sword of the Stranger (7.8)
Sword of the Stranger is an action and adventure anime film directed by Masahiro Ando and produced by Studio Bones. This film follows the adventures of Nanashi, a samurai, alongside a teenage boy and his dog.
While going to the Buddhist temple, he is confronted with several moral conflicts. This movie is filled with sword fighting and shows some of the best swordsmanship skills.
Its English dub is one of the reasons for its enormous popularity and makes it one of the best anime movies in English dubbed.
Running Time: 103 minutes
12. Millennium Actress (7.8)
Millennium Actress is a psychological drama anime movie directed by Satoshi Kon. It depicts the interesting story of Chiyoko Fujiwara, a retired actress, through the perspectives of two documentary filmmakers.
Chiyoko talks about her various stages of acting and how she came into this field. It is a great movie to explore the life of an actress and understand how it feels to be popular.
Chiyoko’s voice actor also did a good job by providing a good voice that made her character more realistic and relatable.
Runtime: 87 minutes
11. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (7.9)
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is an action and thriller anime movie directed by Mamoru Oshii. It tells the story of Motoko Kusanagi, the leader of an unofficial cyborg squad.
Motoko was specially created to fight against the fearsome criminals of society. She always went on different missions to defeat the subordinate of the puppet master, an unidentified hacker.
This anime contains a lot of gun fighting with great visuals. Its characters were also impressively voiced by their respective voice artists, especially Motoko’s voice actor. As a result, it is considered one of the best-dubbed anime movies.
Running Time: 85 minutes
10. Akira (8.0)
Akira is an action and sci-fi anime film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. It depicts the story of Shotaro Kaneda, a biker gang leader who tried his best to protect his friend Tetsuo from the corrupt government.
Akira fights many powerful leaders of his country to save his friend through the use of his superhuman powers. Despite being a classic film, its animation is quite good, and its voiceover is insane. As a result, it became one of the best-dubbed anime movies.
Running Time: 124 minutes
9. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (8.0)
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is a science fiction and comedy anime film directed by two popular Japanese directors, Tatsuya Ishihara and Yasuhiro Takemoto.
This film depicts the story of a group of high school students who travel back to make things normal. Due to some unusual circumstances, all of these students except Kyon forget about their group member, Haruhi.
All the characters in this film are excellently dubbed by English voice artists, which makes it one of the most popular anime movies in English dubbed.
Runtime: 162 minutes
8. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (8.0)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is a post-apocalyptic anime movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is set in a future world and depicts the story of Shimamoto, a princess of the valley of the wind.
Shimamoto tries her best to save her valley from the giant mutant insects that directly come from the Toxic Jungle. The voiceover in this film was incredible and made its characters more lively and realistic.
As a consequence, it is regarded as one of the best-dubbed anime movies.
Runtime: 137 minutes
7. Perfect Blue (8.0)
Perfect Blue is a psychological thriller anime movie directed by Satoshi Kon. It depicts the story of Mima Kirigoe, a beautiful girl who shifts her career from a Japanese idol to an actress.
While changing her career, she wasn’t able to face the truth of being an actress and became utterly exhausted. She also went through several mysterious events and was trapped between fantasy and reality.
This film is regarded as one of the best psychological anime movies in English dubbed for its dark elements and complex characters.
Runtime: 81 minutes
6. Wolf Children (8.1)
Wolf Children is an excellent drama anime film directed by Mamoru Hosoda. It depicts a beautiful and inspiring story with plenty of amazing characters.
It mainly follows Hana, a beautiful girl who loves and marries a werewolf. After the sudden death of her husband, she raised her two half-human, half-wolf children on her own. This film taught us lots of life lessons that will change our perspective on life.
Runtime: 117 minutes
5. Howl’s Moving Castle (8.2)
Howl’s Moving Castle is an adventure-fantasy anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. This film is set in a fantasy world where both magic and technology are commonly used throughout the world.
In this film, Sophie, a young girl, is unfortunately turned into an elderly woman by the curse of a witch. During her adventure to find the cure for this curse, she meets Howl, a wizard, and ends up in the middle of a fight between kingdoms.
This film is beautifully animated as well as dubbed by talented voice artists and has become one of the best-dubbed anime movies.
Runtime: 119 minutes
4. Princess Mononoke (8.4)
Princess Mononoke is one of the best-dubbed anime movies from Hayao Miyazaki’s collection. It is a historical-fantasy anime film set in Japan’s historical period, the Muromachi period.
This film depicts the story of Ashitaka, a young prince who fights several monsters to save his village. Later, he knows that all of these monsters come from western lands, and he needs to cure the curse to stop them.
This film is filled with many spirits and demons that provide you with wonderful experiences. After being dubbed in English, it became one of the best anime movies in English dubbed.
Runtime: 133 minutes
3. Your Name (8.4)
Your Name is one of the most popular romantic anime movies in English dubbed. This movie is excellently directed by Makoto Shinkai and was released in 2016. It depicts a very complicated love story between two lovers who belong to different timelines.Â
One day, unfortunately, they both switch their bodies and live each other’s lives. It is great to see their activities in other bodies and how they deal with them.
This movie has great visuals, amazing music, and plenty of emotional weight that makes it one of the best romantic anime movies of all time.
Runtime: 107 minutes
2. Grave of the Fireflies (8.5)
Grave of the Fireflies is one of the greatest anime movies of all time, directed by Isao Takahata and released in 1988. It mainly follows the story of two siblings and how they try harder to survive during the Second World War.
It excellently shows us the consequences of any war and how it not only destroyed their livelihood but also gave them unbearable pain. Its characters seem so realistic and lovable that we can’t hold our tears to seeing them in pain.
This movie is well dubbed by an English voice artist and is regarded as one of the best anime movies in English dubbed.
Runtime: 89 minutes
1. Spirited Away (8.6)
Spirited Away is one of the best dubbed anime movies and the only film to win an Oscar award. It is an adventure-fantasy anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a young girl.
Chihiro is unintentionally being transferred to a mysterious and magical place. After her parents were turned into pigs, she decided to cure them and bring them back to their real world.
While searching for a cure for her parents, she meets several mysterious species and also befriends a giant dragon named Haku.
This film shows an incredible story with great visuals and has become one of the most rated anime movies in English dubbed on IMDb.
Runtime: 125 minutes
Conclusion:
We’ll conclude this article by discussing each anime film on the list. This fantastic list was compiled based on their IMDb ratings (2022) and fan popularity. Each film was superbly dubbed in English and had an excellent plot that you will thoroughly enjoy.
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I am Sahil Khan and I was born in Dhanbad and raised in New Delhi, India. I am currently pursuing my graduation while also pursuing my passion for writing about anime. This is because I have been an otaku since I was 7 and writing about anime helps me overcome my stress while also honing my writing skills. Aside from writing, I am a filmmaker and an actor.
