Feel-good anime movies can inspire and uplift on days when viewers really need it, as proven by films like Tokyo Godfathers and My Neighbor Totoro.

Anime fans on Letterboxd have chosen the best of the genre through their ratings, from Grave of the Fireflies to The End of Evangelion.

Shoujo anime has always been about romance, whether it is first love, the emotions that cannot be spoken, or heartbreak that would leave one feeling bittersweet.