Top Ten Movies that Were Inspired by Anime

The Top Ten

1 The Matrix (Influence : Ghost in the Shell)

. The Wachowskis are fans of Ghost in the Shell.They showed it to Joel Silver (the producer) saying "We wanna do that for real."

2 The Lion King (Influence : Kimba the White Lion)

The Lion King is one of my favorite movies. But it is undeniably inspired by Kimba the White Lion. I will always like The Lion King more than Kimba the White Lion but The Lion King is still a rip-off.

Influenced? Inspired?! NO. The accurate word is plagiarism. I wonder how "Kimba the White Lion" creators didn't sue Disney for ripping off their work. OR maybe they tried to but Disney got away with it,who know?!

The Lion King is a RIP OFF, and a horrible one at that.

3 Looper (Influence : Akira)

4 Inception (Influence : Paparika)

Christopher Nolan acknowledged Paparika as his source of inspiration for Inception movie.

If it's inspired by paprika then I have to say paprika is awesome even though I haven't seen this.

5 Avatar (Influence : Princess Mononoke)

6 Black Swan (Influence : Perfect Blue)

7 Van Helsing (Influence : Vampire Hunter D)

8 Pacific Rim (Influence : Neon Genesis Evangelion,Mobile Suit Gundam,Patlabor,etc)

Just watch the first episode of Neon Genesis Evamgelion and you'll see the similarities.

Still a great movie though

9 Her (Influence : Chobbits)

10 Requiem For a Dream (Influence : Perfect Blue)

The Contenders

11 AI: Artificial Intelligence (Influence : Ghost in the Shell)

12 Surrogates (Influence : Ghost in the Shell)

13 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Influence: Akira)

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