Keeping this wide variety in mind, here are 10 perfect (the term is relative, of course, tempered by individual expectations) sci-fi anime that have appeared on the big screen in the past five years.

These series explore many of the same themes that helped make Ghost in the Shell a landmark of science fiction.

Science fiction has always been the perfect vehicle for stories of boundless imagination, and some of the best come from the limitless world of anime and animation in general. Cyberpunk offerings like ...