5 Romantic anime movies you should watch

If you are a fan of romance then here are five romantic anime movies you should not miss and I can promise you one thing for sure.... go get some tissues because you are going to cry a lot! So let's get started...

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Hal (Air date: June 2013)

PLOT
Kurumi is very much in love with her boyfriend Hal in the movie Hal when he dies unexpectedly in a tragic plane crash. Unable to cope with the loss, Kurumi shuts herself in her house, depressed and isolated. Worried about her, Kurumi's grandfather enlists the help of an android called Q01, who takes the appearance of Hal and begins to visit Kurumi to try to cheer her up. While at first, she rejects the idea, Kurumi slowly warms up to Q01 and begins to return to her old self, leaving her depression behind. But as her feelings for Q01 continue to escalate, what will it mean for a relationship and future between a human and an android?

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The Garden of Words (Air Date: May 2013)

PLOT
In Kotonoha no Niwa, Takao Akizuki is studying to become a shoemaker. One day during the rainy season though, he decides to skip class to spend time practising sketching in a garden instead. In this garden, he meets Yukari Yukino for the first time. She's mysterious and beautiful, and not knowing what else to do, Takao offers to make her a pair of shoes. It's only the first meeting of many though as the two spend their days in the rainy season together, and just spending time with one another seems to make all their lives' worries whither away. The reality though is that their problems do not disappear, and as the rainy season draws to a close, the two will have to face them sooner rather than later.

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Hotarubi no Mori E (Air Date: September 2011)

PLOT
Hotarubi no Mori e begins when Hotaru Takegawa gets lost in the woods looking for a forest spirit at only six years old. Luckily for her, she is found by a masked spirit named Gin, and while she cannot physically touch him or he will disappear, he leads her safely out of the forest. The only condition is that she must never return again, no matter how much she wants to. Every summer though as she grows up, Hotaru breaks that promise and returns to visit Gin. The two become closer and closer friends - and then romantic feelings start to come between them. But they don't even exist on the same plane and can't touch one another still, so what will their feelings come to?

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Howl's Moving Castle (Air Date: November 2004)

PLOT
Howl's Moving Castle is the story of Sophie Hatter, a girl content to work hard in her hat shop in her small town for the rest of her life. When she is rescued by the infamous wizard Howl, notorious for being a man who steals women's hearts, she invokes the jealousy of the Witch of the Waste who was heartbroken by Howl in the past. The witch curses Sophie, turning her into an old woman! If she wants to lift the curse, Sophie will have to travel with Howl in his mysterious living castle to find the witch, and figure out how to restore her youth. But living with Howl proves to have its own challenges - and he has many secrets himself.


Actually, Howl's Moving Castle was my first anime ever since I was a kid and I am still watching it over and over again and everytime I discover a hidden meaning! It is an anime movie that you can't get bored because it is full of feelings

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Your name (Air Date: August 2016)

PLOT

Mitsuha Miyamizu and Taki Tachibana live two very different lives in Kimi no Na wa.. Mitsuha lives in the peaceful countryside of Japan but wishes for a more adventurous life in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Taki lives in Tokyo, where he struggles to find a balance between work and the rest of his life. When strange phenomena start to happen, the two find themselves unexpectedly switching bodies - and lives! Taki and Mitsuha begin their search for find one another, and for the answer to what is going on. Every action they take will change the other person's life and brings their fates together.






Final Thoughts
Whatever kind of romance you're interested in watching, there's sure to be a good romance anime for you. You'll smile, you'll laugh, you'll cry - and you're sure to fall in love with a movie that is all about falling in love. 

What is your favourite romance anime movie? Is there one you wish you could have seen on the list? Have you seen one of the above ones? Let us know in the comments below!