want to show the girl I'm seeing (yeah, that girl, but I'm working on her, ok?) a studio ghibli film. my favorite is Princess Mononoke, but I'm not sure if thats the best one to show a newbie. what would you do?
Edit: Gave her the list to pick from. She says the warrior princess one, which I'm okay with :D
the top-tier for anime normies are:
Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro and maybe Princess Mononoke.
after that, it's a little more obscure, but they're all pretty good. but i think once you're out of the really popular ones, the subs v dubs argument becomes a lot more difficult.
if you're willing to branch out of Ghibli, Ghost in the Shell is long, but a good one to show. easy sci-fi appeal, and you can see how many later movies borrowed from it.