I think comparisons to The Little Mermaid are inevitable.
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
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Like a lot of kids in America, my first taste of anime was the Sunday morning airing of DBZ, but what truly got me started down this otaku road was stuff completely different: Serial Experiment Lain, Cowboy Bebop, and Perfect Blue to mention a few. Spoilers after the cut, of course.
Here’s a neat experiment: give renowned animators one minute each to produce a short and see what they come up with. That’s exactly what NHK did.