A straightforward ranking.
• Top tier
Whisper of the Heart
Pom Poko
My Neighbors the Yamadas
• Almost top tier
Spirited Away
Only Yesterday
• Really good
My Neighbor Totoro
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Grave of the Fireflies (should be near the top by its heavy)
• Quite good
Porco Rosso
• Good
Princess Mononoke
Howl’s Moving Castle
• Maybe good?
Castle in the Sky
Arrietty
Naussica
• Decent but too long
Ponyo
Tale of Princess Kaguya
• Doubtful quality
The Wind Rises
The Cat Returns
• Definitely not good
When Marnie was Here
From up on Poppy Hill
• Bad
Tales of Earthsea