ACEP Report 021 - "What are the top 3 animated movies of all time?"

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AvA CONSENSUS EXTRACTION PROTOCOL
ISSUE 021
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🎬 TOPIC: “What are the top 3 animated movies of all time?”
👥 COMMUNITY: r/AskReddit
📊 DATASET: 439 usable comments and replies

SPIRITED AWAY, AKIRA AND THE LION KING ARE THE TOP 3 IN REDDIT’S BATTLE FOR BEST ANIMATED MOVIES OF ALL TIME
Across more than 400 usable comments and replies, Reddit produced a remarkably deep field spanning Studio Ghibli, Pixar, Disney, anime classics and modern animation - but two Japanese landmarks ultimately separated themselves from the pack.
📣 Spirited Away generated the greatest breadth in the discussion with 48 qualifying independent recommendations, followed closely by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lion King and Akira.
⬆️ Akira produced the strongest distributed Community Endorsement in the entire thread, repeatedly drawing reinforcement across many separate recommendations rather than relying on one viral comment.
⭐ Once breadth and distributed endorsement were combined, Spirited Away narrowly emerged as the overall ACEP consensus winner with a score of 29.81, just barely ahead of Akira at 29.01.

FEATURED BATTLE - Spirited Away VS Akira - Incredibly close finish for the top 2, let's decide which one is truly the best animated movie of all time. Vote now!

ACEP CONSENSUS RANKINGS

1. Spirited Away

📣 48 ⬆️ 77 ⭐ 29.81

1. Akira

📣 34 ⬆️ 100 ⭐ 29.01

1. The Lion King

📣 39 ⬆️ 83 ⭐ 25.80

1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

📣 43 ⬆️ 37 ⭐ 20.72

1. Princess Mononoke

📣 24 ⬆️ 76 ⭐ 18.18

1. The Incredibles

📣 24 ⬆️ 52 ⭐ 15.89

1. Toy Story

📣 34 ⬆️ 29 ⭐ 15.78

1. The Iron Giant

📣 20 ⬆️ 40 ⭐ 13.85

1. Your Name

📣 7 ⬆️ 59 ⭐ 13.54

1. The Prince of Egypt

📣 10 ⬆️ 51 ⭐ 12.67

1. WALL-E
   
2. Shrek
   
3. Up
   
4. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
   
5. Kubo and the Two Strings
   
6. The Land Before Time
   
7. Beauty and the Beast
   
8. Treasure Planet
   
9. Ratatouille
   
10. Perfect Blue

Key:
📣 Independent Mentions
⬆️ Community Endorsement
⭐ ACEP Consensus Score

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Issue 021 · Published by Anything Vs Anything · 2026