Howl's Moving Castle

Okay, okay.  Cartoons are for children and I am no longer a child.  But watch this one anyway!  Director Hayao Miyazaki is really one of the more credible directors of anime on the market, and his films are lovely and happy and cover decent themes like feminism and pacifism and environmentalism without bludgeoning one over the head with it.

Plus, this particular film is based on a book by Diana Wynne Jones, which makes everything okay.  And the main character is magicked into an old woman for the majority of the time, so no worries about creepy manga romance.  And there is magic and flying cars and a talking ball of fire voiced by Billy Crystal.  And the animation looks a lot like this:

 
Okay a bit campy but generally a good time had by all.  So at least give it a try.  Because I love it.