I would recommend Studio Ghibli (Wikipedia entry) to anybody, child, teenager, adult. I have seen most of those listed under "Feature Films" at Wikipedia. The stories are interesting, the characters (usually children or young adults) engaging, the settings, landscapes and townscapes fully imagined and beautifully represented, whether fantastic or realistic. Many have been released by Disney in the West, with English overdubs, and in my opinion more than hold their own against Disney's own recent productions. Most have been broadcast in that form here in the UK, but occasionally a Japanese-language version with English sub-titles comes up - many people prefer these.

Just came across my first "back-to-front" book in a local remainder shop - they also sell the kind of "how-to" books described by JiK above. The general range of anime films and books available here is of a style completely different from the Studio Ghibli material, tending towards the science-fiction end of things. There is a very effective remake of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis". Again characters are young adults, but production values to my mind are up there with anything Hollywood has produced, not in the least compromised for the target audience.

From ranger1's friend's crit in the preceding post -
"(Although they love Miyazaki, of course.)" -
Miyazaki is the guiding hand behind Studio Ghibli.

Ross