Anyone else a big fan of Studio Ghibli films? Either by Hayao Miyazaki or others? What are some of your favorites? Howl's Moving Castle is one of my favorites and probably the one I've seen the most.

I'm really interested in seeing The Wind Rises when it gets an expanded release here in February.

I wish these were more readily available here in the states, especially some of the older works.

1/10/2014 9:19:57 AM

Mememememe!

I like Spirited Away and Ponyo and Howl's Moving Castle.

[Edited on January 10, 2014 at 9:55 AM. Reason : .]

1/10/2014 9:54:31 AM

princess mononoke is good, but sad. if you've never watched pom poko, get ready to laugh at some ball jokes (thought that one is directed by someone else).

1/10/2014 12:50:03 PM

Ones I liked:

Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
My Neighbor Totoro
Castle in the Sky
Porco Rosso

Did not like:

Grave of the Fireflies

1/10/2014 1:28:32 PM

Ni No Kuni uses Studio Ghibli for it's art design. Beautiful game, average gameplay.

About Grave of the Fireflies.

Quote :

"However, director Takahata repeatedly denied that the film was an anti-war anime. In his own words, "[The film] is not at all an anti-war anime and contains absolutely no such message." Instead, Takahata had intended to convey an image of the brother and sister living a failed life due to isolation from society and invoke sympathy particularly in people in their teens and twenties, whom he felt needed to straighten up and respect their elders for the pain and suffering they had experienced during arguably the darkest point in Japan's history."

wut

[Edited on January 10, 2014 at 2:03 PM. Reason : .]

1/10/2014 1:58:45 PM

Grave of the Fireflies is fantastic. You do have to be in the correct mood to appreciate it.

1/10/2014 2:46:16 PM

I love that movie too but the director sounds like a real dick.

I took Japanese History in college and my professor said he couldn't watch it again. Understandable.

1/10/2014 2:50:27 PM

I love them! I think it's so cool how recognizable the art style is. Simpsons apparently did a tribute recently:

1/10/2014 3:05:32 PM

nausicaa of the valley of the wind is really good too. I know there is a manga out there that tells the rest of the story too

1/16/2014 7:15:58 PM

Spirited Away and Totoro 4 lyfe

1/16/2014 7:38:46 PM

I like the music even more than the anime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVCdLi6FGVg

1/16/2014 7:42:12 PM

I watched From Up on Poppy Hill over the weekend. I really really liked it. It's a very traditional story, without the usual fantasy elements, but the american voice work is great with a loaded cast.

1/20/2014 12:49:17 PM

oh man The Wind Rises, the newest SG and Miyazaki film, opens this weekend at the double screen a few blocks from me. Looks like I may be doing a solo trip to check it out one afternoon.

2/26/2014 8:04:51 PM

bttt..so i never saw The Wind Rises in theaters but i did pick up a copy last night. Can't wait to check it out.


someone else post in here!

12/16/2014 8:29:25 AM