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Sep 7, 2023 · Almost all of Studio Ghibli’s films are on Netflix and Max. To help prioritize your animation binge, we’ve ranked every single one.
7 hours ago · The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is based off of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th-century Japanese literary work. The style used for the film differs from most Studio Ghibli films, being drawn with looser lineart and with watercolor backgrounds and rendering. The artwork and animation are a wonderful feast for the eyes, a tale that presents ...
- Tales from Earthsea
- Earwig and The Witch
- The Cat Returns
- Ocean Waves
- Pom Poko
- From Up on Poppy Hill
- Nausicaä of The Valley of The Wind
- Ponyo
- My Neighbors The Yamadas
- When Marnie Was There
Immediately following Howl’s Moving Castle gave Tales From Earthsea some difficult standards to live up to. Even then, director Goro Miyazaki’s attempt at a fantasy epic is distinctly middling, lacking any real awe or charm. Based on Ursula LeGuin’s Earthsea novels, bits and bobs from the series are mashed together and remixed to the point a discer...
A fully CG-animated Studio Ghibli production directed by Goro Miyazaki is something of a monkey’s paw scenario. Earwig and the Witch has a lot going for it as an ornate fairy tale about an orphan that discovers she’s been adopted by a witch, pushing her into a world of magic and alternative music, that’s near-totally squandered by a lifeless aesthe...
You can tell this Whisper of the Heart spin-off started life as a short, what with the bizarre twists feeling more and more like padding as the film goes on. Still, the notion of your cat speaking to you, and then guiding you to a feline kingdom to live forever is almost certainly wish fulfilment for some. The sole directorial feature from anime ve...
As a demonstration of Ghibli’s talents beyond Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, Ocean Waves makes it clear that the younger staff in the ’90s had plenty to offer. Taku and Yutaka, childhood friends, find their bond challenged when they each develop feelings for Rikako, who’s recently moved. A stereotypical teenage love triangle becomes surprisingly...
Lectures on the environment don’t generally involve this much raccoon testicles, but then again, if such messaging was this much fun, maybe more would take heed. Pomo Poko is a curio from Isao Takahata that concerns a clan of tanuki – raccoon-dogs from Japanese folklore – defending their home against human construction workers. Tanuki nether-region...
There’s some wisdom to be gleamed from Goro Miyazaki’s finest Ghibli offering to date being his most basic and concise. In ’60s Fukuhara, three high school friends campaign against the planned demolition of an old neighborhood building. Two of them, Umi and Shun, learn they might be related in the process. Well-laid backstories keep us empathetic t...
After Lupin III film The Castle of Cagliostro, Hayao Miyazaki decided to do something original, adapting his own post-apocalyptic manga about a young princess who has to stop a forest of giant insects from being nuked. Pretty as it is anyway, what’s most impressive is the sheer scope of Nausicaa, full of cute creatures inhabiting a wondrous kingdom...
Almost wholesome to a fault, Ponyo is absolutely delightful. Returning to environmentalism as a theme, Hayao channels his anxiety around our oceans into a fable akin to the Disney movie, The Little Mermaid, about a goldfish that wants to be human. Hayao’s depiction of the ocean depths is truly dazzling, pleasantly soundtracked by longtime composer ...
Told in elaborate vignettes that look like comic strips brought to life, My Neighbors the Yamadas is one of the stranger Studio Ghibli movies. Such was a hallmark of Isao Takahata’s career, pushing towards experimental aesthetics and such. Humour and sincerity live hand-in-hand for the six family-members we follow. Their daily lives are full of abs...
At time of release, this was Studio Ghibli’s last feature. Though it might seem an understated swansong, Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s adaptation of Joan G Robinson’s novel captures the innocence and gentle whimsy of the studio. Anna, a young, reclusive foster child, is sent to a secluded seaside village for the summer to help her asthma. Convinced she’s ...
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Jan 27, 2020 · Now that 21 films made by the legendary Japanese animation house are available to stream, David Barnett lists which films to watch, according to your mood. For the first time, the animated...
Sep 7, 2017 · The thematic idea on which Studio Ghibli films are predicated – that humans are inherently good, autonomous, productive agents – isn’t pulled from an ahistorical vacuum. It is traceable from ancient Japanese history, an entrenched national consciousness that encourages people to be modest, industrious and respectful to others.
Aug 15, 2022 · Everyone from Guillermo del Toro, to Wes Anderson, to the animators at Cartoon Saloon, have been influenced by the works of Studio Ghibli. This makes ranking their 23 feature films a nearly ...
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Critics Consensus: With a storytelling palette as rich and brilliant as its animation, Castle in the Sky thrillingly encapsulates Studio Ghibli's unique strengths. Synopsis: Young orphan Sheeta...
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