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YAY! I'm a Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli movie fan too!

My faves are:
- Pom Poko (a "save the environment" type of tale, but with tanuki (raccoon dogs from Japan that are believed to have magical tranforming powers) . . . and some violent parts.)
- Castle in the Sky (aka Laputa) (flying castle in the sky, magical floating powers, and pirates. yay for pirates.)
- Howl's Moving Castle (awesome movie; handsome wizard, a castle that moves, and a powerful curse. Sounds like Harry Potter, but it isn't.)
- Spirited Away (WOW. I can't describe this really. Magic, a curse, a growing journey in a magical place . . . . does that work?)
- Princess Mononoke (A girl that lives with wolves and a cursed man that meets her. Gosh, I need to watch this again . . . or buy the DVD.)
- My Neighbor Totoro (Now with two releases out: the Fox release (English Dubbed only) and the recent release (now with an English redub and the original Japanese version) - check them out! Magical spirits and two adorable sisters. yep, that's it.)
- Kiki's Delivery Service (Probably the first Miyazaki film I ever saw! A 13 year old witch grows up in a faraway town. 'Nuff said.)

Gah, I can't think of anymore that I've seen . . . . but I love them all. I want to see more Miyazaki (like Whisper of the Heart and its "sequel", The Cat Returns, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Porco Rosso, and any other ones that I haven't mentioned . . . . whee.)!

- Juuchan17

I'm glad someone else is such a Miyazaki dork(no offense to you, reffering to myself). There is a new movie coming out later in the summer called Tales from Earthsea. Check out my first post to get the link.

Oh, I've heard about that. It sounds good so far!

Yes, I am a dork. ^__^

- Juuchan17

Dorks unite! I love these films and am now writing a story that was inspired by Princess Mononoke

The Cat Returns was good

Like, Omigawd!! I thought I was the only one here that loved that movie!!

You're not! I'm a Totoro dork too!

I so dig the Cat-Bus. =^___^=

- Juuchan17

Wow, where do I begin with how much I love Miyazaki-san's movies? I watched the "Month of Miyazaki" on Turner Classic Movies, and it rocked! It's a lot better than Cartoon Network's version of M.O.M. cause there's no commercials.

Let's see, I've watched Princess Mononoke (first one I watched), Castle in the Sky, Porrco Rosso, My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Pom Poko.....hmmmm there's another one I'm forgetting....I'll think of it later.



Nausicaa was a very good movie in my opinion. I liked the story line and characters. Unfortunately, since it was his first movie, he seemed to have a limited budget and all the music is digital-computer whatever it's called.

Porrco Rosso was also a good one, but he ran out of time or something and the ending kinda sucked. Which is really sad because up till the end that movie was awesome.

I am a miyazaki dork also XD. Pom Poko I have yet to watch that along with Porco Rosso, i get them two confused together.

Nausicca I think seemed low budget but I think the movie was made in the 1980's or something, It looked pretty well budgetted to me, except for some of the techno music which was kinda weird.

MAN! I've only seen four of his movies. My Blockbuster doesn't have them, and they're expensive to buy over the net. This makes me sigh largly. What IS Pom Poko about?

Man I'm really a fan for his movies! Whee at least I'm glad I'm not the only fan... But i didn't like the way they translated the Jappanese version to english well it sounded a bit crappy well in my opinion it did... (*^*) I know know one understands japanese but this is the offical website: http://www.ghibli.jp/

http://media.putfile.com/Spirited-Away19

http://www.zippyvideos.com/644665143425 ... ssmononoke

http://www.zippyvideos.com/784425918187 ... bliog-divx
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These are all pics of the new movie. Yay! Erm...sorry about the whole japanesse trailer though"The balance of the world is collapsing. People moving restlessly without a purpose. Something reflected in their eyes: a dream, death, or a world somewhere else.

People’s faces become estranged. Archmage Ged left to search for the source of this disaster and meets Arren, a boy who has the darkness in his mind.

The boy had been chased by the shadow. Theru, a girl with a burn on her face, meets Arren, the boy frightened by the shadow.

This summer, Man and Dragon will be one!"


but I'm so excited for the movie

Ummm, a bunch of tanuki (raccoon dogs . . . or just plain "raccoons" as they're called in the dub) are being threated by the development of their habitat, thanks to humans. So they decide to do something about it. I don't want to give anything away, but it's a great movie (hopefully you don't mind the fact that the males show their . . . *cough*parts*cough* but they are used in Japanese religion and mythology with their "magical powers and such.

Still, it's good. Some parts may make you cry too . . . wah.

- Juuchan17

i love miyazaki works my favourite is princess mononoke is great!!!!the story the characters the wolves everthing is just.....perfect!! but i also like Spirited Away!!!hayao is a animation master!!!!

Yep, I agree that he is good, I like his style alot, but I also think the colors in his movie could be more striking (say a bit more like Disney movies) I think maybe it's just a style that he uses photographic lighting for most of the backgrounds in his movie, but some more color would be nice IMO. XD

I thought that was just your typical anime...??? Most anime movies (Not just Miyazaki's) I've seen are like that...

XP,Yeah, photographic lighting ain't that interesting. But IMO many animes really suck. Especially the magical school girl ones.