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I know there is already a topic on Spirited Away, and I apologize if this falls under the catagory of a repeat topic. I did not find any in my thourough, yet breif examintions of the rest of the topics posted here. Anyway.....


I have become enchanted with Miyazaki's masterpieces. The funny thing was, I was scared to watch Spirited Away when it first came out because it looked so....well....strange. Now I have become a complete Miyazaki junkie. Though I have only seen four of his brilliant movies (Spirited Away, The Cat Returns, Kiki's Delivary Service, and my personal favorate, Princess Mononoke), I hold these as the prize of the animated world.

As I have stated, I have had the pleasure to watch four of his movies, but there are many more. The Grave of the Fireflies, Castle in the Sky, and Howl's Moving Castle are only some of the ones I have not been able to view.

These movies are not only masterpieces because of their wonderfully hand-drawn animation, but because of their well-rounded characters and storylines. They are a pleasure to watch and they open a new door into a world in which I have never experienced before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gedo6sn.jpg#file---> The new movie that I am sooo excited about. Translated, it reads Tales from Earthsea, and it is based off the series, concentrating on the third book.

------>From my favorite movie, Princess Mononoke

Hayao Miyazaki should rule the worldd with his anime masterpieces!!

My most favorite of his creations are My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and a little Kiki's Delivery Service.

Howl's Moving Castle is one of my favorites so far.

I have to say that his artistry and imagination, I admire greatly. But I think that the movies where he doesn't use his own stories usually end up better In my opinion.

XD That doesn't mean I don't like his stuff. I loved Princess Monoke, Whisper of the Heart, Spirited away, and other stuff from him mentioned here.

o_O Tales of earthsea sounds so interesting, heard about it awhile back, I'm also eagerly looking forawrd to it.

Yeah..... Tales from Earthsea looks like his best movie yet! And I agree that when he doesn't use his own storylines, they tend to be less crowded and more pleasing to the mind. True, they may seem way out there when he makes them off of his own ideas, but it also may be that I have no experience with the Japenese culture other than through a friend. But yead, I am very exited about Tales from Earthsea...

P.S- What does XD and o_O mean? (Sorry, lots of stuff goes right over my head...wooosh)

Answer to your P.S.XD I believe to be a grin in which someone closes their eyes,and o_O is when someone is looking at you with their head moved slightly to the side

I thought O_o is when someone is giving you The Brow -- you know, you raise one of your eyebrows, and lower the other to give a sorta questioning look? You know The Rock? He can do it quite good.

Whoa, aren't WE getting off subject here. Hayao Miyazaki has a very distinguishable style in which all of his movies originate from. I just can't put my claw on it, but they just have that something, y'know?

Most certainly. Though his wolves look....well....um, different to me, the animation is just fun to watch. Right now my favorite movie is Princess Mononoke. I just like the whole Gaurdian idea....

I just love how all the stories unravel smoothly. It's all so coordinated!!

Yeah! You think you are so lost until one little fact is revealed. It gives me a good feeling when I actually know what's going on!

That's what happened to me on Princess Mononoke.

Yeah, I felt so lost until I finally figured out what Mononoke meant. Whew. I love that movie.

XD He has a very simple style which is a mix bewteen japanese and western, I really like it.

I've seen parts of Spirited Away.

Yeah, the proportions are not blown out of control. It's a lot easier to look at when the head isn't the size of the body (exeption in Yu-Babba's case/her kid's case).

Ahh Japanish Animators make good work like always either I do not like those...ways they make the Animations...either here is no so much of their shows like in the USA or around other places ^^