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Post by *Shadowfox Princess* on Nov 21, 2005 21:33:43 GMT
Seeing that the other one felt off-topic. Here is one which you can chat about.. Name your favs, dislikes and even discuss all of them if you want..
For references here's a list for Studio Ghibli: - nausicaa of the valley of the wind - laputa: castle in the sky - my neighbor totoro - grave of the fireflies - kiki's delivery service - porco rosso - whisper of the heart - only yesterday - pom poko - princess mononoke - my neighbours the yamadas - spirited away - the cat's return - howls moving castle
I dont think i have done all of them... But hey, here you go!!!
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Post by Unicross on Nov 21, 2005 22:00:46 GMT
You missed loads: Please see below list and brief description of the one's I have seen
<Goshu the Cellist> Unknown
<太陽王子> 1968 [english title unknown]
<Panda Kopanda> 1972
<鲁邦三世——卡里奥斯特羅之城> 1979 [English title Unknown]
< Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind> 1984 Nausicaa the princess of a small nation, lives in a world devastated by a holocaust called the Seven Days of Fire. She tries to stop other warring nations from destroying themselves and from destroying the only means by which their world can be saved from the spread of polluted wastelands.
<Castle in the Sky> 1986 Pazu rescues an unconscious girl descending from the night sky with a glowing pendant around her neck. He helps the girl, Sheeta, to escape from the air pirates and the military who are obsessed with Laputa, a legendary kingdom on a floating island in the sky with which Sheeta is suspected of being connected.
<Grave of the Fireflies> 1988 Alternately known as Tombstone for Fireflies, Grave is a very somber film about the struggle of two children to survive during World War II. Seita and his younger sister Setsuko are left to fend for themselves when their mother passes away from severe burns inflicted by the American fire-bombing of their town. Their father is serving in the Japanese navy, but the children have not heard from him in a long time, so Seita and Setsuko try staying with a distant relative. However, Seita doesn't get along well with this relative and decides to leave, taking Setsuko with him, to live on their own.
<Totoro> 1988 Totoro is a forest spirit that little Mei, and later her older sister Satsuki, encounter in a giant camphor tree near their new home in the countryside. Although their father, a university professor, is with them when they move, their mother is in the hospital, recovering from some unnamed illness. When Mei hears that her mother's condition may be worsening, she resolves to visit her all by herself. When everyone realizes she's missing, only Totoro knows how to find her!
<Kiki's Delivery Service> 1989 Kiki is a 13-year old witch. When a witch turns 13, it is traditional for her to move away from home to spend a year in another city or town where there is no witch already living, so that she can learn to be independent and practice her trade. This is Kiki's story of the beginning of her year away from home. She and her black cat Jiji run into a little trouble at first, but they soon make friends in their new city by the sea.
<Only Yesterday> 1991 Only Yesterday revolves around Taeko, a single woman working a desk job in Tokyo in 1982, taking a vacation in the countryside with the family of her sister in-law. During her vacation, Taeko finds herself looking back at her time as a young schoolgirl growing up in 1966. The film flips back and forth between the two time periods with a lot of nostalgia and beautiful country scenery as Taeko sorts out her flashbacks and tries to make some tough decisions about her future.
< Porco Rosso> 1992 Porco Rosso (the Japanese title Kurenai no Buta literally means The Crimson Pig) was first planned as a 30-45 minutes in-flight movie on Japan Airlines. It's been described as a movie which tired businessmen on international flights can enjoy even with their minds dulled due to lack of oxygen. As Miyazaki's imagination took off, it became a feature-length movie about an Italian Air Force pilot who left the service due to the rise of fascism. He became a bounty hunter, assuming the name Porco Rosso.
The Ocean Waves> 1993 Ocean Waves is the official English title (from Japan) for a film more commonly known as I Can Hear the Sea (the literal meaning of the Japanese title). Set in Kochi (on the island of Shikoku), Umi tells the story of a love triangle that develops between two good friends and the new girl in school who transferred from Tokyo. The new girl, Rikako, is at first arrogant and distant, but eventually makes friends.
<Pom Poko> 1994 In Pom Poko (the Japanese title literally means Heisei-era Raccoon War Pom Poko), Tanuki (animals native to Asia which look like raccoons) living in the forest near a government construction project, are being threatened by the destruction of their habitat. Banding together and seeking help from other tribes of Tanuki, they live up to their traditionally mischievous reputation by changing their shape and trying to sabotage the construction effort. When this fails, they stage one last great illusion, hoping to alert the city folk to the natural wonders being bulldozed to make room for yet another Tokyo suburb, before it's too late...
<Whisper of the Heart > 1995 Mimi wo Sumaseba, which literally means If You Listen Closely, tells the story of Shizuku, a junior-high school student who is struggling to find out who she is. The movie takes you on a journey through her imagination and daily life as she makes decisions that will ultimately decide her future.
<Princess Mononoke> 1997 Set during the Muromachi Period (1333-1568) of Japan, Mononoke Hime is a story about a mystic fight between the Animal Gods of the forest and humans. On the side of the Animal Gods is San (Mononoke Hime), a human girl raised by the wolf god Moro. On the side of the humans is Lady Eboshi, building a kingdom for oppressed people by cutting down the forest for her iron-making operation. In the middle of this fierce fighting for survival, Anutsaka, an Emishi boy, struggles to find a way for both sides to co-exist. But the fighting just becomes more and more bloody and all hope seems to be lost...
<Spirited Away> 2001 Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakush, tale of the fanciful adventures of a ten-year-old girl named Chihiro, who discovers a secret world when she and her family get lost and venture through a hillside tunnel. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, Chihiro must fend for herself as she encounters strange spirits, assorted creatures and a grumpy sorceress who seeks to prevent her from returning to the human world.
<The Cat Returns> 2002
<Howls Moving Castle> 2005
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Post by wildfalken on Nov 22, 2005 3:41:47 GMT
(ooc) Ugh bugger! shame that utf-8 isn't installed on my browser if so I'd offer you the untranslated names.
(ic) Other than that, I've probably seen about 12 of them, but still I really enjoyed Spirited Away. Other than that the everything is pretty good.
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Post by gatehakker on Nov 22, 2005 17:09:28 GMT
All the ones I have seen were good...but I don't think I have ever heard of some of them...
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Post by Unicross on Nov 22, 2005 19:07:38 GMT
Some were never released outside of Japan (Such as The Ocean Waves/ I Can Hear The Sea and are hard to track down, I managed to get most of them in a Ltd edition boxset from China
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Post by gatehakker on Nov 22, 2005 19:09:27 GMT
that's pretty cool...as you will all notice, if you haven't already, I have a very limited experience when it comes to good anime, but I will try to find some more!
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Post by *Shadowfox Princess* on Nov 22, 2005 20:43:20 GMT
*jaw drop* Thanks Unicross!!! Aparently the next movie is going to directed by Goro Miyazaki.. (the son).
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Post by Unicross on Nov 22, 2005 21:03:09 GMT
I'm not surprised, the legened is nearing 80...
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Post by *Shadowfox Princess* on Nov 22, 2005 21:26:14 GMT
I wonder whats it going to be like you know..
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Post by gatehakker on Nov 22, 2005 21:57:13 GMT
I saw some footage of how they made Spirited Away, and there was some very nostalgic shtuff there, you know? Like how he was remembering his own childhood and stuff. I almost cried, and then watched the movie, and did cry. It was beautiful...
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