Top 5 Ghibli

by **shizaam** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:10 am

Rainbow Battle Kid wrote:i actually didn't LOVE porco on my first viewing with subs, but liked it a lot more on rewatch with the dub, so that could have just been a mindframe thing but i love keaton so i'm sure some of it is just preferring it that way too

i should watch the sub, just for keaton. sorta had a similar experience where i enjoyed it on first watch, but wasn't blown away — and now every time i rewatch i find more and more that i love.

by **La Abeja** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:33 pm

Zardoz wrote:Only Yesterday
Kiki
Laputa
Ponyo
Mononoke

I somehow misremembered this with "When Marnie Was There" as your top pic. Because both have images of people standing on a beach as their thumbnail on HBO+?

Anyways it made for much better watching of Marnie bc the whole time I kept saying "wow I'm really surprised this is [Zardoz]'s favorite ghibli."

by **La Abeja** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:37 pm

Oops no Ocean Waves is the other beach thumb one. So yeah I just mixed up two different movies.

Marnie is amazing though, another one of these where there's just not a single other movie telling that story. Like if you want to watch a movie where an action army man blows stuff up there are three million to choose from, you want a movie like this, there's not so many options.

Though I do think it would have been better released under the original, more literally translated title: Gay for GrandmaToggle Spoiler

by **pixel** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:05 pm

The twist thing at the end of Marnie drove me nuts

I'm watching ronja the robber's daughter, ignoring the weird faces, and it's great. I've avoided it for a while because of the animation style but I enjoy it so much I don't really care anymore.

by **shizaam** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:25 am

is there a french dub on hbo max? want to do the jean reno version!

by **guy forget** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:26 pm

We watched ponyo for the first time recently. Pretty wacky movie with intensely beautiful animation

That song at the end was in the English dub only...right?

by **garbiel** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:28 pm

kiki + totoro is the ultimate balm double feature

by **guy forget** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:29 pm

Think we’re gonna watch Kaguya tonight

by **barbara_h** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:59 pm

Even if I feel really bad for him Goro's def the hack his dad thinks he is

Also thanks board for introducing me to Only Yesterday

1. Totoro
2. Ponyo
3. Spirited Away
4. Mononoke
5. Porco Rosso

by **Ill-Advised Webinar** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:24 pm

my son is 11 and obviously loves all the normal stuff like pixar/avatar/korra etc. but what's the ghibli i should show him first? admittedly i've only ever seen spirited away

by **garbiel** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:27 pm

nausicca?

by **shizaam** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:47 pm

^ yeah that's a good start

by **Althea** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:49 pm

When I watched most of the Miyazakis for the first time last year, Totoro was the one that really captured my 10/11 year old's attention. The Wind Rises is tremendous but it's the only one that would have bored me as a kid.

by **tgk** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:49 pm

Ill-Advised Webinar wrote:my son is 11 and obviously loves all the normal stuff like pixar/avatar/korra etc. but what's the ghibli i should show him first? admittedly i've only ever seen spirited away

spirited away

by **.polymer** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:02 pm

castle in the skyyyy

by **Feech La Manna** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:06 pm

Castle in the Sky is definitely underrated

I don't really care for Howl's and Kiki is kinda whatever for me but every other Miyazaki is a stone cold classic imo

by **No Good Advice** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:15 pm

Kiki might be the best

by **guy forget** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:25 pm

It really is

by **guy forget** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:25 pm

Really and truly though I love em all, even Howl’s much maligned Castle

by **blurst of times** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:53 pm

webinar, if your kid likes avatar, i think nausicaa and castle in the sky are probably the closest in spirit to that. but it's hard to go wrong really.

i watched wind rises for the first time recently, and i thought it was fantastic. feels like an appropriate encapsulation of and commentary on miyazaki's entire career

by **blurst of times** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:53 pm

No Good Advice wrote:Kiki might be the best

i think it's my favorite, yeah

by **Althea** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:18 pm

I probably posted about this upthread, but watching Spirited Away for the first time last summer, and going outside at dusk right afterwards with my eyes and heart wide open and the world softly lit up all pink and magical, was a real high point of last year.

by **luma milkysoft** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:46 pm

people dislike howls?

think that one is the most emotional for me for sure

everything it expresses about aging and self-worth is a lot to take but it’s so good ;(

by **garbiel** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:15 pm

Ill-Advised Webinar wrote:my son is 11 and obviously loves all the normal stuff like pixar/avatar/korra etc. but what's the ghibli i should show him first? admittedly i've only ever seen spirited away

porco rosso actually

by **Philip Graff** » Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:42 am

Porco rosso is so good, my number 1 for sure.
2. Castle in the sky
3. Howl
4. Kiki
5. Nausicaa

by **Cornwallis** » Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:49 am

is that a personal top 5 or a top 5 for unsuspecting 11 year olds

by **pixel** » Fri Apr 09, 2021 6:31 am

luma milkysoft wrote:people dislike howls?

think that one is the most emotional for me for sure

everything it expresses about aging and self-worth is a lot to take but it’s so good ;(

agree, Howl's is definitely in my top 5

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