People still making films that are close to Ghibli levels of animation & budget are probably Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children) and Makoto Shinkai (5cm per Second, Garden of Words).Hosoda is the guy that Ghibli chose to direct Howl and then kicked him off the project after a few months for not meeting expectations.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 4 August 2014 10:31 (nine years ago) link
Definitely will check those out; Summer Wars has been on my backlog for a long time
― Nhex, Monday, 4 August 2014 12:50 (nine years ago) link
Summer Wars wasn't very good I thought
What happened to Yonebayashi?
― 龜, Monday, 4 August 2014 13:24 (nine years ago) link
thought Summer Wars looked great but was his weakest in terms of story. Girl Who Leapt Through Time & Wolf Children are really good though.Yonebayashi directed the latest Ghibli film When Marnie Was There, who knows where he ends up if they really are closing the animation dept. would be cool if all the young animators went off and formed their own studio, there's a long tradition of that in Japan after all.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 4 August 2014 13:31 (nine years ago) link
Shinkai's story telling isn't for everyone, but his films are worth watching just for the animation.e.g. from The Garden Of Wordshttp://i.imgur.com/hUevXLd.gif
http://i.imgur.com/sBhDekS.gif
http://i.imgur.com/iuL1oS8.gif
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 4 August 2014 13:43 (nine years ago) link
looks nice. i've seen The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, really liked it
― Nhex, Monday, 4 August 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
someone else worth investigating is Yasuhiro Yoshiura, who doesn't seem to have the budgets of these other guys but makes interesting stuff. Time of Eve is really good, and there is also a recent film Patema Inverted, but i haven't seen it yet. well worth watching though is his earlier short film Pale Cocoon, a dystopian sci-fi that you can legally stream for free via Crunchyroll
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 4 August 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
also loved the girl who leapt through time, will have to check out wolf children.
I've seen shinkai's five centimeters per second and found it kinda unbearably emo tbh. art style was impressive but so glossy that it kinda looked like a visual novel pc game or something to me.
but maybe I wasn't in the mood? I'd be open to trying another one, sounds like garden of words would be the place to go?
― original bgm, Monday, 4 August 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
Saw this last night, was a bit nonplussed after I finished watching it, it's unusually enigmatic even for Miyazaki. But the more I think about it the more I like it; it's certainly a grown-up film, and a hugely singular one.
re the politics, I was wrestling with them as I watched it but I've since come round to thinking that Miyazaki trusts his audience enough to know dropping bombs on people from planes is bad, and leaves it up to them to reconcile the humanity of his protagonist with that fact. Films with a message of 'obviously bad thing is bad' have a tendency to be boring and preachy anyway.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 6 October 2014 13:33 (nine years ago) link
I don't feel like starting a catch-all Ghibli thread, but I just want to say I really enjoyed Pom Poko (watched Monday night at the home of Jaq & Mr. Jaq). American animation would be hugely improved with wall to wall testicles.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
love that movie, should be more seen
― Nhex, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
The Miyazaki docu is a great champion piece to this and Kaguya.
― Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 08:40 (nine years ago) link
have we done a poll on ghibli movies?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 16:18 (nine years ago) link
We should.
A shame I haven't seen The Wind Rises on more ten best lists.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 January 2015 13:20 (nine years ago) link
a November '13 release in NY/LA. Also, not that good.
Kaguya all the way.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 January 2015 13:28 (nine years ago) link
haven't seen the wind rises, but morbs otm anyway. kaguya straight destroyed me. it's gorgeous and wholly unrepugnant, not a flange in sight.
― deliberately clunky, needlessly arty, (contenderizer), Saturday, 24 January 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
Love them both.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 January 2015 13:46 (nine years ago) link
Has anybody seen 'When Marnie Was There"? The trailer / source story both bode well. There's an Innocents vibe to the aesthetic that I really dig.
Ghibli poll is fated to end up Totoro vs Spirited Away deathmatch, isn't it? Not that it's a bad thing, but there's hardly a bad film in the bunch. Well... I never could get *into* Porco Rosso or Nausicaa, but I still admire .
― the captain beefheart of personal hygiene (soda), Saturday, 24 January 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link
Alfred otm. Both deserve more love. Fuck a Pixar.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 24 January 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
Totoro vs Spirited Away deathmatch, isn't it?
probably, but i could see nausicaa sneaking in (that might be my choice)
although i have crazy love for kiki's delivery service, it's true
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 24 January 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link
what we really need is a good poll of the best anime features that /aren't/ ghibli. i'd rep for night on the galactic railroad.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 24 January 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
Kiki has the best American voices. Phil Hartman ftw. I really like the one based on The Borrowers.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 January 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
the only ghibli films i've been really disappointed in are the "cat returns" (mostly b/c i had heard really good things about it, and it seemed kind of half-assed) and from up on poppy hill (which wasn't really outright /bad/, just kind of ... diffuse?)
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 24 January 2015 21:34 (nine years ago) link
the borrowers one is the secret world of arrietty -- great stuff. pom poko is the only one i'm not a big fan of.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 24 January 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
I hated Ponyo.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 January 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
ponyo is so supremely weird
― the captain beefheart of personal hygiene (soda), Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
ponyo is awesome, though not quite top-tier ghibli
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
What's wrong with it?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
I thought it was kinda dumb, to be honest. Too many shots of the fish just squirting water at people, not a terribly compelling scenario, etc.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
My young cousins, who made me watch during a Disney trip four years ago, were fascinated by it.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
Ponyo is amazing, scene after scene showcasing what Miyazaki is the greatest at. Goes crazy towards the end but then many of his films do.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:59 (nine years ago) link
I thought the girl running on the waves and her huge shiny mother was great.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 24 January 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
Keep in mind, I have no prob with the animation, I just think the script and characters are poor.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 January 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
Ham! Ham! Haaaaaaaaam!
― the captain beefheart of personal hygiene (soda), Saturday, 24 January 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link
I think the old lady who kept mistaking someone (who I cant remember) for evil was funny.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 24 January 2015 23:43 (nine years ago) link
ponyo is amazing, but even more than most miyazaki fims the plot seems to reinvent itself—or make up new rules—every reel, which was frustrating.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 25 January 2015 23:21 (nine years ago) link
howl's moving castle has a little bit of the same problem, but i still think that's top-five miyazaki for me
"problem"
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 25 January 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
hmmm actually IMO my list might go something like
1. spirited away2. nausicaa3. kiki's delivery service4. my neighbor totoro5. princess mononoke6. howl's moving castle7. castle in the sky8. porco rosso9. the wind rises10. ponyo11.castle of cagliostro
btw i really like ALL of these
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 25 January 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
did i forget one?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 25 January 2015 23:26 (nine years ago) link
Miyazaki films are the closet approximations to Pure Immersion in Cinema for me; the experience of watching Spirited Away, as it made itself up as it went along like a picaresque novel, was one of those moments. Noting his flaws (they're often the same, film after film) is a rote exercise.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 25 January 2015 23:28 (nine years ago) link
you need to watch The Wind Rises!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 25 January 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
oh you did -- never mind. It's contenderizer.
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― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, January 24, 2015 3:16 PM (Yesterday)
otm. gets a lot of flak for childishness, incoherence, w/e, but i think it's among ghibli's very best. funny, trippy, moving, nicely observed (the boat ride after the flood), breathtaking and, in the end, entirely satisfying.
― deliberately clunky, needlessly arty, (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 January 2015 23:44 (nine years ago) link
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, January 25, 2015 3:21 PM (22 minutes ago)
we're supposed to demand that our fantasy worlds be "internally consistent", bound at every moment by whatever logic they've established prior. ponyo's cheerful "lol whatever" treatment of this convention is one of its most endearing qualities, imo.
― deliberately clunky, needlessly arty, (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 January 2015 23:47 (nine years ago) link
porco rosso might be most underappreciated miyazaki
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 25 January 2015 23:47 (nine years ago) link
yeah, this. i find almost all of these films completely absorbing, even the ones that just sort of drift around. i find it hard to get any critical distance from them because i can enjoy sitting through any of them, even the ones i'm less fond of.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 26 January 2015 00:07 (nine years ago) link
seeing these films in a cinema is pretty crucial
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 26 January 2015 00:19 (nine years ago) link
i mean for them to cast their spell IMO
porco rosso/wind rises go well together
where's POM POKO on that list amateurist!?
― Nhex, Monday, 26 January 2015 00:31 (nine years ago) link
I guess I was too harsh on Pixar.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 26 January 2015 15:00 (nine years ago) link
how about we have a distinct Ghibli thread (i've seen three)
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 January 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
by the time we start another, they'll have officially closed anyway
― Nhex, Monday, 26 January 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
Studio Ponoc is a new studio set up by producer Nishimura (When Marnie Was There, Princess Kaguya) and director Yonebayashi (Arietty, When Marnie Was There).Their first film is out next year, based on Mary Stewart's book The Little BroomstickTrailer looks hella Ghibli as you would expect/hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrN9QZLmJ0E
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 15 December 2016 09:07 (seven years ago) link
Kaguya was absolutely magnificent. Marnie was very slight in comparison.
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 15 December 2016 14:52 (seven years ago) link
trailer for the first Ghibli CGI film "Earwig and the Witch", directed by Gorohttps://www6.nhk.or.jp/anime/special/special.html?i=10070
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 11:15 (three years ago) link
noooooooooo.
― Nhex, Saturday, 5 December 2020 05:15 (three years ago) link
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― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Saturday, 5 December 2020 05:17 (three years ago) link
man wtf this animation looks terrible.
My all-time biggest heart dream came true 🙏🏼♥️ ありがとうございました Thank you @StudioGhibli for having me sing & voice a part in your new movie. Can’t wait for everybody to see this one. Coming early 2021 #EarwigandtheWitch #StudioGhibli pic.twitter.com/MgX6Ur7Rqz— K A C E Y (@KaceyMusgraves) December 15, 2020
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 December 2020 02:10 (three years ago) link
uhhhhhhh wut?!?
pic.twitter.com/RZ74q04w7J— スタジオジブリ STUDIO GHIBLI (@JP_GHIBLI) November 10, 2022
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:15 (one year ago) link
My Neighbor Chewbacca
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
Was it a mistake to start this thread on ILF instead of ILE?
Thank the boiler man, you idiot, for this Studio Ghibli thread
― ledge, Thursday, 10 November 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
they're just making a short for the next round of "Star Wars Visions" i think
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 November 2022 17:46 (one year ago) link
If anyone can bring an end to all the star wars, it's Miyazaki.
― jmm, Thursday, 10 November 2022 17:55 (one year ago) link
spirited to a galaxy far, far away
― Roz, Thursday, 10 November 2022 17:56 (one year ago) link
this is essentially a screensaver btw
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 November 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
Yeah, my son who has loved Star Wars and been a recent convert to Studio Ghibli was extremely disappointed in the brevity.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 14 November 2022 18:06 (one year ago) link