i'd let her ride my broom.

I'd ride that cat

It was alright, in fact you have inspired me to watch it again.

I'd ride her face.

It's up there.

Never watched it. But, that loli looks cute...Might try it. There must be pantsu....

>Miyazaki movie

Shit

My favorite Ghibli film

I fell in love with it as a child, watched it again like a year ago. It's very feel-good.

>>36557915

who else was really fucking excited to see Totoro in toy story 3? SO EXCITED

I thought it was great. Whisper of the Heart was my favorite Miyazaki though.

Nice film, even if the ending felt rushed.

By the way, in Spain she was renamed Nicky because "echar un kiki" = fuck.

Pure awsomness. Personally I really liked it.

Ghibli is kind of shit. But I'd like to fuck this loli. She is so cute.

>Miyazaki movie

Hurr let's make a bunch of Disney-wannabe movies about LOL WE'RE SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT brought to you by a retarded creepy old man with black eyebrows while his other facial hair are white.

>>36557979
I smiled

>>36557949
I read "I fell in love with a child".

>>36557979
>Totoro in toy story 3
wat

>>36558019
>Ghibli is kind of shit.

>>36557989
>>36557989
What is echar un Kiki?

Kinda related, InuYasha's Kagome = Aome here in Mexico.

>>36558062
Andy has a Totoro in his room, the fucking weeaboo

Feels warm and fuzzy man.

>>36558062

>>36558056
I wouldn't put it past me

>>36558126
No he doesn't, Totoro was the little girl's toy. And she sort of looked half-Asian.

>>36558024

>>36557803
>>36558088
The lost sisters?

>>36557915

Anyone who says Ghibli/Miyazaki aren't god-tier are automatically faggots.

it my least liked of miyazaki's ghibli feature films. It just fetl... episodic. I felt like there wasn't really an ending or something like that. Felt like there should've been a 2nd and 3rd movie or maybe as a tv show

It was probably the first anime I saw

>>36558261
>Someone doesn't like the anime I like, so there immediately dumb
I love summer logic

>>36558261
I really think Howls Castle was shit.

Then again, I've only watched Nausicaa, Chihiro and Mononoke. All of them fucking awesome.

>>36558313
>there

>>36558261
>>36558261
>>36558261
this
>>36558313
faggot detected

>>36558331
howls was amazing fuck your shit

>>36558261
>someonedoesn'tlikemyfavoriteanime.jpg

Take off your nostalgia goggles.

>>36558447
I watched this film for the first time when I was 20, it's not like I liked it as a child therefore it's awesome, it's just a great-heartwarming film.

>>36558331
Howl wasn't that good but I liked it more than Spirited Way

I can't help but feel like I missed the point of the latter but I didn't really find it that interesting and some parts didn't make a whole lot of sense

i think that i cry every time i watch it. ;_;

>>36558447
No this is pretty much me agreeing with the faggot 100% for once.
Complaining about Myazaki is like complaining about the Bible, you can do it, but not in church.

>Miyazaki/Ghibli shit

Enjoy your kiddy shit. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch Baccano, Durarara, Bakemonogatari, and Strike Witches.

>>36558356
summer, you really have to stop letting show just how new you are

>>36558537
Spirited Away summary: Spoiler bratty girl is moving to a new home. Finds herself spirited away and endures many hardships. Matures. Back in the real world she's ready to take on the challenge of moving to a new home.

that's about it

I liked Kiki. She was cute, the movie was cute, hre talking cat was cute.

It was a cute movie.

This was Phil Hartman's last role.

>>36558598
Forgot to say that those anime are well-written masterpieces that surpass Miyazaki shit.

TO-TORO TO TORO~
TO-TORO TO TORO~

>>36558598
lol

>>36558672
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo9dol1NDiQ

>>36558062
John Lasseter from Pixar fucking worships Miyazaki. Couldn't you tell?

Entertaining film, but not one of Miyazaki's best. Not because of any real lack in quality (such as Howl's Moving Castle), but more of a lack of marked genius.

That's fine though, I really enjoy it and not every movie has to be Porco Rosso or Mononoke.

Kiki was kind of a self-centered little brat. Definitely loli material, but unpleasant otherwise.

Miyazaki shot his load with the amazing Princess Mononoke. He hasn't reached the same heights since, and it looks like he never will again.

>They still watch Miyazaki Ghibli shit

Watch some good classic, like Cowboy Bebop or FLCL.

>>36558537
Spirited Away is so popular because its incredibly imaginative fantastical elements capture a lot of people's attentions and also because it's a very solid story about pre-adolescent coming of age.

I'm sure there are people who don't find either quite as appealing as the majority, it's just a matter of taste.

I really enjoyed Kiki's Delivery Service when I was young. I'll have to watch it again sometime

>>36558849
>he thinks FLCL is good

>>36558849
>good classic
>FLCL
Ha-Ha.

I almost bought it yesterday.

Castle in the Sky and Nausicaa are my favorites.

>>36558903
>>36558918
>Don't like FLCL
>Liking Miyazaki shit

Haha, oh wow.

>>36558995
>repeats his post

Haha, oh wow.

I watched it before I knew what anime was and it got me into it. I should probably update my VHS to a DVD one of these days.

>>36558331

It was shit. It was the best looking Miyazaki movie, but it was an incoherent trainwreck of a story.

I had read the book before seeing the movie, though.

i once heard an interpretation that she wasn't really a witch but that she was high on drugs. her mom was like running a meth lab, and all of the story was a hallucination. this includes being able to talk to her cat and flying around on a broom. supposedly when she was losing her powers she was detoxing or something. forget where i read this.

>>36558995

FLCL was shit.

The manga was shit before the anime was shit, too.

Miyazaki fans = Elfen Lied fans

They like symbolism, forced drama and moralfaggotry.

tis good

>>36559064
>>36558918
>>36558903
Then you guys agree that Cowboy Bebop is way better than Miyazaki shit?

Liked it but ever since watching Brotherhood I can't stop picturing Envy in Kikis place.

>>36559103
No.

Phil Hartman was an utterly bizarre casting choice for the dub, and he was terrible in the role.

Also the translation was horrendous. "Mainichi MAAAINICHI" > "I'll get FAT FAT FAT!"

Bleh. If you have only watched the dub, watch it again in Japanese.

Summer in the morning, summer in the evening, summer at night...

>ITT: Overrated old entry-level shit that only nostalgia goggle wearing faggots care about

its a Chinese cartoon.

don't you guys have a life or something to argue?

I laugh at you hipsters who hate something just because it's popular.

Miyazaki is genuinely good, and one of the greatest directors in animation.

>>36559123
>He thinks Ghibli shit is better than Cowboy Bebop

>>36559181
>>36559134
>someone_doesn't_like_my_favorite_anime.jpg

I remember watching this for a special movie night when I was in grade school and I absolutely loved it.

When I look back on it now, I can't help but notice all the pantyshots. Is something wrong with me, /a/nons?

>>36558859
>Spirited Away is so popular because its incredibly imaginative fantastical elements capture a lot of people's attentions and also because it's a very solid story about pre-adolescent coming of age.
how? I can't see how it's a better "coming of age story" than pretty much every other fantasy story about a prepubescent child going on an adventure in some fantasy land

I really expected the writing and story to impress me the same way Princess Mononoke did, but, unless I missed some really important stuff, it just didn't seem all that interesting. and the "HAKU IS A RIVER" bit where both of them started crying made absolutely no sense. is there a culture barrier or something? why was that treated like some amazing revelation and by far the most emotional scene in the movie?

>>36559181
You mad nostalgifag? Just face it, Miyazaki is shit tier.

>>36559219
/a/ has corrupted you

so far I only like Howl and Mononoke.

but Kiki is a fine too.

>>36559142
how is "entry level" a bad thing? that's precisely why a lot of Ghibli movies are really good - you can show them to a normalfag who isn't immune to a lot of the nonsensical or insulting bullshit that normally comes with anime and they'll still enjoy it.

>>36559182
>>36558995
I like both

>>36559224
I guess it could be a culture barrier, if you consider a strong connection/reverence with/for nature to not be part of your culture.

Does ghibli ever use CG in their movies?

You guys are liking a movie from someone that looks like this?

Well, whatever. Time to re-watch better directed movie like The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi or maybe Summer Wars.

>>36559103
Yes.

>>36559224
What sets it apart (and I'm not going to say it's better than EVERY other coming of age story, but it's better than most) is that Chihiro is a very realistically written character who has a good amount of depth. One of the reasons Miyazaki succeeds so well with films like Totoro or Spirited Away is he has an excellent knack for depicting children.

>>36559299
but... why was it treated like some mind blowing revelation and/or a tear jerker moment? I've been watching anime for years and that was the first time I've been so confused by what was presented as a "plot twist" but ended up just feeling really weird.
>>36559328
don't compare Haruhi to Mamoru Hosoda's work plz

>>36559328

>I'm a shitty old fart who doesn't deserve to live.jpg

slowpoke, he's already dead.

>>36557915

>>36559328
>from someone that looks like this
Here's the guy who directed Summer Wars

wtf

>ITT /a/ got trolled hard

you guys are so easy. so long weeaboos.

Castle in the sky. 'nuff said.

>>36559385
>don't compare Haruhi to Mamoru Hosoda's work plz

Both are amazingly epic movies, anon. You haven't watched disappearance yet.

>>36557902
so much

I just finished watching The Girl Who Leaped Through Time and 5cm Per Second. And wow, it makes me realize how shitty are Miyazaki movies compared to those two masterpieces.

>>36559472
Haruhi bored the crap out of me - is the movie particularly different?
>>36559429
god dammit all of my favorite directors either look weird, fat or ugly

the only somewhat normal looking one is Yuasa

>>36559472

>epic

I feel ashamed that I watch the same movies with a guys like you

>>36559524
THIS is what you guys use to accuse Miyazaki of being a pedo?

jesus christ

i didnt enjoy it like i enjoyed the others its my least favorite miyozaki film

>>36559182
I like them equally, faggot.

trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls

Miyazaki is god tier, without him you wouldn't be watching your shitty LOLDEEP stuff.

>>36559555

GitS > shitty drama > disney show

oh wait. they are from different genre and demographic.
my bad.

>>36559571
I feel ashamed that faggots like you get your vocabulary tainted by /b/ faggotry.

>>36559559
>is the movie particularly different?
That's a big YES. It's really well-directed. It's intense and completely fun to watch.

>>36559342
I guess she did look and act more like an actual child than the average little girl in anime, but I would've been more impressed if the story itself was memorable and interesting

the finale felt extremely anti-climactic too. chances are that was part of Miyazaki's intention, but once again I can't figure out why the same way I couldn't figure out the whole "river" thing.

I still feel like I'm unfairly criticizing this movie and that I'm no better than the assholes who disregarded FLCL as "LOLSORANDOMXD trash" just because they failed to understand the symbolism

>>36559642

at least I'm not a /b/tard.
nobody likes them.

>>36559584
Who said that?

He is a feminist though.

>>36559457
See ya, fag.

Hideaki Anno > Hayao Miyazaki

Going to rewatch Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 and 2.0. Enjoy your kiddy shit.

>>36559656

>It's intense and completely fun to watch.

lol no, Haruhi is masterpiece. not a fun show you fag.
ghibli shit is a fun show for kids.

>>36559679
a lot of people are mad that Miyazaki hates loli and moe and try to explain it as him being a closet pedo moe fag

inb4 "trolls", nah I'm sure some of them are dumb enough to sincerely think that way

>>36558298

Is that dog-thing pooping?

Favorite VA.

>>36559735
Someone put a stick into It's anus

>>36559328
I buy my fried chicken from him, so why can't i enjoy his movies?

>>36559780
lol

ONE DAY THE WHOLE WORLD LOOKS LIKE AN OPEN PAGE

>>36559780

best troll post in this thread.

>>36559811
does "troll" even mean anything anymore

>>36559663
I think it's kind of overrated too, but in this case I think it's just that the movie didn't resonate with you. It's like trying to explain to someone why you think a Van Gogh is gorgeous when they simply don't see the aesthetic appeal.

I think Spirited Away's popularity isn't really the result of anything avant-garde or 'deep' about it. It just manages to be highly appealing to a lot of people.

>>36559630
Most of the time, new stuffs are better than old shits. Miyazaki doesn't even bother to try something completely new and it's all the same shit all over again. What's his latest movie again? Ponyo? OH BOY THAT TOTALLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MIYAZAKI MOVIE AT ALL, SO ORIGINAL.

Also, his character designs are shit. Just saying

>>36559798

You go dancing as fast as you can with a smile on your face

>>36559780

trolling used to be like this back then.
what happen to you /a/?

>>36559716
Anno wouldn't have gotten anywhere if Miyazaki hadn't let him do the scene of the giant warrior in Nausicaa. The giant warrior is probably what gave Anno the inspiration to do NGE in the first place.

>>36559841

not after the split.

>>36559716
What did you think of Nausicaa then?

Did anybody else only hear Howl talk during Dark Knight?

inb4 lol dub XD

>>36559663

I posted this the other day and no one really payed attention to it. Who knows, you might find it worth reading:

Miyazaki's symbolism is very simple, but very effective. Two of the primary symbols (out of many) in the movie are gold and food, which simply represent money and consumption. You'll notice that Chihiro's parents turn into fat pigs while inhaling mountains of food, and the same thing happens to No-Face.

Another example is when Haku accuses Yubaba of not realizing when she has lost something precious. The first thing Yubaba looks at is her gold - not her baby, which is what is really missing; and really precious.

Another of the primary symbols are names, which represent identity. Loss of or confusion of identity is one of the primary themes. You see this with most of the characters; There are quite a few examples of people mixing up their identities, confusing each other, and seeming to have double or split personas.
Chihiro almost forgets her real name and becomes Sen. Haku can't remember his name and Chihiro initially thinks there might be two Hakus. Zeniba and Yubaba are confused for one another by Big Baby and Chihiro because they look identical. Yubaba mistakes her own Big Baby when he is a mouse. The river spirit is mistaken for a stink spirit, and so on.

So, if you put these two observations together, a lot of people interpret the movie as a criticism of modern consumer culture. Money and consumption are prioritized and favored over cultural identity and the sense of self and family takes a back seat to material possessions.

This is a good essay that goes more into it:

http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/SpiritedAway/index.html

>>36559843
>OH BOY THAT TOTALLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A MONET PAINTING AT ALL

Just because an artist has a recognizable style doesn't make him unoriginal. Miyazaki is supremely imaginative, and his films are FULL of originality.

>>36559937

Also, while I'm at it, another symbol worth mentioning is Yubaba's baby. Miyazaki uses some brilliant structural symbolism with Big Baby. If you look closely at his room, you'll see that the entire room - floors and walls - is padded with pillowing. And Big Baby lies around in huge piles of pillows. Also, all of the walls in the room above the padding are painted with fairy tale type scenery.

Most interpret this as Miyazaki's commentary on how parents spoil and coddle their kids these days. They are overprotected and over-safe. And hence, (again, simple symbolism) they become 'Big Babies'.

This is reflected also in Chihiro's behavior at the beginning of the film. She's clearly very spoiled, and mannerless. The last scene before Chihiro leaves the bath house when Yubaba insists on giving her one last 'test', everyone boos at Yubaba and tells her to just let Chihiro go. They are trying to protect her. But, Chihiro steps forward and says 'a deals a deal - I'll take your test'. Which just shows how much she's grown when you compare it to her behavior at the beginning.

There's a lot more to it than that as well. When I first saw it, I agreed with most people about it just being a simple fairy tale. But it really isn't. There's a reason why this is widely regarded (at least in the West, I don't know about Japan) as Miyazaki's masterpiece.

>>36559843

He always focus on folktales and family movies.
what do you want from him? giant robot wars and power level?

>>36559955
>FULL of originality.
Except for the ones that are based on books, which is most of them.

>>36559996
>Most of them.

Erm, Kiki's Delivery Service and Howl's Moving Castle are basically it. Ponyo if you count being very loosely inspired by Hans Christian Anderson.

Are you sure you aren't referring to Isao Takahata? Three of his four movies to date are based on previously existing works, and his upcoming film is based on a folk tale.

>>36559955
>his films are FULL of originality

What the fuck am I reading? Is this what Miyazaki fags actually believe?

>>36559996

if you the one who argued about Haruhi movies. it was not an original movie too.
it was based on the Novel.
also, even thought most Miyazaki movies was based on books it was good.

why bother comparing movies when you can pick to watch both of them or not at all.

I co-own most of the stuff done by Ghibli. Kiki was very good but the ending felt a bit rushed.. but oh well. Overall very good movie

>>36559996
Three films of eleven isn't "most."

>>36559524
MOAR.

>>36559524
Here's a better version, /a/non.

The thread should have ended at these posts
>>36557822
>>36557844
>>36557871

>>36559842
so then I guess it's just not my cup of tea.

I loved Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke, but Spirited Away just bored me out of my skull. I guess I should watch Ponyo next - I already think its artwork is pretty appealing.
>>36559937
interesting
>>36559973
...actually, that's not how I viewed the beginning - I really didn't see anything extremely wrong with Chihiro's behavior, considering she was right all along and it's her parents' fault they all got in trouble to begin with.

>>36560175
Are people here seriously turned on by white puffy shorts? Are we that desperate?

>>36560212

not me, but i know /a/ can fap to tree and soda can if they want to.

>>36560212
They're called bloomers, faggot.

Also, MOAR.

>ITT: Miyazaki fags being butthurt

>>36560212
Don't mess with people's fetish.

It's a very nice, feel-good movie, but comes apart at the end, which felt like a rushed, non-ending.

Just like almost all Miyazaki films.

>>36560267

its just a cartoon.
why so serious?

>>36560290
haven't seen a lot of them but, how did Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke have rushed or shitty endings?

Moar bloomers for /a/.

>>36560294
Because Miyazaki fags are being to serious and defending their old kiddy crap in the first place.

>>36560183
Ill-defined cowardice is hardly a mature attitude.

I really liked Kiki, except that I felt the ending was far too dramatic for the rest of the film. I felt the opposite way about Porco Rosso, incidentally - everyone started behaving like children for the climax. But in a bad way.

>>36560326

not me though. i feel sorry for them but i enjoy most of ghibli movies.
its a fun show.

>>36560348
but she was right all along, and her parents turned out to be completely irresponsible.

unless I don't remember the beginning very clearly.

which group should I choose for Nausicaa?

>>36560183

>considering she was right all along and it's her parents' fault they all got in trouble to begin with.

She was right about not eating the food of the spirits, and I think Miyazaki was trying to say something about following your instincts with that. That scene is actually another example of Miyazaki's symbolism. Her father and mother gorge themselves, and Chihiro begs them not to, but her father says 'no need to worry, I've got cash and credit cards'. In other words, we have money, so we can consume until we are pigs. Which, again, plays into Miyazaki's criticism of consumer culture.

But, about Chihiro's behavior - there are plenty instances of her being spoiled. In the beginning she snottily sticks her tongue out at the new town, pisses and moans about her flowers not being good enough, clings constantly to her mother. And later, her lack of manners are illustrated when she doesn't even bother to say thanks to Kaji for helping her, for which Rin calls her a dope. Even Yubaba refuses to put her to work initially, because she says that anyone can see that she's spoiled and useless.

Of course, throughout the film she proves otherwise. And eventually Rin apologizes to her for calling her a dope.

i enjoyed all the Ghibli movies, but they often feel rushed or incomplete at the end.

Now that i think about it, alot of animes are like that.
Is it a budget thing, a cultural thing of letting the viewers imaginations work, or have i just watched too much Disney where all films finish with a nice little bow on top?

>>36559224
she almost drowned when she was little but the river current carried her to safety. finding out that he was a river spirit is kind of a big deal

>>36560409
okay then

also, thanks for that article, it's pretty well written so far.

What's the matter /a/? Not moe enough for you?

>>36560379
MOAR.

>>36560655

>not moe

are you nuts?

>>36560595

Yeah, it's a good read - glad if it helps.

>>36560348
That wasn't me; my point was that she was right but for the wrong reason.

not my favorite Miyazaki film (that would belong to Nausicaa), but still really freakin wonderful

When I was a little kid I watched the shit out of Kiki's Delivery Service. Re-watched it 13 years later and aside from the nostalgia factor, found it a bit too cutesy and grating. But, well, whatever.

Whisper of the Heart is the best Miyazaki film.

>>36560955
>Whisper of the Heart
>Miyazaki
Not sure if troll.

>>36560791
>>36560558
...okay yeah, there really IS a lot of stuff I didn't understand. I guess I'll give it a second watch.

>>36561146

Don't worry - all that stuff I wrote, I didn't pick up on any of that, not even at all, the first (hell the second and third) time I watched it.

It's funny because, like I said, his symbolism is so, so simple and obvious once you put it together. But he's just really subtle about it. It doesn't surprise me at all that most people think of it as just a simple kids movie. I did myself at first.

>Miyazaki hate thread

>my face


/a/ is this really what you have become? Is it really time for me to move on and forget about you?

I hope so; that would be a good reason to finally leave this shithole