Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki goodness

[karohemd]

I just watched Laputa - Castle In The Sky, an older film ('87) but after Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away, it's my favourite. A big part of it is probably that it's very steampunky with its air fortresses, kites and other anachrotech and because the story and background aren't as terribly off-the-wall as usual.

*envies nekofairy666 and raggedy_man who get to see the Ghibli museum*

Comments

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

I think that is the best one, in the sense of the most perfect summation of what they're about. Although I think my favourite would be Kiki's Delivery Service.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Mm, I saw Laputa for the first time just a few months ago. I think those early films are very interesting, to see Ghibli evolving its own voice -- Laputa shows it in the context of conventional steampunk anime, but you can already see that it's adding something different.

[sogoth.livejournal.com]

I love Laputa, especially the pirates :)
It was the first ever anime I saw, on ITV no less. They showed the original english dub way back in about '92.

[sparksoflight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and then it got redubbed for 2002ish with James Van Der Beek and people, and it was a nightmare! Long live the original Japanese.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thank the makers for subtitles.

Oh, regarding my other post, are you energy saving? ;o)

[sparksoflight.livejournal.com]

I definitely am this morning, I'm being incredibly lazy at practising my steno!

[tobykenobi.livejournal.com]

I'm working my way through their catalogue. Spirited away got my attention, and is my favorite so far, just so different from our usual mythos. Then I saw Howl's Moving Castle, which was fun and recently Nausicaa Valley Of The Wind, which was charming. I actually thought you meant that film when you said "steampunky" - I did like the odd mix of tech, so I look forward to seeing Castle in the Sky!

[raggedyman.livejournal.com]

Sorry's ;-)