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a boy who caught a shooting star

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STUDIO GHIBLI + LANDSCAPES

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Pom Poko (1994) The Wind Rises (2013) Princess Mononoke (1997) Porco Rosso (1992) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Only Yesterday (1991) The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Tales from Earthsea (2006)

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“studio ghibli romances be like “what if we didn’t kiss, but instead both spiritually matured as people because we met each other.”

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I’ve been thinking about Howl’s Moving Castle and how Sophie’s curse is a physical symbol of her self belief of being romantically unlovable (especially after growing up with beautiful, sought after women in her family.) How Howl tries to undo the curse the moment she steps into his castle but he *cant* because Sophie doesn’t want it to be broken. How, in the film, Sophie gets so close to breaking the curse in the field, but hearing Howl call her beautiful went against her self views, so she reinforces her sense of self by turning 90 again.

And the way that her love and kindness make her younger again and again. How film Sophie sacrifices her long hair, perhaps what past Sophie would have seen as her only beauty, for Howl but she’s grown so much that she still remains young, perhaps even confident about her grey hair, showing that Sophie no longer links her appearance to her lovability or worth and she learned to accept herself as she is. In this essay I-

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spirited away (2001) chinese posters

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Did absolutely nothing today. Now I’m going to watch Howl’s Moving Castle and drink warm saké as the sun sets.

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宮崎駿

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Watching all these studio ghibli movies is slowly warping my ideals like I’m actually considering just dropping everything and moving to some small town by the sea

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Jiro and Naoko's first encounter with each other: Two of Cups. From The Wind rises.

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Markl from Howl's moving castle as the Page of Pentacles Tarot card.

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Nausicaä as The World Tarot card.

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When Miyazaki predicted Covid-19...

From Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984).

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When Howl said, “That’s my girl,” and lept off a balcony rail… Romance.

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so are u making an actual tarot deck or is this just for funsies?

Hi! I intend to make an association for all the cards. I couldn't produce an actual deck myself, because I don't create visual arts. However, I'd be glad if someone made a deck with those associations!

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Studio Ghibli + Rain 2

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This one was a little bit more challenging to do than I thought it would be – and that was mostly in all the detail (RIP) ,as well as figuring out ways to adapt a Klimt-esque look to Howl. It was really tempting to put him in his pink jacket since it lends itself to rectangular form so well. However I just had to go and make things difficult for myself… because I love his transformed version!

Based on Klimts ‘The Kiss’ (1907-1908)

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Hauru and Sophie at the end of Howl's moving castle as Ten of Cups.