I watched Castle in the Sky for the first time, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a main character with more visible plot armor, nor do I think I’ve ever enjoyed plot armor more than in this movie. Pazu makes one comment about having a thick head, and from then on we’re just supposed to accept that this kid has the durability of a rubber monster truck tire, the speed of an adolescent cheetah, the strength and endurance of a professional rock climber, and the flexibility of an Olympic gymnast. And we do. Because it’s freaking fun. Pazu gets grazed by a bullet near the end of the movie and we’re like “ack! Oh no! He’s in danger! He could actually die!” and then no less than twenty seconds later a lit explosive is thrown into the tunnel he’s hiding in and he emerges with nothing more than a sooty face and a few scuff marks. By the time Muska is leveling a gun at him in the last ten minutes of the movie, you’re not convinced that the bullet wouldn’t just bounce off. It’s fantastic.
19 notes
·
View notes
風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind), 1984
天空の城ラピュタ (Castle in the Sky), 1986
となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro), 1988
千と千尋の神隠し (Spirited Away), 2001
ハウルの動く城 (Howl's Moving Castle), 2004
崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo), 2008
風立ちぬ (The Wind Rises), 2013
君たちはどう生きるか (The Boy and the Heron), 2023
8K notes
·
View notes
Moment of truth...
Keep in mind: I ONLY included the films in which (according to Wikipedia), Miyazaki was the SOLE director. The only one I couldn't squeeze on here was his latest work post-retirement (How Do You Live?). Also, alas, none of the other Ghibli films count, so don't ask for Arietty, or Grave of the Fireflies, etc.
Godspeed and happy voting! ❤
5K notes
·
View notes
Miyazaki's Retirement Declarations (chronologically)
Translated from last week's NHK documentary on the production of The Boy and The Heron (more under cut). I saw people posting a screencap of this and I just couldn't contain myself. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON WAY LONGER THAN I IMAGINED LMFAO
This is from the NHK programme "Professional - Their Working Philosophy" (プロフェッショナル ���事の流儀) a few days ago (16/12/2023). The episode investigates the production process of The Boy and the Huron, and how the late Takahata Isao influenced the movie.
(It was confirmed within the documentary that Mahito = Miyazaki, Great Uncle = Takahata Isao, The Heron = Suzuki Toshio, Kiriko = Yasuda Michiyo)
The documentary is currently available on the NHK Streaming Service (Location Limited). If you have your own ways of watching and you know Japanese, I would definitely recommend the episode as it gives a lot of much-needed context to The Boy and The Heron. Personally, I haven't found a way to watch it yet, so all I know about the documentary are hearsay I saw on Japanese twitter.
Original screencap:
Also, at the very end of the episode, Miyazaki was shown working on a Naucicaa piece without any explanation, which led to many people speculating whether he could be working on a sequel for Naucicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
What do yall think? Do you think he's going to finally retire or release yet another animated film in a few years? I would love to see Naucicaa 2 but I also feel like he really needs to... yknow, chillax a bit and stuff. He deserves a long ass vacation.
2K notes
·
View notes
i am so normal about this movie
edit: this has been getting more attention for some reason and im REALLY confused but im not complaining because this movie means so much to me and im so glad people do too! im looking forward to making more castle in the sky art, as well as ghibli art in general, so in the meantime heres some silly doodles i made of sheeta and pazu :>
3K notes
·
View notes
Studio Ghibli movies are so peaceful, I want to live in a world like that, I wanna bake, I wanna run through the woods, I wanna run through the meadows, I wanna meet magical people, I wanna have adventures, and I wanna live in a fantasy world
1K notes
·
View notes
ghibli movies: funny little ladies going on adventures and living their lives :) look at how pretty these trees and flowers are. oh its a kitty cat!! :0
also ghibli movies: fuck you. war and capitalism is destroying the earth. several cultures have drastically and irreversibly altered by western influence, many for the worse. the world collapsing in on itself. now watch these children slowly die for two hours. fuck you.
9K notes
·
View notes