#lj watches

[cartoonfanorwhatever]

I've been meaning to finally watch all ghibli movies. And o want to get trough them all by end of August. I've seen bits and pieces of some of them, have watched many a video essayist talk about them.

I'm going to talk about each of them as i watch them, mostly all in chronological order.

But first i'll quickly say something about the ones i *have* seen. In more or less the order i've seen them.

First one i ever saw was 'laputa: castle in the sky'. I saw this one years ago so i don't have many specific things to say. But it's absolutely wondeful. And the action is fenominal

Then i saw either 'Kiki's delivery service' and 'Howl's moving castle' i don't remember the precise order. But i saw both either this or last year. Both once again beatiful stories. I empathised with Kiki so much and it's such a nuanced yet heartfelt coming of age story. Howl's moving castle however might so far be my favourite. It's such a unique take on a beauty and the beast type story and the magic and the world keep me endlessy interested. Also the main theme (Merry go round of life) slaps and every few weeks it starts playing on loop in my brain.

Then i also watched 'Lupin the third: castle of cagliostro' which, yes, i do count.

I'll once again be frank and admit that i don't remember if i watched it before or inbetween or even after the last 2 but whatever, time-blindness is a bitch.

Anyway it's amazing probably the Best Lupin III content out there and it's so influential on animation as a whole. Even if you know nothing about Lupin the third it's fully enjoyable. I'm very angry Netflix doesn't have it anymore because i really wanted to rewatch it (don't worry i did pirate it but i kinda didn't want to because i want to puch Netflix's algorythm towards animation as much as possible. But that's neither here nor there.)

A couple of months ago i saw 'nausicaa of the valley of the wind' which is underappreciated in my opinion. It's based on Miyazaki's own manga. It's a truly epic story with an important message about environmentalism that's as relevas It's ever been. The main character, Naussica is so cool (and I'm fully planning a dnd character greatly based on her). The alien environments and inhabitants of the fungal forests are breathtaking. Nuff´ said.

Then finally, this friday i watched 'My neighbor Totoro' and what can i say that hasn't already been said? A beatiful view in the life of young girls going trough a rough time in their lives juxtaposed with the innocence and beaty of childhood mixed with Japanse mythology. Let's just say Totoro is ghibli's flagship mascot for a reason.

This movie hit particularly close to home because of my job of working with kids their age. And the fear, confusion and even despair the youngest feels about their situation that they're just too young to properly grasp just kept rending my heart in two. Not to mention the older sister who has to be the responsible one and has to keep herself together despite that it's clear how hard it is on her as well. The characters in this film are real in a way that only Miyazaki has mastered portraying.

(Fun fact: the person who voiced the father is 'Shigesato Itoi' who is also the creator of the 'Mother' video game series.)

Finally, finally, to switch things up; today I watched 'a silent voice' i'll probably elaborate more in the future on a different post. But needless to say it's exactly as good as people say it is, maybe even better.

It was a touch longer than i thought it would be but it wasn't really a problem. It's a super interesting story with a nuanced take on redemption, attonement and friendship. Rended in a way that only animation can truly accomplish.

Up next: I'll go in proper release order from now on so next thing is 'only yesterday'. A more slice of life film and one i might even be to young to fully appreciate seeing i'm only just in my mid 20s and the main character is in her early thirties i think. But i've heard nothing but good things about it so i'm sure i'll be fine.

And concidering that i'm sick and won't go into work tomorrow I'll most likely watch it then

[psychmerchant]

i am not ready for the finale y’all

[lady-corrine]

We talked about book Damon's fixation with keeping Bonnie warm, now get ready for his obsession with no one biting or feeding from Bonnie:

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

not really decided on what i want to do with minecraft-the-game's existence a la luke's world but by far the Funniest option (to me) would be if it existed but in like. a knockoff format. like as craftmine yknow. extremely similar to minecraft but different Enough that luke never draws the connection. like yeah sure this seems familiar but craftmine was known for everything being a rectangular prism not a cube . it didntve 'servers' it had 'spaces' . etc etc

[pastelcheckereddreams]

I'm just going to say it - Fang Duobing. That is the fic I want to see. Give me difanghua and an inappropriately timed gender swap accident that leads exactly where you think it will.

[lionofstone]

my brain won’t shut up about white collar but also i am not finished white collar so i feel like i can’t like…really talk about white collar or go into tags for white collar and i am dying a little bit

[ljsmiths-thenightworld]

✨❤️Happy Valentine’s Day from the World of L.J. Smith! ❤️✨

[collectmytears]

SCREAMING WKFJJENDNDMD IM AT THE WORLD CUP (WITH @greykitkepa)

[kyotosummer]

I have one question for the Rise!Fandom that’s been burning me alive for a while:

Why does Casey Jr. look so much like Lou Jitsu?!

[itsokbbygrl]

doing writing research on 2006 for the Saltburn AU like i wasn’t very much a 15-16 year old during that year lmao. the music was full of bangers btw. listening to the girls’ pre-game playlist and trying to remember how my old LG Chocolate worked and when AIM texting was introduced 🥴

[cartoonfanorwhatever]

I've been making my way trough Ranma 1/2, slowly, v e r y slowly, for the first time. And i've really enjoyed it so far but it's not like fully grabbed my attention until now.

I just watched episode 7, the one that introduces Ryouga. And have been so so delighted. Usually I kinda roll my eyes at 'rival' characters, idk it's just not my jam. But his whole 'deal' of getting ALWAYS lost was hilarious, even if i've seen the trope before and it never moved me in the past, it's just written so funnily here.

But it was a funny episode besides the main reocurring gag, with the highlight being:

Ryoga: I've come to destroy your happiness, whatever the cost!

Ranma: My happiness? Am i happy?

Akane: Don't ask me! I wouldn't know.

I genuinly had to pause the episode at that point to laugh. Maybe it's just me.

Humour aside, there was alot to like. The action and Ryoga fighting style was fun, and they dressed up Ranma in a couple of cute and/or sexy outfits, what more could you ask for?

[steviescrystals]

archie and veronica singing fucking mad world in a bar and then betty doing her little strip tease and attempting to pole dance with her MOTHER in attendance… what are we doing girls

[psychmerchant]

so this week’s episode huh

[divinekangaroo]

Pretty sure I had my sexual awakening at 6 years old watching Secret of the Sword, very specifically the scene where He-Man is deprived of all of his power, trapped in a glass box suffering, while Skeletor stands revelling in He-Man's pain and helplessness, laughing and mocking maniacally; She-Ra eventually comes along and rescues He-Man when he can't even really stand, and he helplessly leans on her as she lifts him from the power-draining glass box/cage*

And yesterday, I went, oh my fucking god, it's the Tommy and Mosley and Lizzie dynamic.

[misschinablue]

alright still on the comedy nostalgia spree time for some nathan barley it's going to be totally fucking mexico

[lionofstone]

at the end of the day, i’m a fan of silly little action movies. that’s just how it is