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interesting, these are more 'western' than the ghibli catalog as a whole, which does have some western stories. it almost seems like they were looking for less
by clairity 4y ago
interesting, these are more 'western' than the ghibli catalog as a whole, which does have some western stories. it almost seems like they were looking for less familiar material, much like i've been doing for the past number of years by watching more 'eastern' (chinese/japanese/korean) content. still, looks like i have some watching to do!
as a sidenote, i'm happy vulture put "spirited away" and "my neighbor totoro" at the top of their ghibli rankings[0]. these two films are amazing. i wouldn't have ranked "castle in the sky" at 3, but do agree that "grave of the fireflies" and "princess kaguya" should rank highly. "howl's movie castle" or "ponyo" would probably be #5 for me. "arrietty" would be last, despite me not having seen 5 of the films yet.
[0]: https://www.vulture.com/article/best-studio-ghibli-films-ranked.html https://www.vulture.com/article/best-studio-ghibli-films-ran...
- dmitriid 4y agoNausicaa is the go to movie for me these days even though I love Spirited Away and all the other movies.
- toyg 4y ago> these are more 'western' than the ghibli catalog as a whole Up to the Disney contract, the Ghibli heads (Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki) were explicitly interested in exploring japanese issues. Their priority was always to do well in Japan, and to communicate their views on japanese problems (like environmental and societal pressures typical of the country) and japanese lore. Some of the later tensions with Disney producers, which eventually resulted in them parting ways, were precisely due to pressure from the States to make the material more accessible to international audiences.
- clairity 4y agoi'm very glad they stuck to their guns and resisted disney's crapification (aka cultural hegemonization).