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Anyone with experience as to an appropriate age to introduce a child to Miyazaki? I imagine the dubbed versions are useful for this. I'm about to have my first

Anyone with experience as to an appropriate age to introduce a child to Miyazaki? I imagine the dubbed versions are useful for this. I'm about to have my first child, and have recently (in the last 5 years or so) revisited some Disney classics from my youth, and I'm not really thrilled with them.

nosianu 4y ago
I recommend "Ponyo". Because it's good :) I think this is possibly the Miyazaki movie for the youngest target audience of all his movies, but I don't know his early movies, only all the later ones that many people know. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876563/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876563/ IMDB parents guide: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876563/parentalguide https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876563/parentalguide Minimum age recommendations start at 0 (simply meaning no official limit, it's up to the parents) - depending on country - to around 5-7 years old for a minimum age for this movie. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponyo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponyo
wodenokoto 4y ago
My neighbor Totoro and ponyo are childrens movies for the younger ones.
- CharlesW 4y ago
  Yes! My kids loved both of these. (And of course, they had to have stuffies: https://ghiblimerchandise.com/collections/my-neighbor-totoro-plush/ https://ghiblimerchandise.com/collections/my-neighbor-totoro...)
TheRealNGenius 4y ago
Definitely do not show them Spirited Away as a young child. I was permanently scarred (emotionally) by the grotesqueness of no-face as a child (~5). It really depends on the movie, but the ones with more mature themes should be left until they are at least in their teens. As a blanket statement, I would not generally say Ghibli films are as suitable for really young children as Disney/Pixar films are.
yamazakiwi 4y ago
The Cat Returns would be a great Ghibli film for children. I also would never show children most Disney movies as a lot of them have terrible take-aways.

nosianu 4y ago

I recommend "Ponyo". Because it's good :) I think this is possibly the Miyazaki movie for the youngest target audience of all his movies, but I don't know his early movies, only all the later ones that many people know. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876563/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876563/ IMDB parents guide: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876563/parentalguide https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876563/parentalguide Minimum age recommendations start at 0 (simply meaning no official limit, it's up to the parents) - depending on country - to around 5-7 years old for a minimum age for this movie. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponyo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponyo

wodenokoto 4y ago

My neighbor Totoro and ponyo are childrens movies for the younger ones.

CharlesW 4y ago
Yes! My kids loved both of these. (And of course, they had to have stuffies: https://ghiblimerchandise.com/collections/my-neighbor-totoro-plush/ https://ghiblimerchandise.com/collections/my-neighbor-totoro...)

TheRealNGenius 4y ago

Definitely do not show them Spirited Away as a young child. I was permanently scarred (emotionally) by the grotesqueness of no-face as a child (~5). It really depends on the movie, but the ones with more mature themes should be left until they are at least in their teens. As a blanket statement, I would not generally say Ghibli films are as suitable for really young children as Disney/Pixar films are.

yamazakiwi 4y ago

The Cat Returns would be a great Ghibli film for children. I also would never show children most Disney movies as a lot of them have terrible take-aways.