Best Ghibli Film?
| I enjoy the wonderful music and animation that comes with all the films but I always set the bar low if I'm rating them, cause the plot is always seems plain to me, Like I was arguing with one of my friends that ghibli films are basically glorified japanese disney films,and he got angry that I dare compare them to disney, TBH I rather take Mulan and the Lion King over Spirited Away or Princess Momonoke but that is neither here nor there, Grave of the fireflies and Castle in the sky were great though I'll give it that Don't know if this is a hot take but screw Howl's moving castle, |
| I watched the wind rises and that's about it. Was never really interested in Ghibli. Will probably watch Spirited Away one day though |
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| Not a fan of Ghibli's fantasy. I liked When Marnie Was There and The Wind Raises, but that's it. |
| The plots are usually pretty basic but I love them. My first tattoo was the mini totoros with soot sprites. |
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| My feelings are very mixed. I've seen nearly all of these, just missing a couple of the newer ones. I loved a few of them, liked a lot of them, and some of them were just so-so for me. The stories and characters range from really engaging to really boring, and I can take or leave usual “the Ghibli art style.” To be fair, all of this is true about pretty much any other studio, too. If given the choice to watch a Disney film or a Ghibli film, I would usually choose Disney. |
palm-treeJun 9, 2022 10:11 PM
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spaceslut said: The plots are usually pretty basic but I love them. My first tattoo was the mini totoros with soot sprites. Yh totoro reminded me how fun anime can be |
Cestlavie_ said: spaceslut said: The plots are usually pretty basic but I love them. My first tattoo was the mini totoros with soot sprites. Yh totoro reminded me how fun anime can be They're so cute and fun. My niece loves watching Disney and Studio Ghibli movies with me. |
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LuzNoceda said: They're the greatest gift to anime, obviously. Blows all that Disney hogwash out of the water. "Disney claims to have magic; they can enchant child and adult alike. What they really have, though, is a magicians’ bag of expertly crafted tricks. Studio Ghibli has real magic." ~A review for The Secret World of Arietty Lion King and Beauty and the Beast still hold their magic till this very day And that Arietty movie is just an ant bully ripoff π |
LuzNoceda said: Cestlavie_ said: Dude The Secret World of Arietty is based on a novel from the 1950s... and The Lion King is just a stolen story carried only by its soundtrack. Beauty and the Beast is alright I guessLion King and Beauty and the Beast still hold their magic till this very day And that Arietty movie is just an ant bully ripoff π Ok u have me for the Arietty one But i won't deny that without the sound track lion king won't be popular but it's the same for movies like Howl's moving Castle |
| I’ve watched some of them and my favorite one is definitely Castle in the sky. |
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| I've watched a couple of them. Tho I'm not really a big fan of Ghibli My favourite so far from it is Grave of Fireflies. |
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| i don't know how i feel about ghibli films but what i can tell you is that grave of the fireflies is the best movie they ever created. in fact one of the most successful japanese war propagandas out there /s |
| They're mostly carried by their clean animation that happens to look nicer than other movies released back then |
| I've seen at least eleven of the movies listed and enjoyed almost every one quite a bit. Castle in the Sky is my favorite with Spirited Away and Totoro tied for second place. Nausicaä was just okay and the Wind Rises was incredibly dull. I can't really agree with any of the naysayers here in this thread. Imagine preferring disney. Yikes. |
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| I've basically watched all of them and I'm mixed on them. I like the art style, messages and portrayals of mythology in some movies like Pom Poko and Princess Mononoke however there are movies which I don't like because there either boring or badly done like Grave of the Fireflies and The Cat Returns. It's sometimes an enjoyable watch or painfully boring. |
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| When Marnie Was There is my favourite Ghibli movie. I love Ghibli movies. |
| 1. My Neighbor Totoro 2. When Marnie Was There 3. Spirited Away |
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| As a Disney enjoyer I must inform Disney and Pixar slay in every sense while overrated Ghibli will be extincted in a couple of years after Myazaki dies. If I have to choose one movie, kiki stands out, followed by castle in the sky. but thats it. |
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| It is the best studio ever! I love all of their movies!:3 |
| Eh, I think they're a little overrated, but they were for a different audience from a different time. I see their appeal, but it doesn't necessarily resonate with me. |
| I personally hate them but I know I'm in the large minority. My favorite would probably be hotaru no haka or totoro ig |
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| I don't compare anime and not sure why people love to get into arguments about them, personally love both disney and ghibli and watch every single one of them. https://myanimelist.net/animelist/ShaggyZE?status=7&tag=Studio+Ghibli&order=4&order2=14 |
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| Indifferent. I have nothing against them, but I have no real interest in them either. To be honest, I don't think Disney deserves that much praise either though. I mean...they constantly pulled from the public domain while refusing to add to it, because its cool if they use someone else's characters, but no one can use theirs. They kinda cockblocked anything else from entering public domain too in the process. |
FanofActionJun 9, 2022 11:27 PM
| "How do you all feel about Ghibli Films?" Some are interesting, some are not. My favorite are - Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa and Tonari no Totoro. |
| howl's moving castle, the greatest ghibli movie |
| I've never seen a single one of their films, as crazy as that sounds. |
| Majority of people might not notice this but Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind actually is not Ghibli Film. |
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| I have seen totoro, spirited away, mononoke hime and howls moving castle. So far HMC is my fav ! |
| I think I'll just avoid them with a wide margin. I watched Spirited away, since I have seen some of it as a kid, but there is just nothing in there that's actually good... Like how can a movie just not leave any positive impression during its runtime, without even being extremely offensively dumb is puzzling. Like I found Your name to be a much worse movie overall, but that had a funny slice of life montage at least... |
| They're ok I won't watch Ghibli stuff just because it's Ghibli |
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| They're usually awesome to watch for any animation enthusiast and I love them for the most part because I am one. Though I've always maintained that Takahata is the better director compared to Miyazaki and he also has more variety in his works. As for favorites, I really can't pick. Princess Mononoke might be my favorite but it's very close with half a dozen other movies (Whisper of the Heart, Kaguya-sama, Nausicaa, Spirited Away, Pom Poko, Only Yesterday, Red Turtle are all fantastic top-tier movies). I will say that the non-Takahata and non-Miyazaki movies haven't been very memorable overall (tho I have yet to watch Marnie or Arrietty for that reason) and the Miyazaki movies starting with Ponyo have not been super memorable either. They're still good movies, but nothing I'm likely to rewatch, unlike his older stuff or literally anything done by Takahata. Seriously guys, watch Takahata movies. Pom Poko or My Neighbors the Yamadas or Jarinko Chie are also great movies that are underappreciated because people mostly associate Ghibli with Miyazaki. Btw I think it speaks volumes to Ghibli's greatness that even the edgy haters in this thread often can name one or two movies they genuinely liked and also that it's never the same movies. Almost every movie (at least the Miyazaki/Takahata ones) has a ton of people who have it as their favorite. Because they are all good in their own way, some just resonate more with some people than others. CesarMagnan said: They should change the studio name from Ghibli to Miyasaki. No. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| I'm not the biggest fan of Ghibli movies, but comparing them to retrograde, boring-ass Disneys that mostly stole from classic tales and made them palatable to puritan 50s/60s US audience... Eeerk. No, I don't think there's much to compare in terms of story between Mononoke Hime/Grave of the fireflies and Snow White. And as for the later Disney movies like The Lion King... They all follow the same plain formula of action>happy song>action>happy song that reminds me I'm watching mainstream american entertainment that's trying hard to fill the holes in the script with fireworks and decoys. If the sailors jump on the table and start singing, you know the writer wasn't paid enough lol. JustPaz said: Maybe if I watched them when I was younger they would be amazing to me, but when I watched couple of them later on, they didn't really appeal to me. Most people appreciate Ghibli movies much more when they're adults. Those movies aren't designed for 8yo kids, it ain't Disney. |
DeathkoJun 10, 2022 4:56 AM
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Deathko said: I'm not the biggest fan of Ghibli movies, but comparing them to retrograde, boring-ass Disneys that mostly stole from classic tales and made them palatable to puritan 50s/60s US audience... Eeerk. No, I don't think there's much to compare in terms of story between Mononoke Hime/Grave of the fireflies and Snow White. And as for the later Disney movies like The Lion King... They all follow the same plain formula of action>happy song>action>happy song that reminds me I'm watching mainstream american entertainment that's trying hard to fill the holes in the script with fireworks and decoys. If the sailors jump on the table and start singing, you know the writer wasn't paid enough lol. JustPaz said: Maybe if I watched them when I was younger they would be amazing to me, but when I watched couple of them later on, they didn't really appeal to me. Most people appreciate Ghibli movies much more when they're adults. Those movies aren't designed for 8yo kids, it ain't Disney. I don't think you'll be able to appreciate ghibli movies as an adult if you never watched them as a kid though |
Cestlavie_ said: Deathko said: I'm not the biggest fan of Ghibli movies, but comparing them to retrograde, boring-ass Disneys that mostly stole from classic tales and made them palatable to puritan 50s/60s US audience... Eeerk. No, I don't think there's much to compare in terms of story between Mononoke Hime/Grave of the fireflies and Snow White. And as for the later Disney movies like The Lion King... They all follow the same plain formula of action>happy song>action>happy song that reminds me I'm watching mainstream american entertainment that's trying hard to fill the holes in the script with fireworks and decoys. If the sailors jump on the table and start singing, you know the writer wasn't paid enough lol. Most people appreciate Ghibli movies much more when they're adults. Those movies aren't designed for 8yo kids, it ain't Disney. I don't think you'll be able to appreciate ghibli movies as an adult if you never watched them as a kid though This assumes that family friendly = only kids can enjoy it. This is plain wrong. I mean, we could debate about it but that's pointless. You can just ask older people around you who watched Ghiblis as adults and loved them. I'm not even sure how the "you wouldn't like them if you didn't see them as a kid" argument came up when I specifically mentionned Mononoke Hime and Grave of the Fireflies. Would you show Grave of the Fireflies to your 8yo kid without an explanation, just because "it's Ghibli so it's for kids"? Please don't do that, poor kid :'D |
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| How do I feel about Ghibli films? Nothing special much. I don't want watch many of them. They are all too relaxing, laid-back, chill, drama. Not a thing that I would want to watch often. |
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| I've gotten into them fairly recently and I think they're great. They look so simple and charming, but have a lot more depth to them than the average anime. Whisper of The Heart is probably my favourite rn, but Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Castle in The Sky are amazing too. Looking forward to watching more of their films. |
| From the ones I've seen, my favorite one is Grave of the Fireflies by a long shot. Next are Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke. Then the other ones are pretty much in the same caliber with maybe Spirited Away on top. I'm not a huge fan of Ghibli, but their movies are definitely not bad. They're either solid or great. I love the aesthetic of every single one of them, but I feel like a lot of the times the plot doesn't hold up. |
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