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Originally Posted by YepBrook
We aren't exactly anime fans, but we all LOVE studio ghibli! My husband introduced me to studio ghibli back in the early 2000's. All of the movies give me a sense of nostalgia. They are so relaxing to watch. My personal favorite is Spirited Away, but Grace's is Howl's Moving Castle. We used to watch Ponyo weekly and at one point is was my favorite, but Spirited Away gets my vote now because of the strange sense of sadness in it... it just resonates with my life right now. Hard to explain. The movies are sometimes exactly what we need on certain evenings... they just feel right. Once again, it's hard to explain.
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aww I love that brook. I fell down a hole on reddit reading all about these movies and the differences between ghibli and traditional disney/pixar movies and I thought this was a nice writeup:
"Ghibli's stories are often much smaller and more personal. Even when the set pieces are incredible. Sure, some of their most famous movies are fantasy epics.
But look at this subreddit. When people ponder Ghibli, they often fondly think of farmhouses under blue skies and fluffy clouds explored by little kids. A teenage witch setting out to find her place in the world. High schoolers scrambling to save their clubhouse.
Ghibli's movies, even when steeped in fantasy, show us the world as we saw it when we were kids. They let us reminisce about the time when being a good man was as simple as being an honest pig who respects women and does the right thing. About the purity of a dream to make humanity fly. The awkwardness of young love, where you rush to catch a falling girl but then don't know what to do with her.
Or how whatever it is you're into as a teenager feels like the most important thing in the world. Especially if that thing is a dusty clubhouse you share with other high school kids who are into things far less interesting than your thing.
A magic house that gives people superpowers is really cool and I enjoyed that Disney movie a lot. But I can't relate to that.
What I can relate to, with the most tender part of my heart, is that absolute perfect moment of racing your bicycle down a hill. With the girl you have a crush on sitting on the back. The sun in your face, the wind in your hair, the blue sky above you. And her laughter sounds like music behind you.
That first time you learn that it is possible to have a moment where everything just fits together perfectly and you'll remember it for a lifetime.
Ghibli gets those moments."