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Visually it is breathtaking and impressive, with colorful and realistic underwater imagery. Ponyo was based on The Little Mermaid (fairy tale) and while there are many parallels, this adventure featuring a strong, “aww”-inducing friendship lacks the darkness of the original tale, and that’s both a good and bad thing. And while that’s great and all, it’s not very intense, and the characters don’t necessarily overcome giant hurdles and grow exponentially as people. It’s just about the two little children, five-year-old Sosuke and same-age Ponyo, waiting out a storm and then going out on their own to find Sosuke’s mother.

It lacks a deeper plot, it lacks Miyazaki’s trademark hero’s journey.

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It is a wonderful, heartwarming film full of magic and cuteness, but it’s at the bottom of this countdown because it lacks substance. I’ll try to be vague in the “Did I Cry?” sections, but don’t read them as a precaution if you haven’t watched those movies because there are some minor spoilers to be found there, since I mention why and where I cried. I’m keeping this post spoiler-free for those of you who haven’t seen all these movies. Someday I’ll watch them in their original Japanese. I’ve watched only the English dubs of all these movies. So without further ado, let’s begin the countdown! (Don’t leave! Don’t leave! I’ll explain!)

Just a disclaimer so y’all don’t start yelling at me in the comments about why - SPOILER for the countdown! - *cough* Spirited Away isn’t #1. So your opinion may differ from mine - and that’s totally awesome. (Yes, guys, Nausicaa was pre-Ghibli, even though it’s considered canon nowadays.) This is my countdown of his films, where I get to explain why I love them and what makes them so good.

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This fall I did a Studio Ghibli marathon, watching all 22 of the practically legendary studio’s anime films, and today I am going to talk about the 9 films Hayao Miyazaki directed, plus his two other feature-length films, The Castle of Cagliostro and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, that he directed pre-Ghibli. In a way, thank goodness he made Princess Mononoke, but it’s also sad he never made Boro the Caterpillar in a full-length film.) (He’s apparently directing a short film for the Studio Ghibli museum, a project called Boro the Caterpillar that, fun fact, he long ago was considering making into a feature-length film instead of his fantasy epic Princess Mononoke. He is a living genius and I sincerely hope he doesn’t completely stop directing and creating wonderful and wondrous films. His obsession with flight, airplanes, and other aircraft can be found in almost every single one of his films (all except for Princess Mononoke, that is!). He doesn’t shy away from important, serious topics and many of his films are about the natural world and are anti-war.

His films are true works of art and tell deep, complex stories for a wide array of audiences. A great gift for women mom son daughter sister wife friend girlfriend best friend girl woman lady mother parent grandma grandmother.Hayao Miyazaki is arguably one of the most famous Japanese anime directors of all time, definitely at an international scale, but also in Japan.

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