Any fans of Hayao Miyazaki's films?

I just watched on TV the other day Howl's Moving Castle and it reminded me why I love Miyazaki's work. I love the visual art that he provides in his films as well as amazing stories.

I just finished watching Spirited Away in ten min chunks on Youtube and once again, another film that showed me the same thing. I have only seen three of his movies (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and Kiki's Delivery Service) But, I wanted to know if there were any other Miyazaki fans out there and what some of your favorite films of his are.

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LOVE Miyazaki, ever since Princess Mononoke came out in theatres. I was in middle school, at the peak of my anime obsession, and my best friend at the time and I saw it four times.

Castle in the Sky is probably my favorite Miyazaki, though Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away are really high up there. Howl's Moving Castle was a bit of a disappointment, but a so-so Miyazaki film is still better than most stuff that gets put out.

Don't even speak to me, thou fair-weather fans, until you know exactly who this is and why he is the single greatest thing to ever come from Asian cinema.



(Hint: it's not enough to know the name. You should - nay MUST - rush out and buy the DVD and watch it!)

I confess, I haven't seen all of Miyazaki's films. The Castle of Cagliostro, Nausicaa, Laputa, Totoro, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle. Plus The Cat Returns, which wasn't his but was frickin' awesome anyway.

I found Howl's Moving Castle a slightly baffling affair. A few aspects were beautifully close to the book, but it's almost like Miyazaki wanted to make an original film about a moving castle but was forced into adapting Diana Wynne Jones's novel by someone else. Y'all should read the book and its sequels, and anything else Wynne Jones has written. :3 Porco Rosso was about a million times more awesome than I ever suspected it would be. But my all time favourite is Totoro. Don't just get caught up in the epic new stuff from Mononoke on, whatever you do; go back and rejoice in his earlier works. And I should really dig out Kiki's Delivery Service, I have the DVD in storage somewhere...

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Updated On: 6/28/09 at 06:06 AM

You know what they say: Why is Micheal Jackson different than a Hayao Miyazaki film? Hayao Miyazaki's films are still touching children.

I hate anime..but one day, a couple years ago, Cartoon Network had a Miyazaki marathon and I never left the couch. I was completely hooked.