FIRST TIME WATCHING: Spirited Away… this anime is STUNNING
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_jcrowell/
REACTION LINK: https://streamable.com/kovrh0
James watches his second Studio Ghibli film. This film is amazing and moving and beautiful. That’s all there is to say. Enjoy!
Merch Store:
https://teespring.com/stores/white-noise-reacts
For exclusive content, early access and much more…
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whitenoisereacts?fan_landing=true
For business or collaborations email:
peeweecinemasbusiness@gmail.com
April 16, 2021 @ 3:11 pm
You need to watch The Wind Rises!
April 16, 2021 @ 3:12 pm
Please be patient and understanding about the loops I have to jump through to avoid getting my channel deleted. Enjoy guys!!
April 16, 2021 @ 3:15 pm
Yay 🥳🥳 Thanks for this!!! Hope you are okay 👍
April 16, 2021 @ 3:17 pm
Soundtracks are insane of this anime 💫
April 16, 2021 @ 3:24 pm
this is one of my favourite movies, I’m so glad you’ve done a reaction! on my way to watch it rn 😀
April 16, 2021 @ 3:27 pm
Aww I’m so glad you reacted to the original Japanese! My friend was one of the voice actors, nearly 20 years ago! Always a treat <3
April 16, 2021 @ 3:28 pm
I remember watching this when it came to cinemas back in 2001, loved it ever since.
April 16, 2021 @ 3:28 pm
I actually love From Up on Poppy Hill and When the Cat Returns!
April 16, 2021 @ 3:28 pm
If you want recommendations, the show Cowboy Bebop is generally considered to be the greatest anime you’ll find ; everyone’s taste is different of course, but it’s a top tier classic, if anything else. It’s a good watch for newcomers of the genre because it contains a lot of Western influences, so the transition is pretty seamless.
April 16, 2021 @ 3:29 pm
Love this!! awesome!
April 16, 2021 @ 3:32 pm
Yaaay! I just got so excited to receive this notification
April 16, 2021 @ 3:37 pm
The parents turned into pigs scene traumatized me
April 16, 2021 @ 3:47 pm
Im happy you reacted to this, probably first anime movie i’ve ever seen.
I was crying bcs of that ending when i saw it for the first time and im still sad about it even though it ended in happy way, bcs it just felt like she didnt even want to leave, or that she wanted to see Haku again, sadly there is not Spirited away 2, which i feel is something that i really need 😀😀
April 16, 2021 @ 3:49 pm
This is one of my fav movies. Thank you for reacting. Loving the dope content on your channel
April 16, 2021 @ 3:55 pm
If you want to get into a more adult but still amazing anime films you should try “perfect blue” and “paprika”
There is a big poster in my classroom (my film theory class) that lists all the greatest films in different genres and these are both listed in the top ten , doesn’t mean that much, but I think that these two films are really amazing but definitely a more mature and thriller
April 16, 2021 @ 4:05 pm
Thank you for uploading your proper reaction elsewhere, letting us enjoy that and coming back to your YT channel for a full analysis and discussion. I’ve heard how difficult Studio Ghibli can be with all that stuff, so this is ideal in so many ways. Love your analysis and retrospective on the film afterwards, please keep it up. It’s a like/subscribe from me and a keen wait for your next upload. PS. Found your channel through the Watchmen reaction, which is one of my favourite comic book films and found it equally great.
April 16, 2021 @ 4:06 pm
Well of me it’s Princess Mononoke, Nausica of the Valley, Spirited Away, Howl’s moving castle, Kiki’s delivery service, and castle in the sky as my go to Ghibli movie. I got my kids watching those. There are also the classics like Porco Rosso, Cat’s Return and My Neighbor totoro. All are good, they all have some moral that kids related to.
If you have time, watch Nausica, Kiki’s and Howl’s moving castle. You’ll like those.
And I always recommend Cowboy Beepbop, Trigun and Claymore as my go to animes for people to watch. Real good stories.
April 16, 2021 @ 4:13 pm
This movie was my childhood and ever since then, I have been equally freaked out and in love with it. I’m so glad you decided to react to it! Thanks for the awesome video 🙂
I actually don’t know what most of the movie is supposed to mean, but I think that No Face is supposed to represent an unfulfilled person who feels hollow inside but doesn’t know what they are missing. So No Face kept asking others about their desire and tried to understand them. Whenever someone was just being greedy without purpose, he got angry and ate them. Chihiro was different because she was never greedy. She was a person who knew who she was and what she needed, which is why I believe he became so obsessed with her. After following her, he found a place where he could stay and help someone, a place to belong.
April 16, 2021 @ 4:15 pm
This is the best Ghibli film I fear… but all of them are so good so it literally doesn’t matter. There are so many recent anime films that are really good as well, A Silent Voice and Weathering With You are two of my personal favorites.
April 16, 2021 @ 4:16 pm
I don’t think no face was purposely trying to be evil but wanted acceptance and I think that’s why no face produced gold or fake gold to be able to be accepted and for everyone to pay attention but when she denied the gold that’s what surprised no face since everyone else went crazy to get more gold and as for which my favorite movie I’m not sure that’s a hard one since I grew up watching all the films and some are emotional and others are sweet and happy like ponyo is funny and a cute film but The Tale of The Princess Kaguya is more emotional than the two films you’ve seen so far.
April 16, 2021 @ 4:19 pm
If you are on a studio Ghibli kick then I can definitely suggest Howles Moving Castle. It is my all time favorite one!
April 16, 2021 @ 4:21 pm
One of my favorite Ghibli film’s. I love it so much. Heading over to the reaction now mate.
April 16, 2021 @ 4:24 pm
Kiki’s delivery service is my favorite though. Back to the reaction now😂
April 16, 2021 @ 4:26 pm
I’ll list some Ghibli movies to tell which ones I consider more dense, like Princess Mononoke, and which ones are more “light”, more like Spirited Away
– Light ones: Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service; Porco Rosso; Ponyo; Arietty (these first are more fantastic/fantasy movies); Whisper of the Heart, From Up On Poppy Hill; The Wind Rises; When Marnie Was There (these last ones are not fantastic/fantasy ones, I don’t know how to describe it in english sorry LOL)
– More dense movies: The Tale of Princess Kaguya; Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind; Grave of the Fireflies; Castle in the Sky.
April 16, 2021 @ 4:29 pm
My favourite studio Ghibli film is definitely Howl’s Moving Castle, but my comfort studio Ghibli film is My Neighbour Totoro because it’s adorable and I have fond memories of my mother and I watching it when I was little.
April 16, 2021 @ 4:35 pm
I think that it might also be a sort of commentary on greed, especially with her parents being turned into literal pigs and no face sort of feeding off of the greed and selfish desire of everyone around him. But when it came to Chihiro and her response in rejecting the food and no face’s offerings, I think that it was also saying something about childlike innocence or sincerity or the meaning and ultimate consequence of being genuine in how it can affect others as well as yourself
April 16, 2021 @ 5:01 pm
I love ghibli! Totoro is my favorite movie, it might be because it is the first movie i ever remember watching! It is great!
April 16, 2021 @ 5:06 pm
Didn’t know you started reaction to Ghibli movies ! You’re here for a ride ! Must watch you reaction to Princess Mononoke.
As a kid, this one freaked me out. I start like a classic movie for kid and then…No Face appeared.
You should check out Castle in the Sky. Probably my favorite one, very eerie. And this music…
That’s what I love about japanese animation. They understood it wasn’t only for kids. Or at least, kids deverve the best too. We have so much to catch up, us occidental…
April 16, 2021 @ 5:06 pm
My fav is what you watching and Howl’s Moving Castle
April 16, 2021 @ 5:14 pm
It won Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film which was cool
April 16, 2021 @ 5:15 pm
What anime series have you already done and are you considering doing some popular ones for the channel?
April 16, 2021 @ 5:18 pm
Mary and the witch’s flower was a really good one on Netflix. I highly recommend it as well.
April 16, 2021 @ 5:19 pm
Answering your question on the reaction video, my favorite it’s Howl’s Moving Castle and My Neighbor Totoro. Maybe Princess Kaguya (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya) as well 😀
Glad you’re doing some Ghibli movies, they are truly gorgeous.
April 16, 2021 @ 5:21 pm
This has been my favorite movie since I saw it back in 2002/2003, i saw it when i was 6/7 w my best friend, and, to me, it is still the epitome of animation. Spirited Away is what made me fall in love with art and animation, Hayao Miyazaki is also a master storyteller.
April 16, 2021 @ 5:38 pm
A thing that I love about Spirited Away is that you just get immersed into the world they build. Some aspects of the world are so crazy and you don’t understand because is not necessarily explained to you, but that’s the thing: Chihiro entered this living world with living characters that have their own stories, relationships and culture that existed before she was there. That world didin’t started existing after she was in it, it exists beyond Chihiro. So even though you don’t understand every single aspect it makes the world more belivable because every single detail builds it up.
April 16, 2021 @ 5:42 pm
Most of the Hayao Miyazaki anime are tied up with enviromental topics like pollution, and destroying our planet. In Spirited Away you could see the Stink/River God as a representation of how much trash people disposes in rivers and landfil… as to ‘No-Face’ spirit he has powers of mimic, absorbing and alchemy but he is lonely, he can’t enter the bathhouse so when Chichiro was kind to him (she leave the door open for him, inviting him in), he started to help her and then wanted to gain her interest by proposing gold made from mud (alchemy) etc…as to him turning evil in bathouse, as I mentioned one of his powers was mimic abilities and absorbtion, he learned that gold is important as the workers in bathhouse was greedy and after swalowing the Aogaeru (the frog), NoFace absorbed his personality, start to speak in his voice due to the mimic abilities. He is not evil from nature, he just mimic the behaviours of creatures around him…. that’s his treats as a No-Face, his name is adequate, he is NoFace so he is influenced by the majority of his surroundings, in bathhouse it was mostly greed…
April 16, 2021 @ 5:53 pm
So my take on the movie is it’s about the little girl overcoming internal struggles. She is afraid losing friends leaving behind a familiar place she used to call home. Fear of making new friends and dealing with a traumatic experience in almost drowning. Within the spirit world she steadily overcomes all these things. First the viewer experiences fear of the unknown. Watching her parents transform because they are lost in dealing with the move themselves and forgetting about the girls care. She meets the boiler man who is teaching her perseverance. The water spirit represents payoff in perseverance . Yubaba is general fair and how its debilitating her in growth. No face represented Greed and selfishness. She overcame him by not giving in to temptation and feeling sorry for him. Haku represents hope and bravery. She overcame her trauma of drowning and found new bravery in dealing with change. The baby is her inner self first hiding and selfishly needy. Later learns to control her self more and even stand up to her fears. In the end she found all of these things to start fresh.
April 16, 2021 @ 6:22 pm
My fav ghibli. I have a ghibli half sleeve tattoo, soon to be full sleeve <3 my 1st anime was Laputa 🙂
April 16, 2021 @ 6:30 pm
Spirited away was the first movie I ever saw in theaters (I was 7) and it made such an impact that it’s still one of my favourite movie, it’s more like a comfort movie nowadays. I’ve only seen Kiki’s delivery service and Totoro besides spirited away and I’ve loved them as well. I’m scared to watch the others though as then I can never watch them for the first time ever again 😅
April 16, 2021 @ 6:54 pm
My favorite Studio Ghibli film is From Up On Poppy Hill.
April 16, 2021 @ 6:56 pm
Howls moving castle 🙂
April 16, 2021 @ 7:25 pm
I highly recommend Castle in the Sky (Laputa), Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The Cat Returns, A Silent Voice, Your Name, and Summer Wars. Nausicaa: of the Valley of the Wind, and Lupin the 3rd: the Castle of Cagliostro are also fantastic, but they are much less light-hearted, like Princess Mononoke.
April 16, 2021 @ 8:27 pm
My fave is Hawl’s moving castle, Spirited away is my second. Bu if u wanna cry hard, there is Hotaru no Haka.
April 16, 2021 @ 8:41 pm
there was like- a couple times you almost fell asleep✋ are you doing okay🐢
April 16, 2021 @ 9:11 pm
I’d like to recommend The Wind Rises (another ghibli movie)
Also I remember going to the released of this movie on theatres and it was amazing. And watching it again as an adult I love picking on this themes about being afraid and lost or the feeling that you’re on your own. Having to face new circumstances.
What I feel about No-Face is that he’s a spirit that feeds on greed or on behaviours. Like, Chihiro only takes what she needs while others ask for more and they never seem to be fulfilled and I think that’s why No-Face acquires parts of them as he eats them (the frog legs, the different voices, the need) and that’s why it wasn’t a good place for him to stay. As he healed and threw up and stayed with Yubaba’s twin it shows how different he is.
April 16, 2021 @ 9:35 pm
Please make videos a little longer ..💜💜
April 16, 2021 @ 9:36 pm
“*Howls Moving Castle* is another Gem of Studio Ghibli react on it next pleaseees💜💜😊😊😊✌✌✌💜💜💜💜
April 16, 2021 @ 9:59 pm
Howl’s Moving Castle is my favorite, it’s just epic.
April 16, 2021 @ 10:04 pm
My fave is also Howl’s Moving Castle. If you like a light hearted one, try Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbor Totoro. If you like a good story (but very sad) Grave of the Fireflies.
April 16, 2021 @ 10:07 pm
You gotta watch Paprika!
April 16, 2021 @ 10:13 pm
Love your reactions! My absolute favorite Ghibli movie is Castle in the Sky, it’s incredibly charming and of course has a beautiful soundtrack. Another close fav is Howl’s Moving Castle
April 16, 2021 @ 10:24 pm
My absolute favorite studio ghibli movie is Howl’s Moving Castle!!! I also really love Ponyo, Arietti, Kiki’s Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro….a lot of the lighter ones. But all studio ghibli is awesome and I never get tired of watching them again and seeing others experience them for the first time. I’ve always been a big fan of animation but the work of Miyazaki and Satoshi Kon are the reasons I fell in love with the medium. The music of ghibli especially elevates it for me. It’s hard to narrow down my favorite pieces across all the movies, however I can say with confidence my favorite overall soundtrack is from Howl’s Moving Castle (very biased opinion here I know). I can’t wait to see you react to Howl’s Moving Castle. I hope you like it and the other studio ghibli movies you decide to watch. They’re really special.
April 16, 2021 @ 10:30 pm
I really love Whisper of the Heart because its such a slice of life, everyday kind of movie but mixed with fantasy and imagination through storytelling. Also just lets people know that there doesn’t have to be one path in life, you can do it if you have the passion and determination.
April 16, 2021 @ 10:51 pm
Can you react to euphoria please
April 16, 2021 @ 11:18 pm
Spirited Away is one of the few movies to win against Disney at the Academy Awards, and it is still known as one of the best animated films in history. It’s one of the last movies Hayao Miyazaki participated actively in, including the writing, directing, and character creation for it. In my opinion, Miyazaki is a genius, and he’s perhaps my biggest inspiration in life.
Miyazaki’s movies are for all ages, but imo, they always resonate more with older folk; his movies often are a social commentary. Princess Monoke the risks of extreme industrialism and capitalism, what happens when we stray too far from nature, life requires balance, we must respect nature. Spirited Away represents the change from childhood to adulthood, growing up, but also what happens with extreme consumerism, we take and take and take, and so the parents become pigs. Capitalism has made us forget to take only what we need, we always over-eat, overbuy. Hayao also loves creating female heros with no true enemy, he loves girls who win through bravery, kindness, and friendship, who do not need men to save them, but that help each other out towards a goal.
I think you’d enjoy Howl’s Moving Castle which is based on the french book by the same name.
April 17, 2021 @ 12:28 am
Pls react to Grave of the Fireflies by Ghibli. One of my favourite!
April 17, 2021 @ 12:35 am
I loved all the studio gibli movies growing up (my dads a movie fanatic so we watched all of them and my favorites are spirited away and my neighbor totoro
April 17, 2021 @ 12:45 am
u should watch your name!!
April 17, 2021 @ 2:59 am
One of the main themes (in my opinion) is greed. Her parents were greedy by eating food that wasn’t meant for them and they got turned into pigs. Everyone in the bathhouse was greedy, which made them unfriendly and some of them got eaten by No Face. No Face became greedy as he entered the bathhouse which literally turned him into a monster. Haku was greedy learning all he could from Yubaba and it nearly got him killed… So yeah I’d say this movie is a great lesson to not be greedy. Also to just love one another and learn to be selfless
April 17, 2021 @ 3:29 am
I love this film. I’m so glad you mentioned Joe Hisaishi’s music, its absolutely stunning in all the Ghibli movies. The song at the end is beautiful “Itsumo Nando Demo” – Always with me. The scene on the train uses a thing called ‘ma’ which is time to breathe. Just gentle music and stunning visuals.
April 17, 2021 @ 3:47 am
Honestly it’s so hard to choose my favorite. So I’ll say it’s a tie between this and Princess Mononoke. Followed by Howl’s Moving Castle. You watch Howl’s Moving Castle I highly suggest watching Castle In the Sky
April 17, 2021 @ 1:46 pm
Spirited Away is my favorite with Howl’s at a close second. My comfort has to be Whisper of the Heart.
April 17, 2021 @ 1:53 pm
Howl’s Moving Castle is my favorite Studio Ghibli film with Kiki’s Delivery Service being a close second because of the nostalgia. Kiki’s was the Studio Ghibli film I ever saw as a kid.
April 17, 2021 @ 2:00 pm
Saw you were reacting to Howls moving castle next, so looking forward to that! I’m such a romantic at heart, and i love Ghibli! If you ever have a chance to go to Japan, I suggest you visit the Ghibli museum! Its such a gem! Its such a nice place to spend a day, and its in such a beautiful park too. You will feel very refreshed, and your wallet will be empty by the end of it! Just make sure to book ahead, because they will not let you in if you haven’t. (Unless you get lucky like me, and a worker feels pity for you and tells you how to secretly get tickets without booking ahead!)
April 17, 2021 @ 2:06 pm
This movie is so sweet and emotional. It’s hard for me to pick a favorite. Howl’s Moving Castle is incredible, and Princess Mononoke is definitely in my top 3. But I think Nausicaa is a truly underrated masterpiece. Technically it’s pre-Ghibli, but it is by Miyazaki. It’s stunning and I love the message and Nausicaa’s journey. They’re all amazing films though.
April 17, 2021 @ 4:33 pm
I love Kiki’s Delivery Service and Ponyo. You should add that to the list as well.
April 17, 2021 @ 7:17 pm
this was my childhood man luv ur channel🖤
April 17, 2021 @ 9:37 pm
Please watch Nausicaa of the valley of the wind or castle in the sky/Laputa !!!! It’s one of Miyazaki’s older ones so maybe it’ll be easier on the copyright stuff (I hope)
April 17, 2021 @ 9:47 pm
Oh man are you in for a ride. If you think the visuals in this are amazing wait till you get to Castle In The Sky, Howls Moving Castle, and Porco Rosso.
April 18, 2021 @ 12:09 am
Please🙏 react to along with a gods movie.
April 18, 2021 @ 3:34 am
princess mononoke is my favourite ghibli movie. its my all time favourite anime movie actually
April 18, 2021 @ 8:25 am
Hey guys, i have some good ideas about great movies to react, Schindler’s List, The pianist, Shutter island and Deliver US from evil ❤️
April 18, 2021 @ 1:37 pm
I think you should watch Wolf children thats a sweet movie.
April 18, 2021 @ 4:18 pm
This, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and Howl’s Moving Castle are definitely my favorite Ghibli movies! (: You should check out Kiki, especially, since you love emotional dramas.
April 19, 2021 @ 11:11 pm
Great reaction! I love spirited away, I must’ve seen it twenty some times by now with the children I babysit. My Neighbor Totoro is my other favorite by Miyazaki. The Miyazaki films have such beautiful music.
But I must say my favorite studio ghibli film might be one from just 2016 called When Marnie was there, it’s an incredible movie and needs more love!
April 20, 2021 @ 12:31 am
this is my favorite movie of all time!! I loved your reaction 🙂
April 20, 2021 @ 6:34 am
Wow, some of the subtitles are pretty incorrect :O turning Kohaku River into Kalaku?? What…
April 20, 2021 @ 1:50 pm
my favorite studio Ghibli films are:
-Howls moving castle
-spirited away
and
-ponyo
April 20, 2021 @ 2:28 pm
This movie changed my life and my afterlife
April 20, 2021 @ 5:53 pm
I love this movie, but my favorite Ghibli film is Castle in the Sky. The art and animation in all the movies is so lovely and detailed though, especially those little scenes of mundane things (like tapping her foot after putting her shoe on), a lot of effort and love went into everything.
April 22, 2021 @ 3:16 am
I recommend you some ghibli movies that I have watch 😀
Howl’s moving castle
Castle in the sky
My neighbor totoro
Kiki’s delivery service
Ponyo
Nausicaa of the valley of the wind
Whisper of the heart
The wind rises
The secret world of arrietty
The cat returns
When marnie was there
From up on poppy hill
Porch Rossi
Tale of princess kaguya
Pom poko
Grave of the fireflies is really sad and tale from earthsea is the studio weakest movie
And you already watch princess mononoke and spirit away
I sub cuz hoping you will do more anime vid hehe :>
April 22, 2021 @ 6:25 pm
What an awesome reaction video! Thank you for giving this one a watch! This was my favorite studio ghibli film as a child (along with Howl’s Moving Castle) and I couldn’t tell you what it means either. I feel like the lessons i learned from this movie are so deep and emotional that it couldn’t put it into words. However, I have heard a theory that No Face was following a theme of “whatever you give to him, he gives back” and since he was in an environment of pure greed (the bath house), then he took on those values.
Kiki’s Delivery Service and Whisper of the Heart are two that i hope you really like!!
April 22, 2021 @ 11:12 pm
React to Akira
April 25, 2021 @ 3:27 am
hello ! i absolutly adore your videos and have seen them all but when i saw you started to react to the studio ghibli movies i couldn’t help but get super exited ! i hope you react to castle in the sky soon, its my absolute favorite movie of all time ! thank you for all the great videos non the less 😀
April 26, 2021 @ 12:31 pm
i <3 u
April 26, 2021 @ 12:32 pm
Grave of the Fireflies. Best, ever.
April 27, 2021 @ 9:09 am
The fact that you keep your outtakes in for your intro makes me smile, you’re adorable
April 27, 2021 @ 12:35 pm
I love this anime very much. I was like 14 or 15 when I first time watched in theatre. It’s like Miyazaki touched my soul) nowadays it still the best for me. On the second place “Howl’s Moving Castle”. 🥰❤️
May 3, 2021 @ 4:36 am
I found this on google and I hope this isn’t true:(
“Haku is already dead at the start of Spirited away- he is a riverspirit and ‘dies’ when his river is filled in/redirected. That’s how he ended up with Yubaba in the first place. However, death is different for spirits. Chihiro releasesHaku from Yubaba’s service, which releases his soul. Someone says that the moment whenChihiro’s hairband which Zeniba gave her shines, it’s the tears of Haku when he dies.”
May 3, 2021 @ 5:27 am
I don’t know if anyone has told you, but the reason the sweeping scenes in Miyazaki films (like the grass one in here) are so gorgeous is because they hand paint every frame for those moments. That studio is full of meticulous artists thanks to Miyazaki himself. This one is the only one to catch the eye of America awards and is the reason some Miyazaki films are loved even by people who do not normally care for anime or animated films.
I adore Miyazaki. This one, Howl’s Moving Castle, The Secret World of Arietty, From Up On Poppy Hill, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and Kiki’s Delivery Service are probably my favourites. The sound tracks are always perfect as well. Can’t wait to see you do more!
May 6, 2021 @ 8:37 am
I repeat myself but I enjoy your reactions so much. It’s like watching my favourite movies with a friends really.
And seeing you marvel at the flawless and vivid animation and cooing over how beautiful these movies are makes my heart melt.
May 6, 2021 @ 4:48 pm
This movie is legendary in both japan and world
May 6, 2021 @ 11:43 pm
One of my favorite quotes from Miyazaki about his work is – “I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live—if I’m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.” – so much of his work is beyond description / analysis and it never gives you an “answer” but you can always feel this at the heart.
May 7, 2021 @ 7:51 pm
Oh god, I don’t think I could pick a favourite Ghibli film… A bunch of them appeal to me for different reasons… I still need to see a few of them… But I believe I should suggest you watch Grave of the Fireflies, followed up by My Neighbour Totoro. They were apparently originally shown as a double feature, I think… And if you do watch Grave of the Fireflies, it makes sense to follow it up with something light-hearted like Totoro… Not that Grave of the Fireflies would in any way not be a lovely, fun, cheerful film >_>;; lol.
May 12, 2021 @ 6:26 am
If you are still taking recommendations, one I have not seen being mentioned is One Piece Movie 6: Baron Omatsuri and the secret island. It requires no prior knowledge of the show, has an amazing, mature plot and is directed by one of Japans best directors, it is really worth a watch
May 17, 2021 @ 2:15 am
yeah, Spirited Away is my favourite Ghibli movie; the only problem it has it’s the plot, but honestly everything else is soo good the plot doesn’t really matter all that much.
May 27, 2021 @ 3:09 pm
This was a really great analysis of what “Spirited Away” was actually about. https://youtu.be/tkxR1TcG4n4?t=3
Very happy you have found Studio Ghibli movies! Looking forward to more reviews.
May 30, 2021 @ 5:49 am
I’m late, but I wanted to say how happy I am that you’re discovering the joys of anime movies and series! I’ve loved Anime since I watched it on scuffed-up VHS tapes taped off old tv in the seventies! (I watched it in the nineties, but the tapes were ancient)
June 6, 2021 @ 1:55 am
in the spirit realm, people could easily get lost with all the temptations(and things they haven’t seen before), Yubaba taking people’s name from them, and soon they even forget who they really are themselves is almost like a metaphor of people getting lost on the way to what they’ve been chasing for, forgot what has inspired them in the beginning and instead just chasing without a purpose.
June 10, 2021 @ 4:20 am
my all time comfort ghibli movie is definitely kiki’s delivery service <3
June 11, 2021 @ 5:39 am
The latest studio ghibli anime I’ve watched was Princess Kaguya. It is totally different from these three or any other studio ghibli anime they’ve done.