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Kauai April 23rd, 2010 6:47 AM

Hayao Miyazaki Fans
 
Any other fans of this film making genius?

I was a Miyazaki fan before it was cool, by the way. :cool:

I just watched Ponyo today, it was epic. <3

My favorite remains Kikis Delivery Service, though. I've always loved something about the plot.
[/Takayama FTW]

I HEART MEGA HITT April 23rd, 2010 8:30 PM

YES. <3

I love his films like... omfg. <3 I love Ponyo and Totoro because those ones are soooo cute. I also like Howl's moving Castle and Spirited Away... Oh, and Castle in the Sky. <3

I'm like in LOVE with his films. 8D

helix April 23rd, 2010 10:18 PM

He is a wonderful director and storyteller who deserves to be known as the genius of his kind. Really, his work's incomparable.

My first Miyazaki movie was Howl's Moving Castle, and it's still my favourite. Though I love all his other movies heaps too.

Wings Don't Cry April 24th, 2010 1:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Kauai (Post 5743180)
Any other fans of this film making genius?

I was a Miyazaki fan before it was cool, by the way. :cool:

I just watched Ponyo today, it was epic. <3

My favorite remains Kikis Delivery Service, though. I've always loved something about the plot.
[/Takayama FTW]

Really when was that? When he made Lupin III, My Neighbor Totoro or maybe Laputa Castle in the Sky which came out long before you were born.

Anyway I do quite enjoy his work. Although some of his work now is getting a bit unoriginal. Now it just seems like he's recycling the same ideas(which isn't all bad). I guess I still enjoy his films.

Kauai April 24th, 2010 2:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Wings Don't Cry (Post 5745607)
Really when was that? When he made Lupin III, My Neighbor Totoro or maybe Laputa Castle in the Sky which came out long before you were born.

Anyway I do quite enjoy his work. Although some of his work now is getting a bit unoriginal. Now it just seems like he's recycling the same ideas(which isn't all bad). I guess I still enjoy his films.

Touche, touche.

But I was a Miyazaki fan when I was like five, so thus before it was possible for me to grasp the concept of 'cool' and 'instyle'.

Even though admittedly back then it wasn't because of the 'art style' and 'engaging story lines'.

Does that count? :P

Yusshin April 24th, 2010 4:29 AM

Princess Mononoke is not only the work that got him famous, but the best movie of his collection and for me, all time. Second up comes Spirited Away, and after that, Castle in the Sky.

In French, though, they changed the name >> Since "Laputa" wouldn't have worked very well *imagines Spanish*

Beautiful music, beautiful animation, and for Princess Mononoke, beautiful moral.

Akito Wanijima April 24th, 2010 4:48 AM

He makes great classics =3
Favourite has to be Totoro.

Esper April 24th, 2010 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Yusshin (Post 5745799)
Princess Mononoke is not only the work that got him famous, but the best movie of his collection and for me, all time. Second up comes Spirited Away, and after that, Castle in the Sky.

Made him famous in the English speaking world, perhaps, but he had already done Totoro and Kiki, which were pretty well received, and Studio Ghibli already had a half dozen successes under its belt before Mononoke.

Mononoke was the first of his that I saw, and I loved it, but I still say Porco Rosso is his best. You can tell it was made with a lot of love. Not just anyone can make a movie about fascism with a pig as a main character and have it be so fun and meaningful.

EmeraldSerenade April 24th, 2010 12:31 PM

Leader of the Hayao Miyazaki Fanclub here! xD


I absolutely love all his movies. My theme's Howls Moving Castle.
Spirited Away's my all time favorite though ^.^

Bassman April 25th, 2010 3:30 PM

I have all his movies except Ponyo. I will remedy that situation when the movie comes out on DVD here in the UK in June (I think).

My first was Castle in the Sky which I ordered on DVD from Japan (quite expensive I think). This was well before the movie was released on DVD in America.

I have two other of his movies on Japanese DVD. I bought the Japanese My Neighbout Totoro due to the fact that the American release was not in Widescreen. I also bought the Japanese (Asian?) release of Howl's Moving Castle as it was out there before the American release.

I have the first three decent (?) American DVD releases of Castle, Kiki and Spirited Away. I think the rest of my collection consists mostly of the UK releases.

Yusshin April 25th, 2010 5:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Scarf (Post 5746832)
Made him famous in the English speaking world, perhaps, but he had already done Totoro and Kiki, which were pretty well received, and Studio Ghibli already had a half dozen successes under its belt before Mononoke.

I actually dreamt about Kiki and knew all about it before I even saw it :| It was creepy. That's the second time that's happened (the first time was with "Zoom!" a book by Robert Munsch. I knew everything about the book before it was even written).

Totoro is awesommmmeee! Plotless, but awesome nonetheless!

T3h Kaiser April 25th, 2010 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Wings Don't Cry (Post 5745607)
Although some of his work now is getting a bit unoriginal. Now it just seems like he's recycling the same ideas(which isn't all bad).

You say that as if the anime industry as a whole isn't guilty of the very same thing.

I love me some Miyazaki, he's one of the few artists these days who really "gets it". He actually puts meaning into his work. One of the greatest artists of our time.

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Originally Posted by Yusshin (Post 5751631)


Totoro is awesommmmeee! Plotless, but awesome nonetheless!

Aw, don't put so much stock into plot. Story and characters aren't really what matters in the end, especially with the way Miyazaki rolls; it's all about the meaning behind the events. Symbolism and all that tasty stuff.

tikki May 7th, 2010 3:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Yusshin (Post 5751631)


Totoro is awesommmmeee! Plotless, but awesome nonetheless!

You can't tell me that when Mei went missing, you weren't clutching a pillow in a death grip and praying she was ok! ... Ok, so we all knew she was just fine, but I was still nearly crying out of relief when Satsuki found her. Totoro has a plot, but it's more gentle and subtle. What I love about Miyazaki's films is that he can take a plot or ideal that is so cliche and overdone and weave it into something spectacular and heart-warming. He's great because he realizes that the corniest messages in movies are often the most timeless.

A Pixy May 7th, 2010 4:04 PM

Studio Ghibli = Pixar

I can't decide which one's better.

Mad Hatteress May 8th, 2010 8:39 AM

Kiki was my first of his films and the experience was magical :3

I doubt it will happen now thanks to Burton, but I always wanted him to take a shot at doing Alice in Wonderland.

Team_SJK May 10th, 2010 7:28 PM

Yeah, I could consider myself to be a die-hard Hayao Miyazaki fan. Princess Mononoke alone ignited the passion that I presently have for feature-length anime. Two other favorites of mine are Castle In The Sky and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which are both excellent animes from the mid 1980s.


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