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Post by pop on Mar 13, 2014 10:59:26 GMT -5
I absolutely love his films. I am not a huge fan of Japanese Animation, but I love all of his. I like the struggle with nature. I own all that have been released on bluray.
Princess Mononoke is one of my favorite all time films. I am anxiously awaiting a bluray release for this.
Tales from Earthsea; and nausicaa of the valley of the wind are a handful of my favorites as well.
If you haven't seen any, I highly recommend them.
Princess Mononoke English Trailer
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Post by dcg44s on Mar 13, 2014 11:12:39 GMT -5
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Post by Nodscene on Mar 13, 2014 11:23:54 GMT -5
I absolutely adore Secret Of Kells, a must watch for anyone as far as I'm concerned. Just brilliant. I always planned on watching Paprika but just never got around to watching it. Really need to do that one of these days.
I am a fan of Hayao but haven't seen a lot of his films yet. Princess Mononoke was great and I'm kind of worried his other stuff won't quite reach the high bar that movie set. Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle are on my list of things to watch though.
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Post by pop on Mar 13, 2014 11:41:37 GMT -5
on my list in order.
1.) Princess Mononoke
2.) Spirited Away
3.) Nausicaa
4.) Tales from Earthsea
5.) Howl's Moving Castle
6.) Castle in the Sky
7.) Ponyo
8.) Secret World of Arriety
It's kind of a tie for the rest after that.
Princess Mononoke did set the bar very high. I don't think you will be disappointed with the rest of the films I mentioned here.
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Post by monkumonku on Mar 13, 2014 11:51:48 GMT -5
I'm a fan as well. My recommendation is to watch the movies in their original Japanese and read the subtitles, rather than listen to the dubbed versions. I don't know Japanese myself so I don't know how much it loses in the translation word-wise, but expression, emotion and nuance still comes across in the original language that the English version just doesn't capture. They always scrub it to make it sound too cute or PC or whatever..
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Post by pop on Mar 13, 2014 12:07:48 GMT -5
I'm a fan as well. My recommendation is to watch the movies in their original Japanese and read the subtitles, rather than listen to the dubbed versions. I don't know Japanese myself so I don't know how much it loses in the translation word-wise, but expression, emotion and nuance still comes across in the original language that the English version just doesn't capture. They always scrub it to make it sound too cute or PC or whatever.. Some of them are definitely done much better than others. |
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Post by sandtrooper on May 19, 2014 15:08:21 GMT -5
I have seen most of his movies. My wife (then GF) and I saw Spirited Away in a theater when it had a US release and was the first time to see one of his films.
My favorites by him lean towards his films with various machines like Castle in the Sky, Porco Rosso and The Castle of Cagliostro. I have yet to see The Wind Rises. I also really enjoy My Neighbor Totoro even though it is aimed more at children.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 0:50:14 GMT -5
I have seen most of his movies. My wife (then GF) and I saw Spirited Away in a theater when it had a US release and was the first time to see one of his films. My favorites by him lean towards his films with various machines like Castle in the Sky, Porco Rosso and The Castle of Cagliostro. I have yet to see The Wind Rises. I also really enjoy My Neighbor Totoro even though it is aimed more at children. I saw 'The Wind Rises' a few weeks ago. Lovely animations that are just a tad rougher than usual (at least on a big theater screen), great story with added romance and fierce spirit. It's really about following dreams and creative energy...however the subject matter is apparently controversial in the US (the 'hero' of the movie is the inventor of the Mitsubishi Zero bomber/fighter plane). As Wiki says: It is a fictionalized biography of Jiro Horikoshi (1903–1982), designer of the Mitsubishi A5M and its successor, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero; both aircraft were used by the Empire of Japan during World War II. The film is adapted from Miyazaki's manga of the same name, which was in turn loosely based on the 1937 short story The Wind Has Risen by Tatsuo Hori.
I had no problem with that - I have seen docos and fictionalized films about Robert Oppenheimer as well - and if anyone made a movie about the inventors of the P51 Mustang or Avro Lancaster bomber I'd see those as well... Clip: |
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Post by Axis on Nov 19, 2014 20:18:54 GMT -5
I have seen most of his movies. My wife (then GF) and I saw Spirited Away in a theater when it had a US release and was the first time to see one of his films. My favorites by him lean towards his films with various machines like Castle in the Sky, Porco Rosso and The Castle of Cagliostro. I have yet to see The Wind Rises. I also really enjoy My Neighbor Totoro even though it is aimed more at children. I saw 'The Wind Rises' a few weeks ago. Lovely animations that are just a tad rougher than usual (at least on a big theater screen), great story with added romance and fierce spirit. It's really about following dreams and creative energy...however the subject matter is apparently controversial in the US (the 'hero' of the movie is the inventor of the Mitsubishi Zero bomber/fighter plane). As Wiki says: It is a fictionalized biography of Jiro Horikoshi (1903–1982), designer of the Mitsubishi A5M and its successor, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero; both aircraft were used by the Empire of Japan during World War II. The film is adapted from Miyazaki's manga of the same name, which was in turn loosely based on the 1937 short story The Wind Has Risen by Tatsuo Hori.
I had no problem with that - I have seen docos and fictionalized films about Robert Oppenheimer as well - and if anyone made a movie about the inventors of the P51 Mustang or Avro Lancaster bomber I'd see those as well... Clip: Looks like The Wind Rises is out on DVD Blu-ray. The Mitsubishi Zero was the greatest plane made for its time. Mostly paper and wood and would kick anybody's ass. Very maneuverable ! I have always enjoyed seeing what the war was like from Japans view. I enjoyed the two war movies Clint Eastwood made about the Battle of Iwo Jima. Hayao Miyazaki's stories are always great. Looking forward to this one !  |
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