I LOVED My Neighbor Totoro. I loved how the kids play and dream, I loved how the father encouraged their playing and dreaming and taught them to be brave, and I loved the slowness/slice-of-life aspect that makes you appreciate the small stuff. What other Ghibli movies are similar?

I also saw Spirited Away which i loved

Hello!

I recently got 4 Studio Ghibli titles from CEX but they're scratched to hell! (All 8, including the blu rays), if I were to try to source them brand new, are there any bootlegs out there I need to be weary of?

I've heard about the collection box set bootlegs, but for standard single UK blu ray releases, were there any? Or am I safe if I order from Amazon or eBay?

Cheers!

Scene that melt my heart 🥹

Not sure if I’m allowed to promote that I still have 2 tickets for ghibli park in Japan for the 14th. If anyone is interested please let me know.

Moro

Idk why I’m watching it…I haven’t been sleeping too well and I’m kinda hoping something I can cry to will help?

Just started…and questioning why I’m watching this.

So I just watched the boy and the heron again, and I was confused not to see the moment when mahito sneaks into natsuko's room at night, and she catches him looking for her bow or smth like that... Am I crazy? She'd be weaken by her pregnancy already

New to Ghibli works, but absolutely in love with them. I saw My Neighbor Totoro, and felt a profound overlap between Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time".

- The hyper focus on "the ordinary" to highlight the beauty of simple everyday occurrences (where Proust is heavily influenced by Vermeer's paintings). While Proust does this in prose, MNT does this with its animation and visuals and sound design.

- Lots of reminiscing on the sweetness of childhood and relationships with a granny that make you stop and think about your own family life. Every time I read some Proust I appreciate my own life and family more, and the only other artistic works that have had this effect has been the Studio Ghibli movies i've been watching.

- The obsession with dreaming and imagination. Proust has a quote, "If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less, but to dream more, to dream all the time." I find this theme omnipresent in Studio Ghibli works.

Has anyone else picked up on this? Was Miyazaki influenced by Proust? Anyone else here also a fan of Proust?

Every time i watch a ghibli movie on a big screen or at the movies i always want to start to cry, im not sure if its just because it was such huge part of my childhood but it happens all the time. I have such a huge appreciation for the studio and as an artist i truly look up to miyazaki’s art so much.

Just finished this 1,000 piece puzzle I got as a souvenir while visiting Japan! Took over a week but was so worth it. Planning to frame it and put in my office!

(*The edges only look weird because the table is round)

Just what the title says :3 We’ve already watched Ponyo, My neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Howl’s moving castle, and The Cat Returns!

I’m just looking for suggestions, thank you :D