The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013). 🤍 “The Procession of Celestial Beings I” by Joe Hisaishi is such an ethereal piece of music.
Spirited Away, Howls Moving Castle, and My Totro.
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Nausciaa, but they're all magical.
Ponyo or Pom Poko. Maybe Spirited Away? It's hard to pick... good question OP.
Skipping the ones I did not mark 10/10 with a star:
- 1986 Laputa: Castle in the Sky - 10/10 ⭐
- 1988 My Neighbor Totoro - 10/10 ⭐
- 1989 Kiki’s Delivery Service - 10/10 ⭐
- 1997 Princess Mononoke - 10/10 ⭐
- 2001 Spirited Away - 10/10 ⭐
- 2002 The Cat Returns - 10/10 ⭐
- 2004 Howl’s Moving Castle - 10/10 ⭐
- 2006 Tales from Earthsea - 10/10 ⭐
- 2010 The Secret World of Arrietty - 10/10 ⭐
- 2011 From Up On Poppy Hill 10/10 ⭐
- 2014 When Marnie Was There 10/10 ⭐
I rated these in 2022. I thought I didn't enjoy Princess Mononoke like I did long before. Either way, baffling how many Studio Ghibli films are great or exceptional.
I think Princess Mononoke was my entry point into anime (other than weekly series on TV). I still have the German DVD.
This is an impossible question to answer. I thought about it for at least a minute before giving up.
Haven’t seen all of them yet, but so far it’s Kiki’s Delivery Service.
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I misread that as Princess Caligula for a second and was briefly very confused.
Porco Rosso 100%, the music is amazing in that one and the end makes me smile every time.
Probably a tie between The Cat Returns and Pom Poko. I love the way Pom Poko is told, along with the various animation styles. And who doesn't love The Baron?
Pom Poko is the only one I really enjoy. I keep falling asleep during Spirited Away lol
I've only seen three (Spirited Away, Nausicaa, and The Wind Rises), and Spirited Away was long enough ago that I don't remember much about it. But I loved both Nausicaa and Wind; if I had to pick a favorite it would probably be Wind just because the historical context drew me in even more than I already was.
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For me it's a tie between mononoke, pom poko and the wind it rises
Oh and from up on poppy hill