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Tour de Ghibli: Grave of the Fireflies
Released: 1988
Brief Synopsis: In war-torn Kobe, two orphaned children struggle to survive the closing days of World War II.
Themes: There’s a saying that it’s impossible to make an anti-war movie because the battle scenes will inevitably look cool. This movie succeeds as a pure anti-war movie. The only “battles” we see are the bombings of Kobe, while most of the...
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Tour de Miyazaki Update →
I’ve now seen Kiki’s Delivery Service in Japanese, and I give my thoughts in the “Sub vs. Dub” section. I plan on watching Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in Japanese soon and will update that as well. In addition, I am going to do a Tour de Ghibli for the films from the studio not directed by Miyazaki that I have seen. As of now, I’ve only seen 4.5 (the .5 is...
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The Whedon Oscars →
If this were televised, I would totally watch it.
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For his 200th episode, the Nostalgia Critic took on Ponyo. He admits to liking the movie, but admits that he believes the movie has problems. Which it does (no movie is flawless). Most of his issues seem to be similar to what I said in my Tour de Miyazaki article about the film; basically, the film tries to do too much when all it needs to do is focus on the relationship between Sōsuke and...
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