As love is kindled between Shizuku and the antique seller’s son, she becomes determined to work on her talents and ambitions. A lesson that we should always follow cats on the train, Shizuku (voiced by Brittany Snow) finds a reverie-inducing world of antiques, violin-makers and cat figurines to contrast her humdrum (but sensitively depicted) Tokyo home life. John Denver’s saccharine Country Roads is this film’s opening number, the sentimentality of which is steered into an uplifting and startling romance. This earned the film a recommendation from WWF. Produced before Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985, Miyazaki here sets down environmental concerns that become a staple of his later work. A psychedelic sci-fi slash fantasy-adventure influenced by Isaac Asimov and Tolkien, while also reminiscent of Star Wars. Set in a spore-infested future swarming with immense insects, this is the story of a young princess destined to return the world to its habitable state. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar/Optimum Releasing 11. Psychedelic sci-fi … Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. A sequel of sorts to Whisper of the Heart, this is a cat owner’s fever dream. Schoolgirl Haru is abducted by a herd of cats and coerced into marriage with a royal feline. One of Studio Ghibli’s most bizarre premises for a film (and that’s from the creators of Porco Rosso). “Ghibli” was the nickname of a second world war Italian aircraft its moustachioed designer Caproni appears in the dreams of engineer Jiro Horikoshi in this poignant animation, which captures the preciousness of life. The second of Studio Ghibli’s aviation-themed films, this is the animation house at peak visual prowess. Haunting artistically and musically, the princess’s feelings of relegation and harassment in a man’s world feel raw and, at moments, untethered in Isao Takahata’s final film. With its origin in one of Japan’s oldest manuscripts, the mythical life of Princess Kaguya (voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz for its English language dub) is illustrated in elegant, understated strokes of watercolour. Understated elegance … The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. Despite its humour, the reality of this film strikes hard. They relearn the ancient Buddhist art of shapeshifting in attempts to sabotage construction work. Riled by humans destroying their forest, a group of tanuki (racoon dogs) revolt. Pom Poko (1994)Ī tragicomedy on sweeping urban expansion, blind to the lives of other species and spirits. Featuring the voice of Saoirse Ronan, this is as heart-warming as Mary Norton’s original. Its animators delight in minuscule detail: a cup brimming with a single drop of tea, wallpaper made of leaves. Arrietty (2010)Ī homage to The Borrowers, this is Studio Ghibli’s version of the celebrated story of tiny people who “borrow” things.
In memory of her ship captain father, a girl raises flags visible from the harbour, unwittingly attracting the attention of her classmate. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)Ī film directed by Miyazaki’s son, Gorō, this study of port town Yokohama in the wake of the Korean war twists into a strange adolescent love story.
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