Probably best to post as i think of them....
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Princess Mononoke - i simply love that film. Absolutely everything about that film always enchants me and i use the word specifically.

Being a massive fan of all the zelda games and knowing what influenced them this film is bascially an animated version of it for me.

Magical forests, daemons and beasts, heroes and villians and ambiguous charecters. I simply love it.

I have a strong belief that kids need to be kids and when i can find someone stupid enough to let me knock them up the kids are going to see this when they are little. That way HOPEFULLY they can have a little childish belief in sprites, elves, ghosts, daemons and spirits that live at the bottom of the garden before the 'real' world gets hold of them and chews them up.

G

EDIT due to terrible spelling.
(Grove is the collector of WOO and hoarder of YAY, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:02, 16 replies)

Agreed
but I personally prefer Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind.
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:07, closed)

I've not seen this
Don't really think it'd be my kind of thing.

However, it's good to see you posting!
( Cawl, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:09, closed)

oooh
Studio Ghibli are good, although Spirited Away just nudges it as my favourite of the gang.
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:11, closed)

Thanks guys!
Deskbound - Thanks! I shall look at one up! Is it common? I have to say ive never heard of it.

Kaol - Yeah its probably worth me getting round to it really. Seeing as im on the site so much! I still want to cling to my lurker status for a bit though :P
(Grove is the collector of WOO and hoarder of YAY, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:13, closed)

@Grove
One of the first Ghibli films (1984 if I remember rightly). It portrays a very poignant environmental message and brilliantly animated.
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:15, closed)

i like this...
@ Halfy - yeah ive seen that! Absolutely great isnt it! And people wonder why i barely go to the cinema anymore with the wank thats pumped out :P

@ Deskbound - Ill definately have to look that up then. Any others you could reccomend?

G
(Grove is the collector of WOO and hoarder of YAY, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:20, closed)

A few
There are others that I haven't got round to watching, but these are some of the best (IMHO).

- Porco Rosso, very amusing.
- My Neighbour Totoro (for kids really but very creative)
- Laputa, Castle in the Sky: EXCELLENT
- Howl's Moving Castle
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:27, closed)

@grove
pretty much all of them are good. Nausicaa is ace, as is Howls moving Castle and my friend Totoro is a gentle one to make you smile.

God imdb is going to get a hammering this week i reckon!
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:29, closed)

Better...
... get watching then hadnt i! Ive seen My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away. Got Howls Moving Castle at home, waiting for a rainy sunday!

I thought MNT was excellent you know. Definately for kids your right but still very well done!

G
(Grove is the collector of WOO and hoarder of YAY, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:31, closed)

i love
the cat bus in my neighbour totoro
(randomer has a 20 sided die with your name on it, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:34, closed)

for total obscure quotage
there is a cat bus reference from my neghbour totoro in 1 frame of the graphic novel Smax by ?alan moore and Zander Cannon!

but to be fair they obviously had a field day cos Marvin the Paranoid Andreoid, Stargate and all kinds of random shit appear in the background of it!
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:38, closed)

CATBUS!...
Just great isnt it. Looks rather sinister in a strange kind of way but thats probably just the fact that its a cat.

On a side note and if you dont mind me showing off...You know the tree spirits in Princess Mononoke? The Kodama? Those little humanoid creatures all over the trees?

I sculpted a bunch of them out of clay and then used silicone rubber and two part 'fast cast' resin to make copies. I made about 15, painted them white with black eyes and attatched them all over one of the trees in the back garden :) Once i get home ill put up a picture.

Thanks for all your responses by the way guys. You have given me a new 'to watch' list!

:D

G
(Grove is the collector of WOO and hoarder of YAY, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:42, closed)

Aye, a great film.
I wanted to see it for so long, then, last month, staying up late for no reason outher then a lack of any direction in my life led me to discover mononoke was starting in 10 mins on film 4. long enough to get a drink, brush my teeth and poop, then watcht the film snuggled up in bed. I got the subtitled japanese version, which is a shame cos you get distracted from the animation, though it was less eddited, and a supprising amount of violence was left in for a kids film(severed arms stuck bleeding to a tree!)

also, spirited away is beautiful, very haunting and also very cheerful. takes you back to childhood.

akira is different but worth looking for, alot more of an adult aimed film, and also a lot deeper.
(Mong goose, Sun 20 Jul 2008, 2:32, closed)

Grove
Can I have a kodama of my very own? Pretty please? I'll buy you a beer at the next bash :)

Oh and don't watch Grave of the fireflies if you want to be in a good mood at the end of it.

Lovely to see you posting on here :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 20 Jul 2008, 22:11, closed)

Becky...
...Of course! I actually moulded up another six for some people at work. They are just sitting on my desk waiting for have the flash trimmed off them and painted. They glow in the dark btw.

Send me a message with your adress in it and ill send you one on the company dorrar!

Here is one of them in the pear tree in the back garden. He has two eyes, he is just looking away at the moment.

Courtesy of the shack img301.imageshack.us/img301/4520/dsc00450rk3.jpg

G
(Grove is the collector of WOO and hoarder of YAY, Wed 23 Jul 2008, 10:11, closed)

Glow in the dark?
Oh dear god you are made of WIN my friend :)

Will gaz you now.

Hope this doesn't mean you're weaseling out of the next bash though as it'd be great to see you at the next one :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 23 Jul 2008, 19:47, closed)