Studio Ghibli Magic

I present to you a different idea.

There’s several themes behind Spirited Away: Capitalism’s effect on Japan, Environmental issues, and notably, Chihiro’s coming of age story.

From what I know, the idea of time passing differently in spirit worlds, is more based on western stories of the fae. 

But something more common in Japanese folklore is spirit trickery/deception. Or more accurately. What you see, isn’t always what’s actually there.  Chihiro starts this story as a young child, before her coming-of-age arc, that more or less forces her to become ‘an adult’. More accurately. The challenges she faces makes her mature as a person. What’s the most common thing in folklore? Children see what’s actually there.

rewatched Whisper of the Heart for the hundredth time

There’s something about Studio Ghibli’s Water physics that I love

While it is a liquid, it tends to behave more gelatinously

It’s so beautiful while almost being awkward *bloop*

Gravity? Surface tension? No? Well, just let me hug her!!

Not even seeming to make skin or cloth wet

It looks so satisfyingly bouncy

I remember hearing/seeing a post where Ghibli’s water always -looks- like how water -feels-.

Like when you’re crying it just feels like

And when it’s raining it’s like

They just FEEL good.  Even the sad movies still give off that same feeling.  It’s almost tangible, but still feels like a fond memory.

Hayao Miyazaki Wants to Make Another Film

Anime News Network reported information uncovered on Japanese TV special "Owaranai Hito Miyazaki Hayao.” Although Miyazaki retired after what was supposed to be his final film—The Wind Rises (2013)—he now has plans to return to feature film yet again.

Miyazaki had recently been working on a 3D animated short for the Ghibli Museum, but the NHK special revealed that he’s had a feature film pitch in the back of his mind since August.

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