I still haven't seen Totoro.

I've seen Mononoke (first one), Nausica, Porco Roso, Spirited Away, Howl's, Ponyo, and half of The Cat Returns. (not sure if all of those are his)

Actually, I was leaving through my fairy tale book and came across a story about a land of cats. I don't recall the name (my book is back home) but there was a picture of a cat leading a young girl into a trap door that apparently lead to cat land. I was in a hurry so I didn't read it.

Is Arietty a Miyazaki film? Since it's similar to the Borrowers, I'm wondering if there's a connection with the cat fairy tale too.

I've never seen any of those Japanese movies. D:

They're great movies. Porco Rosso is a little on the odd side. Spirited Away is really good, and was up for an Oscar I think for animated film. I believe it won. Disney has been bringing the Miyazaki films over so the dubbing is good. The show talking about how they do it is interesting. Apparently they match the mouth movements made by the animation, so the dialolgue sometimes changes to make things fit, since it takes different amounts of time so say the same things in English versus Japanese. If I recall correctly, English is faster, so it sometimes needs extra words put in.

I also consider the Miyazaki movies a good "baby step" into Anime for the people who aren't familiar with it. There are a lot of assumptions surrounding it (like how everyone is big eyed, big haired, and acts like a porn star) and it can be a pain in the rear end trying to correct what people assume about Japanese cartoons.

Totoro! I was going to buy a little Totoro cell phone case the other day.

No, Arietty isn't a Miyazaki film. It was produced by Studio Ghibli, who works on Miyazaki films, though.

Arietty isn't? I totally thought it was? HA!

I thought it was at first as well, but it's not. Miyazaki-sensei just trained the artists at Studio Ghibli really well. Did you know that he draws most of his own characters and storylines?

I want to see Arietty ouo it looks good.

sad its not a Miyazaki film though..

Does it really matter if it's still a good film?

it doesn't but i love miyazaki films

father and son miyazaki make good films *w*


and according to the wiki the screen play is written by miyazaki

I agree that it doesnt really matter as long as it is good. Its also good to get out that few directors circle.

I havnt seen that movie though.

^^, I never meant to sound like it has to be miyazaki.. i just miss seeing new works from him..

So that's why it looks like Miyazaki's work; he wrote the storyline!

Yeah i didnt notice. Sorry! Im on my phone so some things gets missed.

I'm back from my walk now. What's up, everyone? :]

*flops on to thread*