How to See True Magic, According to Hayao Miyazaki
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Okay it's not technically "magical realism", but the effect is so similar and so powerful, it's the closest term we could find. In some ways, what Ghibli is doing with these animations is even more powerful than magical realism.
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I didn't truly get this film until the second time I watched it. American me was like "why is the magic so sparse" until I had my own magical experiences and learned "yeah, the magical experiences never happen when you look for them, you have to actually live your life and let them happen when they happen." Like falling in love with a stray cat. You see them when you see them, and occasionally you get to slowly blink at them.
What a beautiful way to phrase that, especially that last part
An old story has the sunrise as a magical experience, the observer being someone who recently had an operation that allowed them to see for the first time.
To me it is a child laughing or hugging it's parent. A butterfly or ladybird in flight.
You do not need magic for a magical experience.
@@seriousmaran9414 "if you could remove the blinders of habit, your trip to the grocery would become a thing of wonder."
the last sentence just stole my heart
@liimlsan3 but mine is, I am writing about a mother and her young daughter who's hair has turned 'naturally blue' due to plot reasons. I never thought it could be so difficult. Lots of words that fit in to an adult vocabulary just can't be used.
It's totally derailed the plot, but do I care?
"Let there be Totoros in the trees".
Simple phrase that sums magical realism perfectly.
As a person that has watched both Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, I can confirm both are magical.
Princess Mononoke opened up my mind as a kid. Spirited away did as well... I was camping when I saw Spirited Away for the first time and apparently told my dad that every ember in the fire was a spirit joining the greater world... Haha too bad the society has all but destroyed everything I see as magical...maybe that's just a part of growing up
And I liked them both heh howls was a lil bit crazier I'd say but both were great 😊😊❤❤❤
The harder task would be to name a Miyazaki film that *doesn't* have at least some magical-ness in it.
I'm now remembering an anecdote Miyazaki had, that a mother said "my kid watched this film like fifty times!" And he was depressed - "If she loves the film that much, she should be inspired to play outside, not watch it again."
(Granted, Blues Clues found out that kids really do like to dive into media or hear the same bedtime story over and over, but I get his point!)
There is a middle way to view that...there was a period of a few weeks when I watched Princess Mononoke every single day, but then going outside into nature afterward felt like a sacred, magical thing.
And I get where Miyazaki is coming from, but he is a notorious curmudgeon, it's probably best to take any given thing he says with a grain of salt 😅
I get that, because while they were my favorite movies as a kid, I didn't watch them that often. It did inspire me to go outside and play, and i spent a lot of my time as a kid playing outside! I had specific movies I'd watch over and over to go to bed(nightmare before Christmas!), but I didn't like to do that with movies like Kiki's Delivery Service cause I wanted to see it all every time. I didn't want to to go sleep after watching it!
@@groofay I mean, unless he's exaggerating, I totally see where he's coming from, watching the same film 50 times is a bit much, especially when the very heart of the film is about the beauty and magic of going outside and playing, I don't think he's being an old fart and judging that child, I think he's just disappointed that his film is so good but apparently not good enough to inspire its fans to go outside and explore the world, it's a personal failure as a filmmaker for him, or at least that's the perspective I think Miyazaki was implying by this anecdote
As a creator who specializes in Miyazaki's worldbuilding - this video was such a joy to watch
This is why My Neighbor Totoro (and mostly all of Miyazaki's films) hold such a special place in my heart. Even as a child, his movies always encouraged me to explore the outside and let my imagination run wild. I never lived in a place that gave me a lot of freedom to physically run about, but a little open-mindness and imagination always help made my tiny backyard, or cramp bedroom feel like its own fantastical little world that only I could interact with. And growing up, I think that mentality not only helps our creativity and world-building, but it also fuels our humanity, and it helps us to be more compassionate and slow-tempered towards others.
The ability to see the everyday wonder is a life lesson that transcends both time and age~
Studio Ghibli has some of the best storytelling and art, you can’t change my mind.
Nobody wants to.
Kiki's Delivery Service held much importance for me and my sisters, even long after we had grown up. But looking back on it, more and more, it hits harder with age; trying to figure one's self out, to find one's place in the world, and to develop confidence in one's gifts. It's such a difficult thing, for most of us-seeking out our individual roles, our niches in the grand scheme of things. It can be so daunting...but watching a young witch endure her own trials, as she is growing up as her own person, is such a precious reminder to keep finding our own magic. And not only that, but to know that we all fall, and on many days...but it's normal, and we haven't failed if we can learn to pick ourselves back up and fly again.
Very special movie. I immediately wanted to watch it again after it was over.
I have seen the Boy and the Heron twice now, and I absolutely love it as Miyazaki's final foray into this kind of fantasy in reality... tackling themes of the loss of innocence, dealing with death, accepting new relationships... Ghibli movies always hit the mark.
Bro this isn't tale foundry it's Fact Foundry cuz this man spitten Facts every video
Ponyo was my childhood inteoduction to Studio Ghibli, and whenever I’ve seen another movie like it since I’ve immediatley watched it! I absolutely loved your description of the alternate points of view, from say a fish or from a child, it’s incredible!
LEEETS GOOO, IM SO HYPED FOR THIS!!!. ghibli has a special place in my heart and its really hard to explain, im really interested to see how talefoundry explains about it!.
As someone who wants to create a comic with a precise style that I can't recreate, a certain realism, this had opened to so many infinite option that I feel lost in a good way
Calvin and Hobbes
Early gang. I'm a simple man: I see Ghibli mentioned, I click.
My favorite studio 😄
Same my mans
Same
same x2
i saw magical realism mentioned, and i clicked. my absolute favourite genre.
I understood the magic being the kids' way of coping with the stress of moving to a new home, exploring unfamiliar territory, worrying about their mom's health, and searching for a missing sibling. Once that idea clicked I started sobbing and hugged my kids a little tighter before bed that night.
I’d say my “Totoro experience” wasn’t actually with My Neighbor Totoro, but with a book called Fablehaven. It’s not quite like Totoro, of course, but my experience with Fablehaven sounds a lot like what you described what Totoro did for you: it reminded me that magic is still there, you just have to have the right perspective.
Calvin & Hobbes did that for me! 1 of the few parts of my childhood that I will always be proud of.
Also I feel like u can incle Roald dhal in this cuz even though his stories aren't as fantastical as studio Ghibli but I just finished his book called the bfg and it was so good
@@thatguywhoasked2823 Yeah, Love Roald Dhal!
My neighbor Totoro reminds me a lot of the themes of one of the greatest comics ever to appear in newspaper: Calvin and Hobbes. the blurring between the world of the protagonists and the obviously adult world. And we the audience see that both are just as real.
When i was very little, about 3, my mother got me My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service. She just got them cause they had cute animals on the cover, she didn't really know what they were! They were so unlike every other movie Id watched. I remember it left me awestruck, but almost afraid, like if I played the movie to many times the soot sprites would get into my house. I remember it prompting me to look for them in the dark corners of my own house. Around 4 or so our house burned down, and I lost both movies and had no idea what they were called. So they just sat as fuzzy memories in the back of mind most of my childhood.
My first Studio Ghibli movie was Spirited Away, and I was hooked: I loved the colors, and watching Chihiro grow and change, and learn to be brave in spite of the adversity she faced. Even so, I would find myself thinking she was CLEARLY a spoilt only child, a whiner who'd never had to do a day of work in her life. I still loved it, but it wasn't until I watched Howl's Moving Castle, with Sophie, the Older Sister, being kindly admonished by her baby sister Lettie to "do something for yourself, will you," and how her lack of self-worth colors everything about her, and yet she goes on to kick ass and take names. It was wonderful to see, and for me the magic parts weren't actually the magic, but watching Sophie moving unconcernedly through the world: Sophie bullying Cal into helping her cook breakfast, her helping Howl when he's having a meltdown, the strength it had to take to leave her home in the first place, and then to come back. I don't know what I'm trying to say at this point: Studio Ghibli gives me all of the feels?
I love Studio Ghibli movies so much. The worlds created by Studio Ghibli are always beautiful no matter how many times I rewatch them. I read online once that the food in Ghibli movies always looks amazing is because many of them are dishes that Hayao Miyazaki has cooked himself. I also know Studio Ghibli has a strict ‘no edits’ policy for international versions and dubs which was adopted after company who was responsible for the distribution of the film in United States heavily edited the it. Apparently when the same company was handling the US release of another one of his films one of Miyazaki’s company producers sent the a fake Katana to the US company’s producer (while he worked for the company he was known to heavily edit films) with the message ‘no cuts’.
I love stories like this. I never had time to embrace my childhood, so stories like this give me hope in things I otherwise wouldn't.
My favorite Ghibli movie is howl’s moving castle, I like realistic depiction of war in it.
I'm glad I watched this video. Ot got me to question why I lend my eyes to the outside world, so far as to walk instead of running to my summer job. I remember the time I went to Six Flags for my senior trip. The awe, the speed, the heights, the screams... they were beautiful. I'm reminded of why I questioned and want to learn how to get control of "shower thoughts," those are still magical. I also remember a video you guys did about magic systems, and how they seem less magical... and more scientific... so magic isn't really about spells, isn't it? It's the wonder we dared to lose so steadily that we didn't even notice it's draining... many of us actually forget it was even part of us. And that's why I'm glad to have watched this video... What's your name, Mr. robot?
*sigh* this hit home. I’ve been thinking about childhood a lot. It makes me wanna cry. But I have a small daughter who I’ve introduced to Ghibli, and she adores Totoro and Kiki and Ponyo. The magic she sees in the everyday reminds me of when I used to hunt for fairies in the garden or look at a pile of pillows like a mountain to climb. It’s beautiful. Great video!
Whenever I see a well made Zelda hint in a top tier channel like Tale Foundry, the puzzle solved jingle kicks off in my heart 🥹
Legend of Zelda and link ?? Is there a movie, I used to watch the cartoon after I devoured the game absolutely loved the Nintendo game n spy hunter , Shinobi, Tetris, Mario bros I didn't care for I like puzzle n riddle games I have never been stumped by any riddle n have had ppl search the internet to try n find one I couldn't solve so I created about 100 new ones that I could not find n never heard obviously,the first one because of my region accent was , What type of fish electrocutes you??? Ans: lmk iywk.
@@AnglandAlamehnaSwedish sorry what
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I always find joy in Studio Ghibli movies.
The stories are always so beautiful and the messages are just as beautiful.
I love to watch those movies, and they have affected me in a way. Being able to understand them, it sometimes does help make the world brighter. Being able to romanticize everyday life.
Carry yourself with the determination of Mei holding that ear of corn!
Best studio covered by best YT channel. Perfect combo.
Studio Ghibli are my favorite studio in the world , time flew so fast , I have a lot of memories with it
I’ve also slowly been watching all the studio ghibli movies, and each one sticks with me in completely different ways, they are amazing
This movie was one of my favorites as a child, and still is today, honestly.
I love studio Ghibli films there's so much fun❤
this video is everything why I love this channel.
One thing I've been noticing in some great games lately is ones that "feel like you remember." If you actually them up to the PSX or SNES or whatever, the differences are obvious. but they capture the vibrant adventures and sprawling landscapes we thought of when we played them all those years ago. They didn't see an old game and hardware and build from there, they shifted perspective to the youth, and THEN built what they felt and saw. Totoro, as that was your primary example, isn't actually an accurate portrayal of things you literally encountered as a kid. But when I was playing in the woods with a friend and a stick, that's what we felt! what we saw!
Why is the sky’s voice so calming like I just feel like he could win like one of those go to sleep podcast?
This is beautiful! I should watch more Ghibli some time, I saw Totoro when I was very young so I barely remember it, but now I know where I felt like I'd seen the soot sprites in Stardew Valley before from! I saw Howl's Moving Castle a few years ago, and that's it... I'll definitely try to watch more at some point!
I would Highly recommend almost all of Studio Ghibli's films. There are some that aren't as good and some I disliked, but if I were to point out the good ones I'd be recommending all but 5 or so.
My Favorites are Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, and Howl's Moving Castle.
Technically Nausicaa was made before Studio Ghibli was founded, but it may as well be. And as an extension I would recommend it's manga if you are so inclined though with the knowledge that it is very different from the movie.
I had the very nice opportunity of first seeing this movie as a young kid and its a whole different experience. Seeing everything with the same eyes that Mei and Satski do is just wonderful
thats why I always make sure to throw it on if im baby sitting, Its such a good movie for both kids and adults.
I work as a cashier and it never ceases to fascinate me when little children come through and are mesmerized by the debit machine or the little cheque writing platform that pops out of the side of the till.
What's more lovable about this film is that the adult does not dismiss' Mae and Sasuki's magical experiences, the magic was engraved in all of them, even the adults. It might be more of a superstition than a magical encounter, nonetheless, they treated the kid's experience as nature showing themselves to the kids and not some imagination. Take for example when Mae and Sasuki first met Grandma and they were talking about the soots, Grandma talk about the wonders of these creatures and how as a kid, these creatures show themselves to them. When Mae first met Totoro and his friends and told her father and Sasuki, her father did not dismiss her or said that Totoro is an imagination, he knows that Totoro might've been real, and as he said, Totoro will show himself again if he wanted to as they say their thanks and show their respect to the huge tree.
I have always try to spray a wasp with a hose. They completely dodge every drop. The truly live in a faster paced world.
I agree 1000% with this video. Those sparks of wonder are less common in my life as I get older, but I hope I never completely lose my ability to find moments of magic in the ordinary.
There's a path on a local walking trail, that I refuse to ever walk down. It forks off from the main trail, and the trees arch neatly overhead with branches touching most of the way until it goes around a gentle curve out of sight.
I don't skip it because I'm afraid of something bad happening.
I skip it because if I walk down it, I'd never again be able to imagine the secret entrance to a Fae kingdom that is absolutely hiding farther down the path around the bend.
I've never told anyone which path or which trail it's on. I rarely talk about it at all. As long as the path stays un-walked and un-mentioned, the magic there stays impossible to disprove.
Thats actually pretty cool
That beautifully rendered animation bit was so good
I love the animation movements that u did with Yr hands
I can't help but smile whenever you upload , there's not enough videos out there that fill me with as much joy, happiness and wonder as your's. Truly it is magical keep it up.
Wow, I didn’t expect ghibli from this channel!🤯🤯🤯🤯
first time on the channel and i'm already loving it the art style the calming voice good job you've earned one more to that vast amount of subs
I have a technique like this of my own. I call it " Don't take it for granted." Looking past what I think I know is fun.
I've watched few Ghibli studios movies, and holy, they are truly creating a masterpiece after a masterpiece
i love his films. he's one of only a handful of film makers i know the name of. my memory is poor but i have to remember him.
Fell in love with Howl's Moving Castle...a nostalgia hit for me
I wasn't expecting this video in this channel, but boy does it make my heart melt!
This is going in my playlist of resources for writing. Well done, Talebot.
Thank you so so much for this video! So helpful
The fact that this made me cry so hard, proves how great you are at convincing me in things. Thanks!
it's been really invigorating watching your videos, as an artist. i constantly get lost in a fog of uncertainty about what makes art impactful or meaningful, and it's nice to see such things laid out in a simple way. sometimes you just have to remember that the most important things are also the most fundamental; go back to the basics and think about the root of the issue, as it were.
My Neighbor Totoro is one of my favorite movies and it never fails to make me smile. I don't think I could ever properly articulate the magic and emotions it made me feel. This was an excellent video and I'm so happy that other people get to experience the magic of this movie
There is magic and wonder everywhere in this world - we need only be open to it, and allow ourselves to dream
This was so inspiring! I've never paid attention to whether or not I could achieve this whimsical strategy, but I'm going to try it out soon enough.🙂
You put this so beautifully- I watched Totoro for the first time in my kindergarten classroom, and I remember being in awe at the adventure of it all- But when presented with toys and images of the fantastical creatures in the film, like the catbus and Totoro, I felt disappointed at the lack of wonder. What I think appealed to me, what seemed the most magical in the eyes of my 6 y.o self, was the things you described- A vast new house of rotten wood and mysterious acorns, a beautiful garden, a forest to run through and the freedom to run through it. Things that seemed magical to my child self growing up in the city where such things were too dangerous, and the closest I could get to it were the hundreds of acorns at the only tree that produced them by the bus stop, the climbing into the hollowed-out bushes at the playground the school eventually cut because the teacher’s couldn’t see inside of them where the children played, and the roaring of the highway on a bridge overhead. The magic was there, and beautiful, but it was different than the rural magic displayed in the film, which was what really captivated my imagination as a kid. That there were new and vast adventures past the ones I had done a hundred times in the city, and I could go out and find them one day.
I hope I do :)
I grew up with my neighbor Totoro, the original fox dub from the 90s. I lived in Japan for a few years then, too, probably about the age Satsuki is in the film.
I never believed in magic as a child. I wanted to, so badly, and I still do, but I never thought my play was real. In fact, I couldn't play with toys well on my own, because I could only ever see them as shaped plastic. When my older sister was mad at me once, when I was about six, I remember her spitefully telling me, "Well-- Santa isn't even real!" And my slightly confused reaction of "...duh?"
So I can't connect to the magical realism of childhood in the same way. Not once did it occur to me that My Neighbor Totoro was only what the girls remembered, the story in their head as they explored, until watching this. I thought the story was meant to be literally true, that the tunnel Mei went through really did shift paths like that.
Both interpretations are good, I think. Fairy regions are just Like That, it makes sense to me shinto / similar beliefs of Japanese culture are probably Like That too. Likely there's a sociology/psychology root for these things, but... Magic can't be real for me in my life, but I can at least choose to believe it's real in fiction. I don't want to lose any more magic than I have to, since there's such precious little to go around.
Also it's absolutely wild to hear of someone landing on Totoro after a lot of other things, because for most of my childhood, it was the only one available in English at all. Kiki's Delivery Service was next, I think, I know we got it on VHS, and then Spirited Away won best animation and Disney was able to bankroll the widespread high quality dub releases, including their version of Totoro... I can't really even watch the movie anymore, because it's just so slightly different. I'd rather watch it in Japanese than the Disney dub tbh, not because the Disney dub is lower quality or anything-- it's probably not -- but it's just *incorrect* to my mind that expects the Fox dub. :(
I don’t think your experience is strange at all. I think most kids know that toys are toys and what they’re doing when playing is just make-believe. And that’s just it - you have to make yourself believe in the magic, because the magic isn’t really there. …Or is it? I’m in my mid-thirties now and sometimes I think I feel the magic. But the magic isn’t out there hiding just out of sight. It’s inside of us. When you let go of your rational sense, even just a little, and imagine what could be, that in itself is a magical act. When you’re on top of a mountain looking down into a valley, the magic is in your experience, not in the mountain, valley, or sky. It’s easy in this day and age to attribute rational, science-based explanations to experiences we can’t make sense of, but the next time a kind stranger does something for you, or you meet a deer and her fawn while walking in the mist, or you see a strange object in the sky, don’t bother rationalizing it. Just let the magic exist.
@@floramewlol I felt the same way, but when I had a kid it was the Disney version that we bought and after watching it like 100 times now, I’ll admit it’s grown on me. But “soot gremlins” is grating on the ears. “Dust bunnies” was the better term. I guess it didn’t quite convey their magic in the same way though. But it should be obvious that these are magical dust bunnies seeing as they move and have eyes lol
Wrt literalism, maybe. It's very hard to compare internal experiences, heh. But I guess I mean that... Like yes I'm sure kids know the horse is made of plastic, but without my sister with me to come up with the stories, I would just stare at the toys (or maybe put them in Inappropriate Positions because I knew it made the grown ups upset lmao). I couldn't think of the stories to play with them.
Ironically, perhaps, I now write fiction and enjoy DnD. Original fiction is harder for me to get started with, because I have to build my own rules (though Save the Cat has helped a fair bit). I can work with someone else's start very easily, but it's very hard for me to see things as anything other than what they literally are without a prior suggestion. I'm also very poor at coming up with similes and metaphors, as you might imagine, lmao.
@@Nobddy you know, I haven't tried to watch on a while but yeah, now that you mention it, I'm pretty sure that's the biggest thing that felt Wrong about the new one, haha. Though I also tried to sing along to the intro song the last time I watched it iirc, and stumbled when it was A Bit Different. And my repetition loving autism brain be like 🥺
I love Ghibli so much, always a joy to see it covered
I just watched Ponyo the other night, so its a nice coincidence
A rule I've made for myself as a creative is to try to watch a Ghibli movie at least once a month to refresh and remind myself of that magic and perspective, plus its a nice getaway from the anxieties of life to just hunker down with a blanket, a snack, and a comforting film
My man. The fucking _intro_ made me cry; it's not often you see a piece of media that does that to you.
I’d never seen that new animated tale foundry intro so it felt like a fitting Ghibli moment
The passion you exude for these subjects in every video is tangible.
Miyazaki is a filmmaker who has never once made a movie I didn't enjoy. And frankly, he's the only one I've ever been able to say that about 😊
Very well done my friend, i think another inresting video you could do is one on pom poko, and the idea of people wanting to believe things arent majic when they clearly are not understandable through science humans will do all they can to denie majic and other perspectives
Seeing this intro always makes me happy
I think this video leaves a more magical impression than totoro itself, amazing work!!\
We gain a sense of scale, however flawed, as we age. This lets us instinctively shift our view of things to understand them in the least fantastical, and most practical, mode possible.
Learning to set this aside is how you TRULY empathize with others, and it is in the massive shadow of that incredible cognitive ability that you find the deepest of magiks.
Mmmmmgh talebot voice make me comfyyyyyy...
Words mere cannot express how astonishing you are, truly magnificent. Love your art.
The cat bus makes me smile like crazy any time I see it or think about it.
A good example is how I see the world and how it´s colored by my experiences, interest and knowledge. As a machinist i look at everything we humans make, especially from metal, and "see" the history of how these things came to be. How they started out as raw ore, molten and processed, then how they were worked by a multitude of different machines and processes to become what they are. A history aproximated with a single look. I also cantantly percive the wear and tear of our devices and things differntly to a person who does not have constant exposure to formulas and rules calculating and depicting the expected life of a tool or workpiece. It´s a very differnt world view from someone who works an office or a social job.
Further, taking a large interest in how the world works and the physics of it, how everything came to be and how everything will go on, if I let my mind wander the world is again different. The superflous state of things falls away and a much grander "feeling" of everything being conected and ticking away led by the rules that gouvern existance takes the foregrund. The thrum of life, a constant chemical reaction keeping itself going for billions of years all around. The light around me being just waves of probability constntly collapsing into reality. Everything around me being made up of mostly nothing with a little bit in the center that pretends to be something. The reality i can see just a veneer on multiple much grander, wonderous and unimaginably vast worlds that I can just about percive the borders of when stopping and letting my mind wander. In such moment´s I can still see a magic to the world. Have a sense of wonder and unknown looking at the reality I exist in. At the same time so very close but also infinitely far away. And at often I feel melancholic that many people cannot "see" it. Cannot feel the wonder of our world, that just beneath the surface there is so much more. So much that we know, and much more that we don´t know. And while that can make me feel small, I am still part of it. The atoms I am made up from created in supernovas and neutron star colisions billions of years ago, some even shortly after the beginning of the universe. Many of them having "lived" in other beings before, be it plat or animal. Some going back billions of years, maybe among the first life to live, crawling out of the water for the first time, walking among the dinoraurs and maybe even part of an ancoestor some million years ago. And once I am gone, part of me will likely at some point get to "live" again.
And now I folded back into a philosophical rant, but then again, as the saying goes, the fringes of science always border into philosphy. But well, it´s a very dear and deeply fascinating topic for me. Many people search for something greater, some god or mystical element, disparaging a purely "worldly" look on the world. But really, in my mind, even such a worldview that only bases itself of scientific findings and theory has it´s very own mystical and grander elements to it. I don´t need a deeper meaning to life, or a deity that dictates it. Life has no predestined meaning to me, but that doesn´t make it meaningless. If there if no meaning, we are as free as we can be, free to find or make our own meaning. No god´s to dictate our way, but free to find our own. And all of that in a world that is filled with real mystery, and us by now knowing enough to do many things that are basically magic. Poetically framing it as an example, the LHC in cern is a machine we have build to just for the fraction of a moment ignite en emeber of the very fires of creation to look at it and deepen our understaning of the mysteries of existence. Even the dryest formula or most sterile scientific experiment is basically a magic ritual to question the very existence and gleam some secrets from it´s answer. There is still so much wonder even in such a "grounded" existance. Echos of ancient pasts reverberating through the very fabric of reality, unfathomable "monsters" erasing and ingesting everything that dares to err to close, nigh infinite worlds existing around a sea of diferent suns, all sourrounded by the largest mystery of them all. How are we even here in the first place? How came everything to be? And what lies beyond? And the question that follows up shortly behind. How far can we go? How much can we find out and learn?
Here we go Ghibli😊
Wow. This is inspiring me. I now have an idea of how to fix a bad but important scene in the book I am writing. And also, I now understand that what can't be put to words could just be made into an emotion surrounding it. Where can I learn more such things? Time to find out!
This video was so touching, it made me cry😌
I would really love to see a Tale Foundry analysis of “We have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson. Such a unique, confusing, convoluted story, in which the reality of the setting is unknown.
And such fun, interesting choices made in the writing- just read the beginning paragraph and you’ll see what I mean.
As always, thank you .
Pinocchion by Guillermo del Toro could be considering a magical realism film?
Yep!
Princess Mononoke is my favorite movie. My kids connected with Totoro. I love this take on Ghibli... thanks!
in my d&d game the main plot of the campaign revolves around the fact that there's no god of magic, and the character who will eventually take on that role is right for it precisely because she understands this other type of magic. it's a really interesting story to play around with in a game where magic is so real and tangible. she uses a lot of illusion magic because "the magic isn't in the spell, it's in the people believing what they see"
Birds walking on air that is a wonderful thought!
I know it's just a plug for Brilliant, but the sciences and the arts have always been intrinsically tied together.
As a long time fan of Miyazaki's work I would love to see more videos covering his many films as all of them are examples of masterful story writing, even some of his lesser known works like the original manga version of Nausicaa of the valley of the wind carries extremely deep themes that almost all modern books and movies fail to hold a candle to.
Interesting that you mention holding off on this movie for so long. When I was a kid it was the first Ghibli movie I saw
Yes! I love these videos
I love the contrast you make between My Neighbor Totoro and Turning Red
Studio Ghibli creates fantastical worlds that live forever in people's hearts
Woah, man. That's deep.
This reminds me of how in almost every kid’s cartoon you’ll see an episode were at least one character from the main cast becomes small. The concept has always fascinated me. The doll house looks like a normal house, the lawn becomes a forest, the bugs and pets become giant beasts. The characters find new and unique ways to use every day items that you would otherwise never use that way. A ruler can become a bridge and a lead can become a boat or a parachute
The animishon at 1:38 is wonderful like it made my day just seeing that 1:38
Great video!
Something I always need to remember is that this is a Japanese film and thus based on Japanese culture.
The magic always being there, behind the business of life, is from my understanding - is a common theme of Japanese art. Japanese culture before modernization was believed to be a culture deeply connected with the land, with the spirit, with what it means to be Japanese.
I read a book called, "A Year In the Life of a Shinto Shrine", and the Shinto priests talk about how they're essentially "evangelizing" back to the Japanese people. They talk about some of the spiritual struggles of Japanese life, is that forgetting or ignoring that important spark of life for Japanese people. The busy, productive modern of the Japanese people has scraped away at them from the inside. Coming back to Shintoism would be the balm for the missing spark.
Once I read that book (and got to playing some games such as Nioh 2), Japanese media makes a lot more sense now. Another example, Nioh 2's story seems extremely weird and odd. However, that's from a Western perspective where the Sengoku Jidai is unfamiliar. Unlike in Japan, where this is something known/taught since a young age and continuously exposed via various media.
Spirited Away to Western eyes comes off as wild, imaginative, and completely out-of-this world. A whole level of creativity beyond what is ever seen. However, that's not the case from Japanese eyes. It's familiar. The subtle messages understood. It's a common message heard many times before, shared in beautiful art.
Anyway, I think the message is universal - growing up does not mean the magic ends. For us, we have the Chronicles of Narnia in which Susan forgets the magic of Narnia for the sake of "growing up". There is something important and special that happens to us and the world when that love of that magic never ends.
It was very interesting!! Would be great if you could make more videos about anime (Ranpo Kitan, Bleach, Mushishi, or Higurashi would be great).
My Neighbor Totoro was the first movie I ever loved. It was the first time I ever saw a movie or show capture the feelings of wonder and magic I felt in the world and amplify them, and I was just as fascinated at the longing shots of plants and nature and loving emotions and touches as I was of any of the "magic". There are golden memories I have of running around my best friends house and singing the movies songs, feeling this kind of excited joy of the world that I only ever felt in Miyazaki movies at that age
His videos should get more views and likes , it's just not fair
Thank you
I truly love youre videoos ❤
I don't know why but I cried several times while watching this.
We don't just watch a Studio Ghibli film; thoughts get provoked and feelings spark in even the numbest of hearts.
The thoughts and feelings sync up together as one unified energy. In that moment of presence, we EXPERIENCE the magic that happens from within. 🎁
i grew up in many places, each new house i slept and ate within feeling like different chapters of my life. we moved every three to four years and every place felt the same but drastically different. i always, always lived within a suburban nightmare of endless houses and stroads with no end in sight-- except for one place.
that place was still within a suburban hell i knew all too well, but right behind our street was a dirt path. it stretched out beyond the end of our street into a small wooded area, where i was forbidden to go but went anyway plenty of times. it was some of the most fun i'd ever had.
i would have given everything to live in a place such as those little girls did my whole childhood, never moving because my dad's job needed us to. knowing the name of every tree, stone, and critter nearby, exploring places i never knew could exist, believing that soot sprites and fluffy goblins were always just around the corner.
i would have given anything to live a life like that.
My Neighbor Totoro is a movie that fulfills that desire. it makes me feel like i am at home.
all of studio ghibli's films do. i think that's what makes them so iconic, so comforting, so beloved. they make you feel things you want so badly to know again, to ever have known. the fears as a child of losing your parents and the world becoming hostile, in spirited away when the protagonist's parents become pigs and the spirits are all out to get her. the thrill of embarking on an epic adventure to save the world, in howl's moving castle. and the small things, that seem so much bigger when you're young, like finding evil sprites in the shadows and magical creatures in the forest.