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To: struggle

Sad for you. Maybe you need to watch Spirited Away, Ponyo, and Howl’s Moving Castle with a child. I’ve watched all of these multiple times and each time I see something new to love. I’ve also watch them in Japanese. My granddaughter prefers Ponyo in Japanese with English sub-titles. I want to own Howl’s in Japanese too since i find some of the American voices annoying. Mononoke - some of the voices are annoying too. The graphic violence and stupid politic message keep me from loving it. Nausicca is long and tedious and if its the one I’m thinking of, also pushing a environazi message.


11 posted on 02/17/2012 7:42:48 AM PST by Mercat
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To: Mercat

Well, my wife’s Japanese and we all speak Japanese at home. Spirited Away was just ok and was kind of the decline side of Miyazaki in my opinion. My kids agree with me as they like the real rare oldies that have never been released in the US like Ponpoko.

I saw Mononoke-hime in the theaters in Japan in 1997 or so and it was awesome. Nausicca is long but the non-Disney release is longer and way better. As to enviro-nazi messages, Miyazaki is always pushing them, though I don’t really think the Nausicca is environmental as much as anti-weapons of mass destruction. Watch his first anime though, Future Boy Conan, it’s all environazi.


15 posted on 02/17/2012 8:48:27 AM PST by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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