Favourite Studio Ghibli movie?

[zoetrope]

It's a four way tie between Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Totoro and Only Yesterday. <3

 

[Trickilicky]

Hard to choose, but my all-time favourite will probably always be Totoro, followed closely by Kiki. There's something really special about them and they give me good feels.

 

[Murray]

1. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2. The Wind Rises

3. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

 

[Amyy]

howls moving castle, and castle in the sky.
spirited away is also one that i really like

 

[Aeryka]

Wahh it's really hard to decide, but I guess..
1. Spirited away 2. Howl's moving castle 3. Princess mononoke 4. Kiki's delivery service (first one I've seen when I was really little)

But I absolutely adore the art work/scenes in the wind rises the most (even though they all blow me away)

I've seen so many, but these ones spark my interest the most.

 

[shunishu]

if you haven't seen Whisper of the Heart, you should really check it out. lots of people skip those kinds of ghibli movies, but it's really a treasure.

 

[CrossAnimal]

Spirited Away and Howls Moving Castle.

 

[sizzles]

Kiki's Delivery Service was the first one I watched (Gigi is so cute!) but I also like The Cat Returns~

 

[wassop]

howl's moving castle and kiki's delivery service ♥

 

[Panazel Maria]

What's Studio Ghi- Oooooh....

Yeah I've heard of Studio Ghibli before, but only because of Spirited Away, but what I do remember of Spirited Away wasn't like any other movie I've ever witnessed. I didn't know much though.

 

[erikaeliseh]

i cant believe i havent even seen princess mononoke. is it as good as spirited away/howls moving castle?

 

[DarkDesertFox]

Pretty much every Studio Ghibli movie I've seen recently I've given an 8/10 because it's always missing something. I've only seen four Studio Ghibli movies though. Hmm... It's been awhile since I've seen Castle in the Sky, but that one is probably my favorite. My favorite anime movie in general is Patema Inverted. Beautiful story, artwork, and characters.

 

[cheezyfries]

i grew up with these, and my favorite's kiki's delivery service, it's so nostalgic and cute. plus, i absolutely adore jiji, he's just the cutest. my least favorite was spirited away don't kill me because it scared tf out of me when i was a kid, the monster haunted all of my dreams. i also love howl's moving castle and totoro, totoro's always been a huge family classic, my sisters loved to take pictures with leaves as a hat and i think one of my sisters owns the cat bus pencil case, we also have the little dust bunnies on our windows! has anyone visited the studio ghibli museum? sadly when i visited they didn't have any tickets to walk-ups (you always have to buy them in advance), but the outside was incredible.

edit: sorry for the wall of text, these movies were like vital to my childhood hahah

is princess mononoke good? i've always wanted to watch it

 

[Mega_Cabbage]

My favorite would have to be Howl' s Moving Castle. Princess Mononoke would be next. I still need to watch Nausicaa and Kiki' s Delivery Service, but I haven't had the energy to do so.

 

[zoetrope]

To everyone asking about Princess Mononoke: I think it's one of the studio's best films but it's very different to most of their others. It's long, talky and violent. It reminds me a lot of Kurosawa films.

 

[CommanderLeahShepard]

Spirited Away. I saw it when I was younger and still really love it. No face is just so cute :3

 

[Geoni]

I was going to buy something like this! I was trying to find one of the original designs for the promotional posters & I was going to frame it and put it on my wall.

This is the one I was trying to find a physical copy of

Spoiler

I really like this poster by the way, honestly one of my favorite movie posters. I remember Miyazaki himself saying that the different types of bread that overwhelm the background represent the different emotional states of Kiki. And her expression in the poster as well makes me assume she's somebody who is both overwhelmed with her coming of age but also soaking in the experience, and then the vintage wood and the reflection of the woman and the old fashioned car lets you know what she's looking at: it's mundane but beautiful, and that's the reason that this film stands out more than some of his others - he grounds something magical in realism. He did that the most in Totoro, Kiki, and Porco Rosso, which is why I consider that time period the best ten years of his career. He does it in most of his films though, and it really says something great about his character - you can't say that about a lot of movie directors. Looking at the poster makes me really grateful to have shared the world with Miyazaki.

 

[kikiiii]

they're all so wonderful & well done but i must admit spirited away will always hold a special place in my heart ;0;

 

[shunishu]

It's a crying shame that Miyazaki has retired (finally) and that the studio is going down a more 3d-animated route. Part of the magic of ghibli films was the pristine 2d-animated graphics.

if you're referring to the Ronja Robber's Daughter series, that wasn't a ghibli project. miyazaki's son only directed it and the art style is similar. i think the times when ghibli used 3d was usually in a mix with classic animation and created pretty magical moments that would otherwise not have been possible. as seen in howl's moving castle and others.
so i don't necessarily see it as a bad thing..
classic animation is just utterly expensive and time consuming too, the funds are just missing and the arts dont get easily supported in these times.

what do you mean with finally? i dont think miyazaki has completely retired.. he's still involved just not as much as before. i'm sure he'll be back once he gets bored. as far as i know he'll be and is now working on new short movies for the ghibli museum and is currently finishing a samurai-themed manga. we'll see how things develop from here and how things get restructered. from what i heard miyazaki's son won't take over, but we'll see..

 

[LaBelleFleur]

My favourite is The Wind Rises, followed by Howl's Moving Castle. ^^