Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Alt titles: Gake no Ue no Ponyo
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Ponyo is a goldfish who lives in the sea, and has an over-protective magician for a father. Soon Ponyo runs away from home and is rescued by a five-year-old boy named Sosuke. As she wants nothing more than to understand what it's like to be a human being, Ponyo uses magic to transform into a human girl, and the two begin to form a special bond. However, this magic results in drastic consequences, and one final test stands in Ponyo's way before she can truly be human. Can Ponyo fulfill her dream, or is she destined to return to the sea?
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My Neighbor Totoro
Alt titles: Tonari no Totoro
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- 1988
Satsuki, her younger sister Mei and their father have just moved to their new home in the countryside, where grand adventures await them. One day while playing outside in the garden Mei encounters a small creature and decides to follow it. After chasing it through the bushes Mei eventually finds herself at the base of a large Camphor tree and as she drops through a hole in its roots, she lands on the stomach of a large, sleeping forest spirit named Totoro. The two sisters befriend the gentle spirit and are soon introduced to a world more fantastical than they could ever imagine, from playing with soot spirits to meeting a Catbus, to flying through the air and even making the trees grow. However when Mei disappears, Satsuki must call on the help of her new friends if she wants any hope of being able to find her sister...
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add recPonyo and Totoro are the sweetest Ghibli films, occasionally to the point of being cloying. They follow the largely innane adventures of two very young children in a world that on some level resembles our own, but is at the same time seamlessly magical.
Catbusses and Prehistoric fish have never been filled with more imagination. To compliment the wonder and awe of these sequences, the films are grounded by genuine portrayals of young children, emotional fragility, forthright innoncence, rampant curiousity and all.
These two movies are Miyazaki's movies that are most squarely in the "children's movie" arena, and thus have the most simple stories. This isn't necessarily a bad thing--both are wonderful films, filled with gorgeous visuals, Ghibli charm and Miyazaki's strengths as a director. In particular, if a kid you know likes one movie, the other will probably be really enjoyable to them, too.
My Neighbour Totoro and Ponyo are the two Ghiblis primarily aimed at young children. Apart from sharing stylistic elements, both being Miyazaki work, they both try to provoke a sense of wonder in the audience, and exude charm. In both, the animation is superb, and although Ponyo's is (stylistically) less detailed, the two share the assiduous attention to detail characteristic of Miyazaki.
Spirited Away
Alt titles: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
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- 2001
Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new home, when they discover an abandoned amusement park. After Chihiro's family mysteriously turn into pigs, she is thrown into a surreal world of magic and fantasy. Join her as she struggles to survive in the bathhouse of the gods, ruled by an evil witch who has stolen not only her name, but her way back to the real world.
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add recBoth very cute and imaginative films with loveable characters and amazing scenery. If you liked one, youll definately like the other :)
The stories here are basicly opposites. While Spirited Away is an "Alice in Wonderland"-like tale, Ponyo is about magi erupting into out, ordinary world. But the magical wonders in both features are filled with similar amazing powers of creativity. Not to mention they both center around a cild protagonist.
My Beautiful Girl Mari
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- 2002
My Beautiful Girl, Mari is a story of two childhood friends, Nam-woo and Jun-ho, who are growing up in a fishing village full of unwanted change. With the discovery of a glowing marble, Nam-woo sometimes finds himself in a lush, dreamlike world, inhabited by a beautiful girl named Mari. With more change inevitable, Nam-woo and Jun-ho struggle to cope with reality, even when tragedy strikes.
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add recGorgeous kaliope of design and a vast storybook of watercolored backgrounds.
The story of both are magical tales that can be viewed by all. Family friendly, but still fun if your older as well.
Prepare for some wonderful stories from both. One is more dreamlike (Mari) and one is more environmental fantasy (Ponyo). Both are a treat.
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