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This recent interview with Mamoru Oshii has him saying he no longer wants to make anime, preferring live-action films. That's a shame.
The reasons he gives are pertinent to our discussion as well.
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If anyone can suggest TV series in the last, oh, say, 10 years that are really significant I'd be keen to watch them!
First and foremost, I'd suggest "Mushi-shi". Made in 2006, it's about a man travelling the countryside and helping people afflicted by "mushi" - sorts of proto-animal lifeforms that cause strange and interesting existential diseases. Serene and therapeutic while also engaging the mind.
I'm consistently surprised when I think that such a laid-back and thoughtful series is as popular as it is. The manga is one of the top ten bestsellers in Japan and the anime has two seasons and counting. I wouldn't miss it.
I also enjoyed "Parasyte", but that's an entirely different kind of series - more action-packed. Similar to "Tokyo Ghoul", if you've seen/heard of that.
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Hosada's works are practically not very serious, they are entertaining but there is no message.
Have you seen "Wolf Children"? I felt that the exploration of family relationships and personal growth in that film was excellent.
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Yes, consistency is an issue. I guess art takes time. Miyazaki-san was able to turn out masterpieces so quickly and so well... Hosoda and Shinkai can match his rate, but their quality still needs improvement before they can reach him.
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"2001: A Space Odyssey" and "WALL-E" don't have much dialogue, but both are classics. Not to mention all the Charlie Chaplin silent films.
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I left for my mission in Argentina from 2010-2012, then returned and went to college, which kept me plenty busy for the next 3.5 years. (I'll be finishing up in December.) That's the short version.
Still a big fan of Ghibli films, though, and this is my favorite fan site, so I thought I'd return and see what's going on.
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Mamoru Oshii and Katsuhiro Otomo don't seem too promising. Neither of them has made anything of note - as far as I know, and correct me if I'm wrong - for more than ten years.
Oshii made "Ghost in the Shell" in 2004. He also made "Jin-Roh" and "Angel's Egg". While those are all fairly well-known - GitS most of all, especially with the upcoming live-action film, which I have high hopes for - he hasn't made much else, especially in recent years. Some random directorial bits - an adaptation of "Halo", some "Patlabor" stuff - but nothing really big.
Otomo is pretty much in the same boat. He made "Akira" and "Steamboy" - the first of which is arguably the most influential anime film of all time in the West and the second of which is... forgettable, really. At least I think so. He directed a live-action adaptation of "Mushi-shi" in 2006 and an anthology of short pieces called "Short Peace" in 2013. "Short Piece" seems interesting, but it's not much to show given how long it took for him to direct again. I don't think he's making a comeback.
Yonebayashi, however, has two Ghibli titles under his belt - "The Secret World of Arietty" and "When Marnie Was There". I think it's too early to tell whether he'll come into his own or not. He'll have to make an original piece, I think, before I really put him up there.
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There's a mobile app for the tavern? What's it called? Where can I find it?
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I could see this working out very well. It's up to Rowling, though, and it would need a studio.
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Oh, wow...
This looks lovely.
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I was reading the Wikipedia article for Makoto Shinkai and it said that some reviewers called him "the New Miyazaki", which, while Shinkai said is "an overestimation", got me thinking:
Who are the directorial frontrunners in the anime community? Who could possibly fill the gap that Miyazaki and Takahata will leave behind them when they inevitably pass on?
I don't say this in a morbid sense. I, like all of us, find it an understatement to say that I am not looking forward to that. But is there anyone, a studio or an individual, that could follow in their footsteps? Any hope for the future?
For me, the aforementioned Makoto Shinkai is a very good director, but he has some weak entries in his filmography ("Children Who Chase Lost Voices", for me) and he seems stuck in one kind of storytelling (love stories, as seen in "Voices from the Distant Star", "Five Centimeters Per Second", "The Place Promised in Our Early Days" and "The Garden of Words", representing 4 out of the 5 films I've seen from him). "Five Centimeters" and "Garden of Words" were excellent, but I want to see him move away from the same kind of story.
Mamoru Hosoda is another strong contender. "Wolf Children" was superb - my new favorite film, actually - and "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" was entertaining. "Summer Wars" might have been a copy of one of his earlier films, but I still enjoyed it (possibly because I never saw that earlier Digimon film). I still haven't seen his latest "The Boy and the Beast", but for me, Hosoda is my pick for the best individual anime director working outside of Ghibli. If I remember correctly, he was going to direct "Howl's Moving Castle" before the project was moved to Miyazaki-san.
It's too bad that Satoshi Kon passed away. I don't think he ever made a bad film ("Perfect Blue", "Tokyo Godfathers", "Millennium Actress" and "Paprika" being the showpieces) and he might have risen still higher had he not died suddenly.
Anyone I missed? What are your opinions on this?
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I've also returned to the forums after an equal length away - six years. Haven't logged on since 2009. Would like to be a regular.
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I found that "From Up on Poppy Hill" was similar to "Whisper of the Heart" in many respects.
If you're talking about realistic sorts of films - as "Whisper" is - then "Only Yesterday", "Ocean Waves", "My Neighbors the Yamadas" and "The Wind Rises" might work for you as well.
Also, as a footnote, "Mei and the Kittenbus" is the only true sequel Ghibli has produced, but sadly it's not sure whether or not it will ever be released for viewing outside the Ghibli Museum. I think of "The Cat Returns" as more of a spiritual successor. Sure, it has two returning characters, but their characterization is totally different in the two films - with the exception of Shizuku's dream sequence in "Whisper", but that's a dream sequence.
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I find that the Ghibli dubs are usually serviceable, if not outright superior.
I think that Disney's dub of "Castle in the Sky" is superior to the original mostly because of what they did with the score - sweeping orchestral music instead of the digitized music in had in the original.
That was the #1 thing that bothered me about Nausicaa, to be honest - the jarring difference between the lovely orchestral music and the video-gamey pieces.
"Spirited Away" was fine, except for the aforementioned change to the end of the movie. "Princess Mononoke" worked very well. Some people criticized Jiji's voice in "Kiki's Delivery Service" as being too obnoxious, but I didn't mind it.
Only big problem I can think of with the dubs was that of "Grave of the Fireflies" - Setsuko sounded far too old.
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The Disney DVD for "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" has a lovely piece about the history of the studio that was originally shown on Japanese television. Not sure what it's called, however.
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I rather like the fact that Ghibli movies rarely have sequels.
The exceptions are "Mei and the Kittenbus" - which few of us have ever seen since it's only been shown at the Ghibli Museum - and arguably "The Cat Returns", which may or may not be a sequel to "Whisper of the Heart". (More like a spiritual successor, to my mind.)
I find that the best stories can be told succinctly in one telling.
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I could never understand it.
This article by Dan Schindel the Film School Rejects adequate explains why I don't like "Ocean Waves" as much as other Ghibli films:
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It’s a halfhearted love triangle that’s more about an extended day trip to Tokyo and sends the very odd moral that, as a friend of mine put it, 'you should pursue love interests even if they turn out boring or shallow, because you should always stick to what you initially wanted.' A terribly slight piece of work.
Still saw it twice.
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Heh. Ancient posts.
RoosterTeeth has finished "Red vs. Blue" and I'm rather liking their new series "RWBY". Season One took some getting used to, but everything improved in Season Two and Seasons Three was the most intense of all.
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Nobody who works at Studio Ghibli looks at these forums. Sad to say, but your message will not reach them.
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Saitama Theme
Surprised no one has mentioned Saitama's theme from "One Punch Man" yet.
Talking by KANA-BOON - the theme for "The Perfect Insider". A jazzy, upbeat tune that reminds me of Cowboy Bebop.
The Sore Feet Song from "Mushi-shi" is a peaceful tune. I never skipped the opening credits to this series simply because I liked the song so much.
Duvet from "Serial Experiments Lain" was my favorite song in high school.
The opening theme to "Parasyte" is a new favorite. I've never heard a theme song that expressed so well what the series was about.
Unravel from "Tokyo Ghoul" is a favorite. Many excellent covers exist as well.
More from "Tokyo Ghoul", but with a decidedly different vibe to it: Glassy Sky.
Kuusou Mesorogiwi - the theme from "Future Diary" is intense.
Guren no yamiya from "Attack on Titan" is exciting. Some say that it goes with literally anything.
Crossing Field from "Sword Art Online" is also popular.
It's only arguably anime, but the first-season theme song to "RWBY" "This Will Be the Day", along with "I Burn" are also favorites of mine.
And it's not the original theme song, but I really like this English cover of the opening theme to Puella Magi Madoka Magia.
And of course, what is undeniably, unarguably, objectively the greatest anime opening theme song of all time.
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