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STUDIO GHIBLI + ROCKS / GEMSTONES
Castle in the Sky (1986) Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Princess Mononoke (1997) Spirited Away (2001) Whisper of the Heart (1995)
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THIS TREND DIED BUT STUDIO GHIBLI ARTSTYLE WOOOOOOOOOOO
this MAY took 31hours but it's still better than ai so it's a win
If you're ever bored, here's a list of Studio Ghibli films you can watch for free.
Castle In The Sky (1986) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) Only Yesterday (1991) Porco Rosso (1992) Pom Poko (1994) Whisper of the Heart (1995) Princess Mononoke (1997) My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) Spirited Away (2001) The Cat Returns (2002) Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Tales from Earthsea (2006) Ponyo On A Cliff From The Sea (2008) The Secret World of Arrietty/The Borrower Arrietty (2010) From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
If any of the links stop working, please let me know so I can fix it.
For Castle In The Sky, wait for the free user button to be clickable and it will send you to the video.
“HowL, you wouldn’t beliVe thiS!”
1/6 for the #sixcharacterschallenge , I’m doing them one by one from my insta suggestions.
인생의 회전목마 - 하울의 움직이는 성 ost Merry-go-round of Life
just thinking about how howl spent his entire life looking for sophie. he built an entire castle just to find her. he worked on both sides of the war because he didn't know which kingdom she was from. he dated pretty women because he thought she was beautiful the moment he saw her in the past. calcifer let her in because he knew she was the one. he really was looking everywhere for her. and i think i'm unwell.
redraw of a 9 year old drawing
pfft lmao
Indiewire has just called Hayao Miyazaki 'the movie world's least convincing retiree' I am CACKLING
La última lágrima. Stray Kids Au Hyunlix - La última Lágrima (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1468164731-la-%C3%BAltima-l%C3%A1grima-stray-kids-au-hyunlix-la-%C3%BAltima?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=Cabra-alpacazaurio Después de que Felix derrotara a la bruja, el mundo que ella había creado se está derrumbando, y con el la conección que lo llevó a conocer a Hyujin. Tanto él como Hyunjin saben que su tiempo juntos se está acabando, ¿Cómo pasarán estos últimos momentos? Inspirirado en el final de la película "El viaje de Chihiro". Un AU donde Haku es Hyunjin y Felix es Chihiro. Para entender la historia es recomendable verse la película antes, además que es muy buena. Historia corta Hyunlix. Este fue un pedido de mi bestie por lo que no pude negarme, aunque ya evito shippear a gente real jeje.
i don’t consider myself as a valuable and active member of society. send me in an anime and i swear id do something then
the wind rises, we must try to live!
an attempt at analysis.
1. The Poem
The Graveyard by the Sea by Paul Valéry is where this line originates from, specifically "Le vent se lève... il faut tenter de vivre!" It is, to put it simply, a poem talking about life, death, and the changes brought by time.
Here is a translation of the poem. At the start, we face an almost hypnotizing view of the unchanging sea, mentions of "perfect peace" and dissolving into this scenery i.e. life after death. However, as we proceed, looking at the graveyard as well as the people buried there, we're faced with the realisation that there is no true life after death. Dissolving into something else, by default, strips us of our individuality. As such, we snap back to reality, and the still sea breaks apart with waves. There is a plea to try and live in the amount of time we have left.
Here are two other interpretations. The one dealing with the poem is fascinating to me, specifically this part :
"It feels like he is saying look, I wrote you this poem about dying, and now you will do with it as you wish and I just have to go figure out a way to live my life."
There's a lack (?) of connection here — we are deliberately left alone to figure out what we'll do with the poem and how we'll progress afterwards as the poet leaves. The exit itself is bizarre, because it feels like less of a desperate "plea" to live, and more of a shot in the dark attempt to survive.
2. The Movie
As I see it, there are two major ways of looking at this line in context of the movie.
The first is fairly straightforward (at first glance, that is). Despite whatever challenges you face, you must continue to hold onto things you deem important. However, the way you look at this interpretation changes depending on the way you look at Jiro.
What are the challenges? Is an entire World War simply an obstacle in front of Jiro's dream? Is his wife an obstacle as well, considering he chooses his career over her at the end? How pure is Jiro's dream anyway? Is he not being overly selfish? Is he not being childish and cruel, remaining in a world of fantasy and refusing to acknowledge the deep wounds his creation will cause? What, then, is the point of the message of this film? Is it not inherently negative and self-absorbed? But then again, does it matter who makes the planes? If not Jiro, surely it would have been someone else? So, do you hold onto things dear to you despite being perceived as morally wrong or do you lead boring lives devoid of passion?
This opens up a never ending debate, one that I feel is based heavily on how willing you are to humanize different sides of the same war.
The second way of looking at this line is taking into account what Caproni says.
"Artists are only creative for ten years."
Throughout the movie, Jiro has tall dreams, something specific that he wants to achieve, to create. Caproni's words come as a warning. Ten years have started ticking along even as they speak. Jiro, you must try to make the most out of the prime of your life, you must try to amount to something, you must try to fulfill your dreams and leave your mark on this world!
3. The Personal
As an "outsider", or as someone who isn't faced by the moral dilemmas of the film, I'm not obliged to interpret this phrase strictly within it's context.
To me, "the wind rises, we must try to live!" is an expression of pure freedom. It is the one quote that has stuck with me the most. I do not know what I want out of life, nor do I have the same passion as Jiro. And yet, as it happens, I take flight all the same.
The wind that rises is too strong, steering me along to someplace I'm unaware of, and perhaps I'm only riding the current temporarily before I plummet down, but it's okay. It's okay because I am trying to live, I am trying to learn how to flap my wings, and whether it ends in failure or success, it'll be my life all the same.
This is only the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure people have their own interpretations as well, and I'd love to read them :)
ponyo doing the most for a random kid, a bucket with a hole in it, and some ramen 🍜
This is the news I wanna hear! ❤️
so there's a new fish (Branchiostegus sanae). it's named after San from Princess Mononoke because of its cheek stripes and I'm in love with the picture they used to illustrate this:
San looking lovingly at this fish while it is giving me the worst side eye imaginable.
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Happy birthday @mina-m! 😚💚🖤💚 (sorry, I’m late to posting it in time)
Yubaba or Zeniba? Always mistake them! (When they’re in a good mood.) Anyway, she is very powerful witch.
Oh, here’s actually Yubaba.
My spicy take on Studio Ghibli movies: Joe Hisaishi's jazzy piano solos are jarringly incongruous to the movies' fantastical tone and vibe, and they're also a little tacky.
probably the last of my artistic endeavours into the mobbu and totoro verse untill inspiration strikes me again
I've recently been having a ton of fun customizing old clothes!!!
Breathing a bit of new life into old clothes just has something very nice to it!
@.garmetar on TikTok mentioned how much this scene from american psycho sounded like Howl and Sophie so I couldn't help but draw a small animatic on it.
(I had a ton of fun making this so I added my favorite little scenes)
I've rewatched Howl's Moving Castle after years and fell in love with Hauru againnn! I took my kalimba out and tried to remember how to play the main theme song <3 I need to play more, it's so cute and fun...
it ain't a ghibli 'til you've got The Slime Guys, Inexplicable Little Guys, Angry Fuckin' Paper, and War Trauma