New Studio Ghibli Film Coming (no Miyazaki involvement this time)

Still havent seen Ponyo, should I?

Fuck yes!

Ponyo pwns!

Miyazaki is a god!

Oh sweet success

my friends and girlfriend didnt like ponyo but i did. he makes the sea look gross in a cool way.

also the sound is very very good

  On 5/13/2010 at 10:09 PM, chassis said:

Still havent seen Ponyo, should I?

It's a good film , my son

And what a vague trailer.....I'm still hopeful

ponyo is the greatest

Remember the film "The Borrowers" with John Goodman? This is a Japanese adaption of the original story.

Ponyo has an amazingly cosy and warm feel to it, it's like being wrapped in a soft warm blanket and gently rocked to sleep. I want to live where its set :P

I wonder if this new one will meet Miyazaki's high standards....

ponyo has merit, however i got the impression it was targeted at a MUCH younger audience than the normal miyazaki film. felt like a little kid's film.

it is a kid's film....

not as much so as Kiki's...

beautiful none the less....

I didn't like Ponyo very much. I was revisiting some of my favorite miyazaki recently and the quality of the art in the older films is just so much higher than in Ponyo. I don't think it has to do with the artistic choices made in Ponyo. You can really see the decline of the Anime industry, it's a shame.

ehhhhhh

When are we ever gonna see Tales From Earthsea in the US? I've been debating importing it for years.

  On 5/14/2010 at 4:33 AM, Atop said:

ehhhhhh

watch Kikis and Ponyo one after the other. It's striking. The enviros in Kiki's are insanely lush.

  On 5/14/2010 at 4:29 AM, lumpenprol said:

I didn't like Ponyo very much. I was revisiting some of my favorite miyazaki recently and the quality of the art in the older films is just so much higher than in Ponyo. I don't think it has to do with the artistic choices made in Ponyo. You can really see the decline of the Anime industry, it's a shame.

umm wtf

  On 5/14/2010 at 4:29 AM, lumpenprol said:

I didn't like Ponyo very much. I was revisiting some of my favorite miyazaki recently and the quality of the art in the older films is just so much higher than in Ponyo. I don't think it has to do with the artistic choices made in Ponyo. You can really see the decline of the Anime industry, it's a shame.

Agreed, except for the decline part.

  On 5/14/2010 at 12:17 AM, Echo said:

Remember the film "The Borrowers" with John Goodman? This is a Japanese adaption of the original story.

Holy shit, I love The Borrowers.

  On 5/14/2010 at 7:15 AM, Yegg said:

  On 5/14/2010 at 4:29 AM, lumpenprol said:

I didn't like Ponyo very much. I was revisiting some of my favorite miyazaki recently and the quality of the art in the older films is just so much higher than in Ponyo. I don't think it has to do with the artistic choices made in Ponyo. You can really see the decline of the Anime industry, it's a shame.

 

Agreed, except for the decline part.

the decline part came from some things I read, was it overstated? Or just manga, but not anime? I thought the anime industry in Japan was facing some rough times what with the economy, rise in 3d, etc.

  On 5/14/2010 at 4:29 AM, lumpenprol said:

I didn't like Ponyo very much. I was revisiting some of my favorite miyazaki recently and the quality of the art in the older films is just so much higher than in Ponyo. I don't think it has to do with the artistic choices made in Ponyo. You can really see the decline of the Anime industry, it's a shame.

I feel a little conflicted about all this kind of talk. I definitely see his older films as being better, but at the same time I enjoy the more recent ones a lot as well, I find them more easy going and accessible. Like the older he gets, the more flimsy the films are but the more fun they are as well. So I think they have just as much value, but in a different way.

Spirited Away is still my favourite I think, it meets a nice balance between modern animation techniques and inviting atmosphere, with the melancholy and cynicism of his older films.

But Kiki's Delivery Service is quickly becoming a favourite of mine too. I'm starting to go off Totoro a bit, I think I watched it too many times :P

Also, while not a Miyazaki film, Only Yesterday is definitely one of the best Ghibli films and deserves more love and attention.

  On 5/14/2010 at 4:36 AM, Rubin Farr said:

When are we ever gonna see Tales From Earthsea in the US? I've been debating importing it for years.

Yes! I read this just today and I was confused cos it screened here a couple of years ago. They had legal troubles due to the rights of the book adaptation or something. But it will be released in the US soon.

  On 5/14/2010 at 4:29 AM, lumpenprol said:

I didn't like Ponyo very much. I was revisiting some of my favorite miyazaki recently and the quality of the art in the older films is just so much higher than in Ponyo. I don't think it has to do with the artistic choices made in Ponyo. You can really see the decline of the Anime industry, it's a shame.

i must admit Nausicaa is my favorite Myazaki film, i wish he would do at least one more sci-fi film in his lifetime. for anyone looking for more of his old stuff, Future Boy Conan was an excellent sci-fi anime series he did in the 1970s.

I agree that the animation isn't as dense or saturated anymore, but it seems to be focusing more on pure emotion and emotional response to imagery. Seems like as most artists get older their work becomes more fluid and conceptual.

  On 5/14/2010 at 11:08 AM, Springymajig said:

 

 

Also, while not a Miyazaki film, Only Yesterday is definitely one of the best Ghibli films and deserves more love and attention.

 

Only Yesterday (Omoide poro poro) is also my favourite next to Spirited Away. It's by far the most mature Ghibili film to date and has such a great soundtrack. They even play YMO during one of the flash back scenes! I'm suprised more people don't know about this excellent film.

  On 5/14/2010 at 12:17 AM, Echo said:

Remember the film "The Borrowers" with John Goodman? This is a Japanese adaption of the original story.

Which was originally a book from the 50's

  On 5/14/2010 at 7:53 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 5/14/2010 at 12:17 AM, Echo said:

Remember the film "The Borrowers" with John Goodman? This is a Japanese adaption of the original story.

 

Which was originally a book from the 50's

Here's a bit more info on the film from japanprobe.com

"Miyazaki is not directing the next film. 36-year-old animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi is making his directorial debut with this project. The film will open in the summer of 2010.

The original, Carnegie Medal-winning 1952 novel revolves around the “little people” — 10 centimeters (about 4 inches) tall — who live underneath the floorboards of an English country house. (The Japanese title literally means “the little people under the floor.”) 14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items “borrowed” from the house’s human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty. Ghibli’s adaptation will transport the setting from 1950s England to the Tokyo neighborhood of Koganei in 2010. (Koganei in western Tokyo is the home of a number of Japanese animation studios, including Ghibli itself." – ANN