Reminds me of Princess Mononoke.

He's been retiring since Mononoke... Maybe this time it's for real, but I'll believe it when he retires from life, which hopefully is not for awhile yet so that he has the time to reconsider yet again

I can't help but think of the forest gods from Princess Mononoke.
Incredible beast.

>> ^sixshot:

Nothing wrong with it. Just happy it's in there as it's one of my favorites.


That's the reason I was asking. Miyazaki's movies are awesome. There's also part of Princess Mononoke in the end at 2:29.

reminds me of princess mononoke

My nephews have pilfered my copies of this and also Princess Mononoke. That'a okay, it's a good excuse to pick up the blu-rays.

For the Disney release in 2005, they did a re-dub of this movie which I felt was a big improvement over the stereotypical dub from the 80s. They alse restored the Japanese cut of the movie, which now seems to flow better and not jump around so much in the middle.

That's the Princess Mononoke theme at the end O_O

Shows:
1 - Trigun, hands down.
2 - Naruto
3 - FMA (the remake)
4 - Kenshin
5 - Hellsing
6 - Deathnote was OK too I guess.
7 - Lain
8 - Wolf's Rain
I didn't get into Mushishi. Too slow and odd for my tastes. One of these days I'll have to go back and checkout Lodoss and Gundam, but I have a feeling I won't like either. I'm really looking for something special at this point and I'm just finding a bunch of generic garbage that is either terribly animated or 15 minutes and episode for one lame season. I guess it's time for Cowboy Bebop.

Movies:
1 - Memories - Magnetic Rose (Highly recommended, hard to find, very hard)
2 - The Miyazaki movies, especially Mononoke, Spirited Away, Nausicaa, and Howl's Moving Castle... but excluding Grave of Fireflies, which I really didn't get into. Too, too depressing.
3 - Metropolis
4 - Origin: Spirits of the Past
5 - Steamboy was OK

Wasn't expecting the Mononoke reference.

>> ^spoco2:
Really, Anime fricken leaves me so cold. People wax on and on and on and on about how it's so damn superior to western animation, but really, so much of it is lazy...


Well, I generally think that orchestral music is better than "hip hop", but that doesn't mean that all orchestral music is good or that all hip hop is bad.

As far as japanese anime, there is some crap out there, but there is some amazing stuff too. Princess Mononoke is wonderful, as is Cowboy Bebop (NOT the english version, holy crap it sucks).

There is also some very good american anime (I count Pixar in that), but I think the japanese really were the main ones pushing animation as an art form rather than saturday morning children's entertainment.


Anime films I've watched include:
Ghost in the Shell: Reasonably entertaining back when I watched it many moons ago
Princess Mononoke: It was so hyped by a co-worker a number of years back... watched it, was very bored by it
Ninja Scroll: Pretty sure I watched this one way back, was ok I think... nothing amazing
An Episode of Cowboy Bebop: Yup...


The Ghost in the Shell series is way better than the movie. Ninja Scroll is neat... I could watch it again, but it isn't high only "best of" list. Cowboy Bebop is great, though one episode in the middle of a continuous storyline won't give you a good idea of its merits.

Also, if you're watching these in english (with the possible exceptions of Mononoke or FLCL) then I can definitely see why you think japanese anime sucks.

Anime films I've watched include:
Ghost in the Shell: Reasonably entertaining back when I watched it many moons ago
Princess Mononoke: It was so hyped by a co-worker a number of years back... watched it, was very bored by it
Ninja Scroll: Pretty sure I watched this one way back, was ok I think... nothing amazing
An Episode of Cowboy Bebop: Yup...

And a host of other ones I have seen portions of, or started to watch and couldn't make it very far through. And also all the ones I used to watch as a kid (Astro boy, Star Blazers etc.), and I enjoyed them when I was pre teen, but they were very poorly animated.

You'll probably write me off as some mainstream, big budget loving waste of space who wouldn't watch a foreign language film if he was paid to... but you'd discover that was patently false (not to say I don't enjoy big budget films too).

I just don't like Anime. Fine if you do, but if you try to justify a movie with animals using their ballsacks as parachutes and landing devices as something that's relevant to folklore and mythology, sorry, you lose me.

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I've seen "Howl's Moving Castle", "Princess Mononoke", and "Spirited Away", and I've really enjoyed them all. Batting a thousand with a director is always good.

>> ^kronosposeidon:
My son and I are currently watching a Spongebob DVD, to be followed by 'Princess Mononoke.'


Princess Mononoke is preachy. You'd like Spirited Away a lot better, I think. It has a similar tone.

My son and I are currently watching a Spongebob DVD, to be followed by 'Princess Mononoke.'

Take a walk on the wild side.