>> ^sixshot:

Too many visuals! Should have been split into... I dunno... 5 parts?
And I spotted Miyazaki's Spirited Away at 2:16-2:17.
Agreed that Avengers shouldn't be in there. Too soon.
Has anyone spotted Rocky (Balboa)?


What's wrong with Spirited Away, or am I misinterpreting your statement?

Too many visuals! Should have been split into... I dunno... 5 parts?

And I spotted Miyazaki's Spirited Away at 2:16-2:17.

Agreed that Avengers shouldn't be in there. Too soon.

Has anyone spotted Rocky (Balboa)?

1/3 mayan religion
1/3 Star Castle
1/3 Spirited Away

Bravo to the Hayao Miyazaki tribute. I'll admit I never even heard of Porco Rosso, and of the ones they show here, I've only seen Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away but always intended to see Castle in the Sky and My Neighbor Totoro...
I am sure this had to be done with external editing tools.
For those who don't follow the link the main YouTube page here are the films:
0:13 - 1:11 Laputa: Castle in the Sky - "The Girl Who Fell From the Sky"
1:14 - 1:47 My Neighbor Totoro - "The Path of Wind"
1:49 - 2:28 Howl's Moving Castle - "Stroll Through the Sky"
2:30 - 3:00 Spirited Away - "One Summer's Day"
3:03 to 3:08 Porco Rosso (his airplane)

>> ^visionep:

Reminds me of the end of "Spirited Away" at least up until the beat picks up.


It sounds a lot like something from Chrono Trigger for the SNES (and DS) as well.

Reminds me of the end of "Spirited Away" at least up until the beat picks up.

I can tell you from experience, the homeless situation in Japan is far from this clean or orderly. THIS is a public face. The homeless are not tolerated near city centers and are often spirited away to the rural area. My family there often took in the homeless as agricultural workers on our properties. Many were single mothers who were terribly (shockingly) abused and violated by Japanese men. A good deal of them became as close as family to us since their own families often shunned them as failures. A good portion of homeless people in the rural area could be classified as far from clean or respectable/honorable though. Many are very cut throat, even when opportunities are offered to them from a kind person.

The few homeless that remain in the city are VERY much functional. Often they are barely below the poverty level compared to others that end up in the rural portions of the country. Often the mentally or physically handicapped, provided they are not violent or a nuisance, are tolerated as well in the city. They make up a large growing portion of the homeless. Mental illness is rampant in Japan, but it is rarely spoken of.

instant upvote for Portishead.
animation kinda felt like the style of "Spirited Away".

would suck to be her boyfriend that survived...that kinda shit lingers on the mind forever.
(not saying it was better to die, just saying)

humans are so anythingist. We could have a world filled with clones, and someone would still find a reason to hate...

I forgot about Spirited Away. Genius movie. I can't wait 'til that comes out on Blu-Ray.

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

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I believe his best work is from Spirited Away. An amazing film with an amazing score.

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.

A great, great comedian.

He has ceased to be, bereft of life, he rests in peace, he has kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his last, and gone to meet the Great Head of Light Entertainment in the sky, and I guess that we're all thinking how sad it is that a man of such talent, such capability and kindness, of such intelligence should now be so suddenly spirited away at the age of seventy-one, before he'd achieved many of the things of which he was capable, and before he'd had enough fun.
(Completely stolen from http://www.geocities.com/fang_club/chapman_memorial.html, but applicable here as well)

He will be missed, like Mitch Hedberg and Bill Hicks.