Upvote DESPITE it being a dubbed vid, simply because I love Miyazaki's films.

I'm not 100% but I think I see Castle in the Sky in there or one of Miyazaki's films that uses the aeronautical theme. Also Vampire Hunter D. I haven't seen/heard of a good deal of these. Definitely going to check them out and see what gems I can find.

Great stuff. That is Hisaishi conducting his piece, and the theme and variations is, I think, almost all from the Miyazaki film Castle in the Sky.

Makes me want to watch it again.

"Castle in the Sky" and "Porco Rosso" were also pretty good.

All of Miyazaki's stuff is good....

Thanks. I'm a big Miyazaki fan, and new to anime, so if you have any suggestions, I'd really like to hear them.

Despite the Shinto belief in the sacredness of all elements of nature and the existence of nature spirits for things like mountains and rivers, Japan followed quickly in the footsteps of nations like the U.S. in becoming a highly industrialised nation, to the detriment of its forests and rivers.

The message of the struggle of the spirit of the land to exist despite the overwhelming misuse of humans is integral to both this and other Miyazaki films like Tonari no totoro. Fantastic films, both, with a great environmental message.

I have yet to see a bad Miyazaki film. Thanks, I liked this one, too.

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I remember the first time I saw this and was completely speechless.

Oh, and that wasn't a Miyazaki movie, just a Studio Ghibli movie. It was written and directed by Isao Takahata, who is most known for his movie Grave of the Fireflies.

Hayao Miyazaki is a genius. I admire, love his work

The air scenes in this movie are particularly impressive. My personal favorite of Miyazaki's works is Nausicaa. (Though the manga is necessary to get the full story.)

SPOILER/Plot details below:

Ashitaka (first shown in the vid),is the last Emishi prince, who saves his village from an assault by a demon. After killing the demon, Ashitaka finds out that the demon was the Boar God Nago suffering under a curse. Having received a demon mark on his right arm during his battle with Nago, Ashitaka is cursed by the Boar God's hatred and pain. However, after consulting the shamanistic wise woman of the village, it is found that a lump of metal was in Nago's corpse, which was likely the source of the curse. Though currently limited to just his arm, the curse will eventually spread throughout Ashitaka's body, and then Ashitaka will die. The curse is a double-edged sword; should Ashitaka experience any rage or hatred, he gains immense strength and fortitude, but the curse will spread faster. Whenever this happens, the curse will manifest itself as writhing purplish-black tendrils floating around the arm, similar to the ones Nago had.

Ashitaka sets out from his home to head to lands to the West, where Nago originated. During his travels, he will seek a cure. In order to do so, the wise woman warns him, he must "see with eyes unclouded by hate." By accepting this mission, Ashitaka also accepts exile from his homeland. He rides out with his steed Yakul, his loyal red elk. Since it was considered taboo to see off one who is banished, only one person dared to say goodbye to Ashitaka: his 'little sister,' Kaya (according to Miyazaki,actually his bride-to-be; calling herself his 'little sister' was a term of affection), who gives him her crystal dagger so that he would not forget her....

San (Princess Mononoke) the 17-year-old princess of spirits and beasts. When San was a baby, her parents, along with some other travelers, were attacked by the wolf goddess Moro. Her parents threw San to Moro as a sacrifice to save their own lives, thus escaping while Moro was preoccupied with San.
However, San was spared; Moro did not eat her, instead raising San as her own daughter. San treats Moro as her mother and her two natural pups as brothers. San rejects her own humanity, thinking of herself as a wolf. It could be possible that because of her past, San hates humans with a great ferocity, even more so than Moro.

San cares very much for the forest she lives in and the animals she lives with. While Moro may be known as the Queen of Beasts, San is known as the Princess of Beasts. San is very agile, able to dodge arrows, darts, and even ishibiya shots. She, like the Mountain Spirits, wants to destroy the humans so that they will stop taking away all their land.

(from wiki)

Porco Rosso (紅の豚, Kurenai no Buta?, lit. "The Crimson Pig") is a 1992 anime film by Hayao Miyazaki about an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea. The man has been cursed, and has the head of a pig. Once called Marco Paggot, he is now known to the world as "Porco Rosso", Italian for "Red Pig." Because he flies a red plane, there is resemblance to the "Red Baron", Baron Manfred von Richthofen, who was a famous German pilot of World War I.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porco_Rosso

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How about a Sifter as done by Miyazaki or Disney? Not sure what that would like.

Miyazaki and his crew have always had a wonderful idea of what it's like to be a child with limitless imagination. One of the best scenes in the movie immediately follows the end of this clip, with a Catbus - which only the children can see - zooming through the fields and forests.

My favorite movie was always Castle Laputa. The music theme with the old man in the mines when he turns off the lantern always stuck with me through college. Excellent stuff!