Ghibli fangirls? Do they even exist?

I guess not… at least not when it comes to the definition of fangirl in this gorgeous blog entry. I’m more than glad that I do not have to deal that much with this kind of people… but I do enough to know that they exist. Oh my gosh! Fette verschwitzte Cosplaykiddies… aaaah! (I hope there really will be a second part of this like the title suggests *hrr*)

I was looking through the Ghibli movies I have at home and saw that there are 6 of them which I still have to watch. There is only “Go! Panda, go!” which I have but doesn’t sound that interesting. It’s not a “real” Ghibli anyways. And there is “Like the Clouds, Like the Wind” which I don’t have but want to watch either (of course it was not in the Ghibli collection box I bought, because this is not a real Ghibli movie either *snif*) Which means that there are a lot of them that I watched already O.o In fact, it was so difficult to rank them O.o Especially Totoro/Porco Rosso and Spirited Away/NausicaƤ/Howl’s Moving Castle were difficult…
1. Totoro – I think the beginning is rather slow and boring… but the rest totally makes up for it (otherwise it wouldn’t be no.1 *g*)
2. Porco Rosso – Apparently nobody talks about this movie when it comes to Ghibli. But I totally love it… it just has everything: comedy, pilots and a witty story
3. Spirited Away – This was a “love on the second sight” movie… I first disliked it a bit for its weirdness and chaotic structure – but still… it’s so full of good ideas *_*
4. NausicaƤ – This is my very first Ghibli that I watched when I was 8 years old… so it means a lot to me *g* Not to mention how good the movie is anyways…
5. Howl’s Moving Castle – Before Mononoke? Well yes, I kind of dislike the storyline of Howl… but I still enjoyed watching the movie a lot, and I love every single little detail in it while Mononoke just isn’t… beautiful at all (in fact, the movie scared me back then when I watched it *haha*).
6. Princess Mononoke – If I had to do a hitlist only considering the storyline, this would be no.1 or no.2 after Porco Rosso, I’m not sure. In fact, the message of this anime had a great impact on me back then when I watched it
7. Mimi wa Sumaseba – A cute story, absolutely lovely characters and great atmosphere. The only thing that is slightly lacking is the story, imho.
8. Grave of the Fireflies – Of course this movie made me cry, just like it makes everybody cry. I also remember this movie quite well (a lot better than Mononoke), because it did touch me. But this is a movie I do not want to see ever again.
9. Neko no Ongaeshi – The story isn’t that interesting, but the movie itself is cute nevertheless. *_* A little bit like Howl, just that Howl looks a lot better.
10. Laputa, Castle in the Sky – It’s last place, but still a gorgeous movie, no doubt about it. I enjoyed watching it, I just don’t have any emotional affiliation to this movie whatsoever (unlike no.1-7) *hrr* It was also interesting to compare this movie to Nadia ^^
11. The Ocean Waves – Will most likely stay my least favourite Ghibli movie *hrr* Even stuff like Pom Poko might be cute, but this story just turned me off actually ^^;;;
The first 4 movies are the ones I have watched more than 1 time already (Totoro and Spirited Away 3 times, the others 2 times), and in fact, I would watch the first 6 movies another time if somebody would want to *___*

So what are your favourite Ghibli movies? I bet you have watched them all *g*

4 Replies to “Ghibli fangirls? Do they even exist?”

  1. Ha, I wish. XD I only saw Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke and recently My Neighbor Totoro…
    Shame on me, but I’m not that much into anime actually. XD

    Mononoke was great for it’s message, yeah, but so was Grave of the Fireflies for that matter, although it’s centered more around the tragedy of a single family. It makes you cry, no matter what… And I don’t want to see it again either. (*sniffle*)
    Aaaand Totoro, well, it’s just plain cute. I don’t even mind the beginning for being boring, it’s just too cute to make me think anything bad about it. XD

  2. I wonder how my list would look like… Let’s see.

    1. Gauche the Cellist – I know, it’s no ghibli movie but it’s listed on Nausicaa.net, so… *g* Well, it really is a fascinating movie and I have to buy the French DVD sometime.
    2. Grave of the Fireflies
    3. Princess Mononoke
    4. Spirited Away
    5. Kiki’s Delivery Service
    6. Laputa
    7. Howl’s Moving Castle
    8. Only Yesterday – I especially liked the part with the flowers – I felt like watching a documentary.
    9. My Family Yamada – It’s funny and a good movie though. :)

  3. Uh, uh… I only saw “Grave of the Fireflies”. A great movie!
    I’m not a big anime fan, so I won’t watch some of the other

  4. Totoro for life.

    The first encounter between Mei and Totoro is so sublime (the part when she sees that fat wobbly grey puffy thing and just jumps on it and HANGS THERE) it basically FORCES me to smile like a fool…i smile like a fool throughout the whole movie,everytime i watch it. Its soooooooooooooooo…delightful :D

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