HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE IS A NOMINATION IN THE OSCARS FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yay!


grave of the fireflies was not done by miyazaki but by another person who works at studio ghibli. and it was a brother and his little sister. I have a fruit drop container with her on it!

and miyazaki's son (Goro) is making a film now called the tales of earthsea (based off of a book). hayao miyazaki isn't to happy with his son, so i hear...

I just got done watchn My Neibor Totoro on CN.And as with all his films it was amazing.I was really moved with some of the scenes^^.

lol Totoro was probably the first anime i saw when i was a kid. Never saw howl's castle but spirited away was pretty good

I just watched Totoro last night. Like every Miyazaki film I've seen, I enjoyed it. I think one of the small things that I like about his films are the quirks of some of his characters. They are almost unnoticable sometimes and happen for no apparent reason whatsoever. For example in My Neighbor Totoro, Mei and Satsuki are running around their house and for no discernable reason, Satsuki makes a wrong turn, stops, turns around, and then goes the right way. It had no bearing on the plot, but small things like that are always happening in his films. I think its his way of making his characters more realistic.

As for my favorite of his films,
Spirited Away
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
My Neighbor Totoro (a little partial right now)

I got a few more miyazaki films for my birthday!!! Howl's moving castle, whisper of the heart, and Totoro (i have to watch it still)!!!!

that's 8 films all together now! and grave of the fireflies if we want to count that but it's not done by him anyway

never heard of whisper of the heart...

what is it about?

Lately i'm getting some Miyazaki fims, i find in Internet Rare Ghibli Stuff, can anybody tell me what is it?

the rare ghibli stuff are probably the short films made by the studio ghibli directors. There is a Studio Ghibli museum in Japan, and it has it's own little theater that plays those short films (like monmon the water spider, or On your mark (a short that Miyazaki did for the beginning of another film, i think it's a music video).
This is just what i'm guessing, i've never seen these videos but nausicaa.net is my homepage and they're up to date with all the miyazaki stuff so i've read about it all.

and i haven't seen whisper of the heart yet...:sheep: it's still sitting there waiting for me.

Wow! Nausicaa you are a really Miyazaki fan! Thanks a lot!

oh one more thing, his son Miyazaki Goro, is making the Tales of Earthsea (a book by Ursula K. Le Guin) into a movie. to see the two previews go to youtube.com and type in Gedo Senki. the ghibli website has them too but they're streaming and they get really choppy...

Ok^_^ i''ll check after, arigatou!

hmm lessee..i think miyazaki is my FAVORITE DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME! i love his movies sooo much! recently i've been very addicted to howl's moving castle. i'd have to say that's my favorite movie of his. i also love spirited away, princess mononoke, nausicaa, and kiki's delivery service. aahhh.. miyazaki-san is a genius! ^-^