In your opinion, what is the best animated movie?
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Fantasia
Pinocchio
The Old Man and the Sea
My Neighbor Totoro
Grave of the Fireflies
WALL-E
Ponyo
Kubo and the Two Strings
Song of the Sea
Liz and the Blue Bird
Fantasia
Pinocchio
The Old Man and the Sea
My Neighbor Totoro
Grave of the Fireflies
WALL-E
Ponyo
Kubo and the Two Strings
Song of the Sea
Liz and the Blue Bird
I can't possibly choose a favourite, so I'll mention Castle in the Sky (or Laputa)
The quintessential Miyazaki Movie.
Also, if you really like early Miyazaki, I implore you to watch the series Future Boy Conan.
It's pretty much a Ghibli movie turned into an animated series, it's so good.
The quintessential Miyazaki Movie.
Also, if you really like early Miyazaki, I implore you to watch the series Future Boy Conan.
It's pretty much a Ghibli movie turned into an animated series, it's so good.
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Lol, I doubt I could make a top 10. Way too many too choose, across multiple decades and regions.
I am a bit surprised no one's mentioned a single Ralph Bakshi film.
I am a bit surprised no one's mentioned a single Ralph Bakshi film.
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
As a film that just happens to be animated, Waltz with Bashir was one of my favorite movies of 2008, and that it was animated gave it a stylistic difference that helped set it apart from other documentaries.
Wolf Children (2012)
Mamoru Hosada's best work so far, and a movie that works well for its format, given its elements of the supranatural.
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
More slice-of-life and lower stakes than other Ghibli works, but this is a better representation of the whimsical side of Studio Ghibli's style.
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Akira may have come earlier and was just as influential on future animation and genre treatments, but GitS was just more cohesive as a universe regarding the future and the implications of people becoming increasingly like machines.
As a film that just happens to be animated, Waltz with Bashir was one of my favorite movies of 2008, and that it was animated gave it a stylistic difference that helped set it apart from other documentaries.
Wolf Children (2012)
Mamoru Hosada's best work so far, and a movie that works well for its format, given its elements of the supranatural.
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
More slice-of-life and lower stakes than other Ghibli works, but this is a better representation of the whimsical side of Studio Ghibli's style.
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Akira may have come earlier and was just as influential on future animation and genre treatments, but GitS was just more cohesive as a universe regarding the future and the implications of people becoming increasingly like machines.
As much as I love dropping an obscure answer to these types of questions, it's gotta be Spirited Away for me, though many Ghibli movies are gorgeous. I also love Miyazaki's mechanical designs which you can see in Laputa, Porco Rosso, Nausicaa, etc. I also really like the mundane, human moments in the films, as when Clarisse in Cagliostro removes her glove to give it to Lupin and it's a very realistic process. That attention to detail really adds to the films.
This got my attention. I've heard of it but haven't seen it. I treasure the few episodes of Lupin III series 2 that Miyazaki directed because they totally have that Ghibli flavor.
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I'm going to name my second best (probably?) because I haven't seen it mentioned yet. (edit; ok it was just mentioned lol)
Waltz with Bashir. It's kind of an animated documentary about the 1980's Lebanon war, and it is so unique and breathtaking. The ending still haunts me up to this day.
Some other favourites that I'd just like name drop: Dumbo, Pinocchio, The Iron Giant, Mulan, Toy Story 3, Inside Out, Coraline, Fantastic Mr.Fox, Song of the Sea, Porco Rosso, The Wind Rises, Anomalisa, and of course, Shaun The Sheep.
Waltz with Bashir. It's kind of an animated documentary about the 1980's Lebanon war, and it is so unique and breathtaking. The ending still haunts me up to this day.
Some other favourites that I'd just like name drop: Dumbo, Pinocchio, The Iron Giant, Mulan, Toy Story 3, Inside Out, Coraline, Fantastic Mr.Fox, Song of the Sea, Porco Rosso, The Wind Rises, Anomalisa, and of course, Shaun The Sheep.
I love Ponyo in an extremely unapologetic way. Watching it just makes me so comfortable. Any time I'm sick, I make some soup, and sit down and watch Ponyo.
The story of a lonely jaded troll eventually reforming and joining society.
Of course I mean How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
It's not the most flashy or artsy, but it tells a damn good story in a very entertaining way. It's perfection in simplicity.
Of course I mean How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
It's not the most flashy or artsy, but it tells a damn good story in a very entertaining way. It's perfection in simplicity.
Hard for me to choose between Sleeping Beauty and Castle of Cagliostro.
SB has just the most amazing animation ever. I love the bizarre dream like quality of the story, the creepy spinning wheel sequence, the superb villain (screw those new disney movies where she's good), and the fact that the prince and princess are basically just proxies for the fight between the faeries.
Then there's Caglisotro. It was the first Lupin related thing I ever saw almost thirty years ago, and for the longest time I'd buy other lupin related things when they were localised, like Secret of Mamo, and wonder why they didn't feel right. It was like a decade later I found out that it was Cagliostro that was the outlier, with Miyazaki changing Lupin's character. I love the more heroic lupin, and this is just a super fun movie, with an incredible car chase, a superb soundtrack and great characters (love zenagata so much in this).
SB has just the most amazing animation ever. I love the bizarre dream like quality of the story, the creepy spinning wheel sequence, the superb villain (screw those new disney movies where she's good), and the fact that the prince and princess are basically just proxies for the fight between the faeries.
Then there's Caglisotro. It was the first Lupin related thing I ever saw almost thirty years ago, and for the longest time I'd buy other lupin related things when they were localised, like Secret of Mamo, and wonder why they didn't feel right. It was like a decade later I found out that it was Cagliostro that was the outlier, with Miyazaki changing Lupin's character. I love the more heroic lupin, and this is just a super fun movie, with an incredible car chase, a superb soundtrack and great characters (love zenagata so much in this).
I can't possibly choose a favourite, so I'll mention Castle in the Sky (or Laputa)
The quintessential Miyazaki Movie.
This right here
I recently saw Sword of the Stranger and it has one of the best sword fight I have ever saw. Beautifuly animated.
If you want to check it out (spoiler obviously) :
If you want to check it out (spoiler obviously) :
Close second is Spirited Away, with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse right on its heels.
This is always an artificial exercise for film and/or animation lovers, as I think different films are the "best" in different ways
But if forced, even in spite of my undying adoration for Ghibli, I'd have to pick Ratatouille.
It's just basically perfect from beginning to end.
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Whisper of the Heart is my favourite Ghibli and would have been my 2nd pick, it's just such an endearing story and gave me the boost I needed to complete NaNoWriMo 5 years ago.
The Great Mouse Dectective
The Rescuers Down Under
Sword in the Stone
Wow, you jusy named my three most beloved Disney classics from my childhood. I grew up with the 90's Disney Renaissance but the ones I prefered watching in VHS were almost always these three. <3
I came into the thread saying Spirited Away and I'm leaving saying I have no idea. This is an impossible choice for me.
THIS IS FANTASTIC, never heard of it before but the amount a work it must have taken to pull this off with such grace 60 years ago must have been extensive. Will find and will watch.
THIS IS FANTASTIC, never heard of it before but the amount a work it must have taken to pull this off with such grace 60 years ago must have been extensive. Will find and will watch.
Hopefully, it will be restored soon, without the awful narration that typically accompanies it, and leaving the images and music to tell the story, as Trnka originally intended.
