Japanese Title: Mimi wo Sumaseba Directed By: Yoshifumi Kondo Produced By: Toshio Suzuki Originally Released: July 15, 1995 Until this week, I had never seen Whisper of the Heart. Though given the title, I was expecting another Slice of Life type film, Let me tell you, I […]
Japanese Title: Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko Directed By: Isao Takahata Produced By: Toshio Suzuki Originally Released: July 16, 1994 Hello and welcome back to Vault Ghibli! I won’t to start by apologizing for being away from this series for two weeks. Due to the Comic Con […]
After two weeks of waiting, the Dia de los Muertos episode of Elena of Avalor has finally graced us with its presence. I’ve talked a lot about this show on the blog and there’s a good reason for it. While there are plenty of princesses out there, Elena […]
Japanese Title: Umi ga kikoeru Directed By: Tomomi Mochizuki Produced By: Isao Takahata Originally Released: May 5, 1993 You might have noticed last week that I said that this week we’d be talking about Pom Poko. Well, it turns out that I made a mistake and […]
Japanese Title: Omoide Poro Poro Directed By: Isao Takahata Produced By: Toshio Suzuki Originally Released: July 20, 1991 I’ve come to think of Studio Ghibli as the masters of making boring stories about nothing happening feel absolutely captivating. Only Yesterday is a prime example of this […]
Japanese Title: Majo no takkyubin Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki Produced By: Hayao Miyazaki Originally Released: July 29, 1989 If My Neighbor Totoro is a story of the last days of childhood, then Kiki’s Delivery Service is the spiritual sequel about the first day of adulthood. One thing that I […]
Japanese Title: Tonari no Totoro Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki Produced By: Toru Hara Originally Released: April 16, 1988 After watching Grave of the Fireflies, literally any film we watched next was going to feel like a friendly reprieve. Heck, we watched The Conjuring 2 this week and I thought […]
Japanese Title: Hotaru no haka Directed By: Isao Takahata Produced By: Toru Hara Originally Released: April 16, 1988 If I sat down today and wrote out a list of the top ten most depressing films I’ve ever seen, I can almost guarantee you that Grave of […]
If I’m being completely honest, I almost forgot that Elena of Avalor was having a new episode this week. The release schedule has been anything but predictable for the show. However, I am happy to report that not only did I realize in time to watch it, BUT […]
Japanese Title: Tenku no shiro Rapyuta Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki Produced By: Isao Takahata Originally Released: August 2, 1986 Using the funds from the wildly successful Nausicaa, Miyazaki and Takahata were able to open a newly formed studio which would produce work that didn’t have to […]
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