Tag: review

Vault Ghibli #8 – Ocean Waves

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 […]

Elena of Avalor – Royal Retreat

To the untrained eye, tonight’s episode of Elena of Avalor was simply the tale of one person who knew what was right while another forced people to do the wrong thing until everyone was finally convinced.  It had the feelings of Free Willy, combined with the maigc we’ve […]

Elena of Avalor – Finders Leapers

Oh Esteban, why are you the way you are?  Tonight’s episode really took him a step back from his character growth on the magical island a few weeks back.  However, that was over shadowed by some excellent growth for Naomi, who was able to prove that everyone’s got […]

Vault Ghibli #5 – Kiki’s Delivery Service

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 […]