Tag: Vault Ghibli

Vault Ghibli #13 – Spirited Away

Japanese Title: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi   Directed By:  Hayao Miyazaki   Produced By: Toshio Suzuki   Originally Released:  July 20, 2001 Returning to this series with Spirited Away feels like standing on a grassy hill at sunrise and taking a deep relaxing breath.  Spirited Away was, […]

Vault Ghibli #9 – Pom Poko

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 […]

Vault Ghibli #6 – Only Yesterday

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 […]

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 […]

Vault Ghibli – Introduction

There’s an old story about a man who lives in a cave and stares at a wall for his entire life, seeing only the shadows of those outside the cave.  He thinks this is everything there is.  Then, one day, he gets up and goes outside and sees […]