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I don’t “get” Studio Ghibli movies

Critics love them but they are all boring as shit to me. I f...
Gay corn cake area
  12/16/23
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Gay corn cake area
  12/16/23
they seem better than disney movies because they don't try t...
Scarlet Learning Disabled Indirect Expression Mexican
  12/16/23
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Violet Passionate Water Buffalo
  12/16/23
Yeah but IME there are fewer adults without kids trolling fo...
Gay corn cake area
  12/16/23
I’ve been forced to watch several of them and never li...
dashing green kitty cat
  12/16/23
Most Ghibli films are not going to strongly appeal to non-we...
wonderful brindle dragon depressive
  12/16/23
grave of the fireflies is fantastic, also way too dark for c...
appetizing clear skinny woman
  12/16/23
You kinda seem like a lib male tho. Normal adult men don&rsq...
Gay corn cake area
  12/16/23
devastating. but its true, its a feel good movie.
appetizing clear skinny woman
  12/16/23
Ok but I found it boring as shit, despite hordes of lib male...
Gay corn cake area
  12/16/23
you may just lack a heart, you are a pumo after all
appetizing clear skinny woman
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Twinkling Doobsian Stead Mood
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Trip self-centered jap brunch
  12/16/23
brutal
Racy greedy striped hyena
  12/16/23
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Racy greedy striped hyena
  12/16/23
I forgot GOTF was Ghibli, lulz
wonderful brindle dragon depressive
  12/16/23
it was released in japan as a double feature with totoro, tr...
appetizing clear skinny woman
  12/16/23
i agree with richard clock. i wouldn't call myself a lib, b...
Scarlet Learning Disabled Indirect Expression Mexican
  12/16/23
weebs like shinkai slop more than ghibli, or at least my gen...
light contagious goal in life
  12/16/23
my wife loves these movies and tells me thats the one i migh...
Razzle-dazzle Rambunctious Pit Round Eye
  12/16/23
weebs are basically a cult and this Miyzaki is one of the Id...
Racy greedy striped hyena
  12/16/23
I agree with OP. Nothing against them but always found them ...
Balding Electric Furnace
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Razzle-dazzle Rambunctious Pit Round Eye
  12/16/23
I really feel sorry for anyone that doesn’t get Miyaza...
salmon vibrant rigpig
  12/16/23
lmao
dashing green kitty cat
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tancredi marchiolo
  03/16/26
Never seen one but i just know theyre gay
Trip self-centered jap brunch
  12/16/23
Check out The Wind Rises. It doesn't have the same magical r...
overrated box office
  12/17/23
but libs loved Oppenheimer wtf libs
Racy greedy striped hyena
  12/17/23
Totoro and spirited sway I wasn't a huge fan of but mononoke...
outnumbered reading party marketing idea
  12/17/23
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Lascivious idea he suggested native
  01/28/25
I think they're mostly great and I hate anime.
Razzmatazz sick library
  01/28/25
'Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind' is awesome. Highly reco...
Richard Ames
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Date: December 16th, 2023 8:10 PM
Author: Gay corn cake area

Critics love them but they are all boring as shit to me. I feel like maybe they are just for little kids but lots of weebo adults like them too. Am I missing something?

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Date: December 16th, 2023 8:51 PM
Author: Gay corn cake area



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Date: December 16th, 2023 8:56 PM
Author: Scarlet Learning Disabled Indirect Expression Mexican

they seem better than disney movies because they don't try to do much other than have some wholesome fun

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178274)



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Date: December 16th, 2023 8:59 PM
Author: Violet Passionate Water Buffalo



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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:16 PM
Author: Gay corn cake area

Yeah but IME there are fewer adults without kids trolling for Disney movies. There a ton of adults, mostly lib males, raving about Ghilbi movies all over the internet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178334)



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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:18 PM
Author: dashing green kitty cat

I’ve been forced to watch several of them and never liked any

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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:21 PM
Author: wonderful brindle dragon depressive

Most Ghibli films are not going to strongly appeal to non-weeaboo adults

Princess Mononoke would be an exception.

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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:22 PM
Author: appetizing clear skinny woman

grave of the fireflies is fantastic, also way too dark for children

spirited away is also a lovely story and a well made movie



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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:24 PM
Author: Gay corn cake area

You kinda seem like a lib male tho. Normal adult men don’t refer to animated movies having a “lovely story”

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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:27 PM
Author: appetizing clear skinny woman

devastating. but its true, its a feel good movie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178368)



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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:33 PM
Author: Gay corn cake area

Ok but I found it boring as shit, despite hordes of lib males like you loving it, hence this thread. I’m probably just destined to be forever confused on this phenomenon

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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:34 PM
Author: appetizing clear skinny woman

you may just lack a heart, you are a pumo after all

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Date: December 16th, 2023 10:28 PM
Author: Twinkling Doobsian Stead Mood



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Date: December 16th, 2023 10:41 PM
Author: Trip self-centered jap brunch



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Date: December 16th, 2023 10:49 PM
Author: Racy greedy striped hyena

brutal

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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:35 PM
Author: Racy greedy striped hyena



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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:52 PM
Author: wonderful brindle dragon depressive

I forgot GOTF was Ghibli, lulz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178457)



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Date: December 16th, 2023 10:18 PM
Author: appetizing clear skinny woman

it was released in japan as a double feature with totoro, traumatizing an entire generation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178555)



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Date: December 16th, 2023 10:03 PM
Author: Scarlet Learning Disabled Indirect Expression Mexican

i agree with richard clock. i wouldn't call myself a lib, but i'm more of a sensitive intellectual than your average reptile

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178505)



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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:36 PM
Author: light contagious goal in life

weebs like shinkai slop more than ghibli, or at least my generation of weebs did

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178399)



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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:40 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Rambunctious Pit Round Eye

my wife loves these movies and tells me thats the one i might like if i actually watched it through.

ive tried a few times but fall asleep within 10 minutes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178414)



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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:41 PM
Author: Racy greedy striped hyena

weebs are basically a cult and this Miyzaki is one of the Idols

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178418)



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Date: December 16th, 2023 9:50 PM
Author: Balding Electric Furnace

I agree with OP. Nothing against them but always found them pretty boring. I like a lot of art and culture from Japan but I honestly have no idea why people love Ghibli. It does seem kid oriented. I honestly can't sit through one of these snoozefests without passing out. Nothing to keep the attention span going. Again I have never explicitly disliked anything about them in particular but also never understood the hype. Whatever it's just not for me.

I know people who will die on a hill defending Totoro as Great Art though and I just don't get that attitude.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178446)



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Date: December 16th, 2023 10:04 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Rambunctious Pit Round Eye



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Date: December 16th, 2023 10:37 PM
Author: salmon vibrant rigpig

I really feel sorry for anyone that doesn’t get Miyazaki’s films. Not that they’re all amazing but the best ones are. They have a very unique aesthetic but also seem to tap into some sort of collective consciousness in their visuals.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178620)



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Date: December 17th, 2023 12:25 AM
Author: dashing green kitty cat

lmao

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Date: March 16th, 2026 10:12 PM
Author: tancredi marchiolo



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Date: December 16th, 2023 10:41 PM
Author: Trip self-centered jap brunch

Never seen one but i just know theyre gay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178633)



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Date: December 17th, 2023 12:15 AM
Author: overrated box office

Check out The Wind Rises. It doesn't have the same magical realism as the other movies.

Libs hate Miyazaki for it as it romanticizes the life of the chief engineer behind the Zero fighter plane.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178850)



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Date: December 17th, 2023 12:18 AM
Author: Racy greedy striped hyena

but libs loved Oppenheimer wtf libs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47178854)



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Date: December 17th, 2023 10:34 AM
Author: outnumbered reading party marketing idea

Totoro and spirited sway I wasn't a huge fan of but mononoke, castle in the sky, kikis delivery service, howls are all total peak stuff. They're "kids movies" in the sense that kids love them but they have universal and timeless themes and great characters, animation, and stories. Compared with any modern movies (last 30 years maybe) they're basically transcendent, but on their own they're still really really good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#47179626)



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Date: January 28th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: Lascivious idea he suggested native



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Date: January 28th, 2025 3:02 PM
Author: Razzmatazz sick library

I think they're mostly great and I hate anime.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#48598664)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 10:20 PM
Author: Richard Ames

'Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind' is awesome. Highly recommend it. Great score as well. The Ghibli stuff is often very non-western in that it is more "slice of life" than a traditional movie. Nausicaa has a real plot and all that. Great animation as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2...id.#49749822)