Studio Ghibli Alert - Film 4

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My Neighbour Totoro is on film 4 this Sunday, Howls Moving Castle is on on Monday and Spirited Away is on on Wednesday. There might be others but that's all my planner lets me see.

I had no idea that this was a feminist issue

This might help

Anyone who had every seen a ghibli film would know why it was a feminist issue (or feminist chat anyway)

They are also regularly mentioned in "what can i watch with my daughter that won't let her be ruined by the patriarchy?" threads.

The last Anime film I saw was Grave of Fireflies , certainly not a feminist film the mother has her skin blasted off by a bomb and dies, the Aunt is evil and expects orphaned children to 'contribute' to get food and then the little girl dies, the only female message in there seems to be nice women die horribly , evil women live in relative comfort.

What Please said. The 3 films that are on are often quoted in the 'what can my DD watch' type of threads posted in this section. Sorry I wasn't clear.

Howling, grave of the fireflies is a really sad film isn't it. I sobbed for a good while after.
Yy Ghibli films are brilliant.

good, hope they show kiki's delivery service which is v sweet. my ds (12) loves the cat returns so it appeals to boys too

i know what you sort of mean by putting it in feminism but i think lots of parents hate the sugary shite hollywood put out for all kids.

Ghibli has been bought out by Disney recently, so unfortunately any of the newer stuff might be sugary Hollywood shite.

They did a run of them a few weeks (months?) ago as well, we've got loads stored on the video box. DS loves watching them with us but OH the questions....

Arya - I once watched Spirited Away with the directly-translated subtitles and the American dubbing, to compare, and boy oh boy are some bits disneyfied. I can't remember specific examples as it was a while ago but particularly right at the end I remember shouting at the TV. Much prefer to watch them subtitled but can't if DS is watching.

Sometimes it can just be a bit of fun, you know

oh no, disney are taking over the world :(

Oh that's interesting to hear rumblina, I will have to try that.

Brilliant! Thank you!

Totoro is biiiiiig in feminism! Go totoro!

Thanks for putting it in the FWR section, I'd have missed it if it were in the main active threads page.

The friend who first introduced me to Ghibli (who has a little theatre that sometimes shows the films ) told me that a lot of the landscapes are inspired by the Welsh countryside.

I have a few of them in my collection now, they have helped enormously in mine and DD's bonding process (she is adopted). We both really enjoy them, so they have become 'our' thing for wet weekend afternoons under a duvet.

thankyou :) I've been meaning to look out for these

Ubik1 was that to me??

Disney have bought up Ghibli?

These are some of the best films there are.

How dare they? How could they sell out like that, too?

Ooh thanks for this Tension. Funny as soon as I saw the title I knew exactly why it had been put in this section

My Neighbour Totoro is a lovely movie. Please watch it everyone - with your children or even without! "Ponyo" is great too.

I think Studio Ghibli can be hit and miss but Miyazaki definitely makes sure to portray girls and women as active doers, not cute sidekicks.

Grave of the fireflies is a movie about the horrors of war and will of course show death and bad behaviour. It's absolutely not for children.

I remember reading Grave of the Fireflys and My Neigbor Totoro were released as a double feature in Japan... Can you imagine children watching the two of them together! ?

Really?!! Goodness! I suppose they thought that after the tragedy of Fireflies, people might need something light straight after?

My girls LOVE totoro so thanks for posting! Dd1 who is 5 has a plushie catbus for Christmas, and dd2 who is 2 has a totoro backpack so I hope they enjoy these as much.