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Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Rating: ★★★★½
Dec 12, 2005Anime/Post-Holocaust Environmentalism
Hayao Miyazaki’s second film, a visually stunning work set in the aftermath of a holocaust. Miyazai’s frequent themes of pacifism and respect for the environment and run through building to a emotionally wrenching climax
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Angel’s Egg (1985)

Angel’s Egg (1985)
Rating: ★★
Jan 22, 2020Anime/Surreal Journey Across an Alien World
One of the earliest works of anime director Mamoru Oshii, later famous for Ghost in the Shell. This is a plotless, almost dialogueless work about a young girl journeying across a strange planet that is more surrealism than SF
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Porco Rosso (1992)

Porco Rosso (1992)
Rating: ★★★★
Sep 14, 2004Anime/Talking Pig Aviator
Hayao Miyazaki in a more whimsical comedic mood with this story of the adventures of a talking pig aviator. Even when in a lighter vein, Miyazaki cannot help but fill the film with images of charm and considerable beauty
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Pom Poko (1994)

Pom Poko (1994)
Rating: ★★★★
Apr 11, 2005Anime/Raccoons Declare War on Humanity
Delightful and charming Studio Ghibli film about shape-changing raccoons that blend with humanity when their forest is threatened
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Spirited Away (2001)

Spirited Away (2001)
Rating: ★★★★★
Apr 12, 2002Anime/Afterlife Bathhouse
One of the masterpieces of Hayao Miyazaki, a gentle, beautiful work of anime set in an afterlife bathhouse where Miyazaki's range of extraordinary creatures and quiet tenderness finds something that Western fantasy rarely ever comes near
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Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
Rating: ★★★★
Jan 7, 2006Anime/Epic Fantasy
This Hayao Miyazaki film about a girl who becomes assistant to a mysterious magician is not quite in the same league as Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away but has the sublime beauty, eccentric characters and tender charms that all his work does
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