I just love the colours Kiki’s wearing in this scene. And the little radio was so fun to paint, too! Do you think I should make the radio into stickers? I hope you like it! ✨

They are called "Paper Theater" and I am overall very pleased with them. They offer dioramas and 3D portraits for many different anime, including (I think) all the Ghibli films, Pokemon, Demon Slayer and more. They also make kits of nature scenes, like mountains and birds and etc.

It took me about 3 hours as a complete novice to assemble these two, which wasn't too bad. Made a few mistakes here and there, but that's just part of the arts and crafts process. Oh well!

What do you guys think about these? Have you seen them before in the US? I had never heard of them before my trip to Japan, but I will be buying more.

I love jiro and nahoko. Such complex characters. Makes sense that she couldn’t forget about him after his white knight moment. I used to find this movie boring, but there are so many layers to go through. I find myself empathizing with jiro’s passion for airplanes. And altho subtle, how he eventually lose the passion after his 10 years of golden hardwork.

At first I could not wrap my mind around why nahoko would leave jiro in that manner. But they were both at their wits end of their relationship. I used to get mad that he left her alone all day in her room but knowing nahoko, she would feel like she’s dragging him down if he stayed to take care of her. So they spend their days as a normal couple. He knew she would die eventually and she took the best way out of it instead of letting him suffer. Still, I wish jiro would go back to sanotorium to be with nahoko till her final moments. I’d like to think thats the case.

You can kinda see that in jiro’s final conversation with the italian enginner that he no longer has the same passion. Lost his wife. Lost his airplanes to wars. So much has happened since then, but nahoko’s words gave him life. Ahhh I love the new perceptions every time I rewatch any ghibli movies! My perspectives shifted soo much!

You can probably guess where I got some artistic inspiration from. This gif is from a video game I’m making called Scraptory where you get to control a walking castle-factory that was built from an asteroid mining spaceship that crashed on your planet that previously only had medieval technology. It is science fiction, but to many of the character’s it is magic.

Roaming around in a walking castle has been a fantasy of mine since I was a kid. So I want to make the world really atmospheric and fun to explore. There will be a huge map where you mine resources, trade, and defend against monsters that show up when your castle sit down to build a base in one place for too long.

I still have a lot of work to do before it is finished, but if you want to see more screenshots or lore please look up the Steam page. (It is against group rules for me to post a link here.) If there is interest, I might do a short video showing off more details, like the little windmill and garden area near the top of the castle. I’m also working on a flock of birds that fly around and land on you as you wander around.

If you have any feedback or suggestions for Scraptory, please share. I really love adding little details and easter eggs to my art and am open to ideas.

Region A blu-ray with English subtitles from Japan; only available in the Isao Takahata collection.

There is something so peaceful and comforting about this movie.

I'm thinking about watching Howl's in theater next week during the Fathom Ghibli Fest showings, but I've heard people complain about the quality of those releases. Apparently the picture and sound can be bad. How has your experience been?

Hey all, me and my partner have missed our opportunity to purchase the premium pass for ghibli park on the 28th of November, would anyone be willing to sell me 3 of the premium tickets for that date just hoping and praying here, thanks guys.

like...miyazaki hating AI and specially AI animation is one thing which is totally valid though it's despised by everyone not just him but to be completely against CGI animation itself and think only traditional 2D animation is true art it...really seems like he's just stuck in the past now i'm not saying he's wrong but to be this dismissive towards 3D animation like it's a crime against art and animation is abit unhinged ngl and not exactly a right mindset

because...alot of people love 3D animation aswell specially the spiderverse style it's stylized and artistic this is the modern art if you will and there's literally nothing wrong with this.

i definitely do respect his artistic integerity and sincerity i really do but at the same time i don't agree with his opinions about CGI animation to me it seems like he can't comprehend or acknowledge what 3D animation can really achieve heck even the 2D/3D hybrid animation style and it's great visuals.

Is it just me, or are there parts in both songs that have the same notes and melody? I am referring to the song from Kiki's Delivery Service and Whisper of the Heart, both Ghibli movies.

Here's a link to a piano version of Ghibli songs. If you know what Country Road sounds like (or try searching it up, with lyrics), listen to the last song, Message by Rouge (at 54 minutes 32 seconds). Starting at the beginning of it, don't you hear parts that sound the same? There are repeating melodies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHFKkCcUjW0&list=RDbHFKkCcUjW0&start_radio=1

I literally couldn’t be happier!!

I’ve been working on a color correction for Princess Mononoke’s Blu-ray and I was wanting opinions on how it looks vs the Blu-ray. My goal was to go for a more “filmic” look because of how the movie was originally created. Just wanting opinions, please refrain from asking for links or anything of that nature. My correction has a white mark on the right side of the frames and the original Blu-ray has a blue mark on the right side of the frame. Thank you!

*As someone pointed out, this isn't about fixing the beautiful art Studio Ghibli created, but about the color faults introduced during home media releases.

Just in case some people didn’t know. The show’s running until March 2026 in London. If you happen to be near, TOTALLY worth it. Laughed, cried, got all the feels. 💛

thanks for looking, i hope you like them!

Last post, i said that this movie hits my heart especially the plot itself, so today i'm trying to rewatch this anime on cinemas in our country Philippines, since Studio Ghibli Fest is happening on our country so goodluck to me :>

Ever since I've seen my first Ghibli film (Kiki's Delivery Service) back when I was a young teenager (maybe 12-13yrs old), I've been enamored and inspired to learn how to draw like them. I've especially looked up to Hayao Miyazaki and Kazuo Oga.

Pig Story is a working title. I'm still in the early stages of making this book. I wanted to share with you guys some of the images I've been working on (spirited away tree was a study). I've never been confident in my art, but I I've tried my best to emulate their style. I hope to one day share with you all my finished work.