Is Studio Ghibli really that great? Are they the best of their kind?

>>158836054
yes

They tell fairly simple stories in a unique way in a unique medium, and they do it very well. There is always a market for competence.

File: YourName-heading.jpg (107KB, 2000x1200px) Image search: [Google]

107KB, 2000x1200px

>>158836103
Not so fast.

File: (2010) The Secret World of Arrietty~Karigurashi no Arrietty (720p Blu-ray 8bit Dual Audio) [NoobSubs] [E715EAC0].mkv_000554.563.jpg (368KB, 1280x692px) Image search: [Google]

368KB, 1280x692px

>actually working out microteacup physics for their Borrowers story
They've got a place in my heart for sure.

>>158836054

Whisper of the Heart is the best Ghibli movie. Prove me wrong.

>>158836136

kys

They make pretty movies, but the stories are usually very average.

>>158838269
It's boring and shit

>>158838288
lurk for 2 years before posting faggot

>>158836054
They're okay.

Real pretty though.

>>158836054
They're the best ever, no question.

File: porco_rosso_3.jpg (275KB, 1112x715px) Image search: [Google]

275KB, 1112x715px

>>158838269
Done

>>158838871

That's the best Miyazaki movie for sure.

File: download.jpg (12KB, 259x194px) Image search: [Google]

12KB, 259x194px

Shaft IS and always will be the best.

Just FYI starting sunday they're gonna be showing a ghibli film in theatres every month.
https://www.fathomevents.com/series/studio-ghibli-fest

>>158839244
my local "art house" theaters do this all year round, to be honest.

>>158836054
I dunno, but I really loved that movie.

>>158839351
It made me depressed. I had to stop watching it.

I'll finish it later.

Pretty much, kinda sad honestly because half of their movies flop when they are better than almost everything releasing both the east and the west.

>>158838269
You have good taste brah.

>>158836054
No

One of my /a/ confessions is that I hate My Neighbor Totoro and Ponyo with a passion. They fucking suck. There's no plot and nothing but pretty scenery and at most one good scene where stuff is actually happening.

>>158836054
Yes and yes. Especially Takahata's stuff.

>>158838871
That's probably the only Ghibli movie I don't like. I don't get it either.

>>158842010
I never watched Ponyo but I agree to I too dislike Totoro.
It's not bad but it's sort of boring, even if it looked great, I suppose it just wasn't the movie for me. It never got many emotions out of me either.
Other Ghibli movies are way better.

>>158842010
My Neighbor Totoro is unironically a great movie for toddlers and little kids, but I will never understand how anyone past the age of seven can possibly enjoy it.

>>158842172
it's boring and feels like the kind of movie nosey parents trying to hid their kids from the world would love to show their kids
better show kids Watership Down

>>158838354
Seconded.

>>158842055
Simpleton or underage.

They're great at telling stories. That is actually all you need. Everything they do is for the sake of telling the story. There is no nonsense.

>>158842172
>>158842753
its immensely enjoyable when you have to babysit and sit through hours of other kids shit and realize how much utter shite cashgrabs there are out there.

>>158836054
Yes they are and anyone who says otherwise is a butthurt otaku who does nothing but discuss pastebin summaries of isekai light novels/web comics all day

>>158836054
No, they just have a really unique style, like the original disney films.

Yes. These films are the best what this medium has to offer.

>>158836054
No

>>158836054
10-15 years ago, sure. Now? Not even close.

Whisper of the Heart and My Neighbour Totoro are some of my favorite movies ever.

I almost dislike every single film they did after Spirited Away though, I'm not sure what happened, the modern Ghibli art just looks soulless to me.

File: 1497333732796.jpg (119KB, 565x407px) Image search: [Google]

119KB, 565x407px

>>158838269
I like you.

File: poppyhill.jpg (258KB, 1600x866px) Image search: [Google]

258KB, 1600x866px

From Up on Poppy Hill and Whisper of the Heart are some of my favorites.
Both based of off shojo manga as far for similarities.