The Movie Mingle #154 – Ghibli II (1993 – 2004)

Movie Mingler proudly presents: Ghibli II (1993 – 2004) — [aka, The Movie Mingle #154]

This week: Nick & Tayt continue their journey of talking about every feature film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, along with every feature film made by his legendary animation studio, Studio Ghibli (which he co-founded with Isao Takahata & Toshio Suzuki)… in release order!

This episode we cover the next eight feature films of this journey (with being three directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and two directed by Isao Takahata).

These films are:

Ocean Waves (1993) — Pom Poko (1994) — Whisper of the Heart (1995) — Princess Mononoke (1997) — My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) — Spirited Away (2001) — The Cat Returns (2002) — Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

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Ghibli II (1993- 2004) – Time Stamps:

Introduction to the era of Ghibli we will cover in this pod — (0:01:59)
A note on the Influence that Porco Rosso (1992) had on western filmmakers in the 90s (Nick forgot to mention it in the Ghibli I pod and he just had to get it out) — (0:05:59)

Movie Reviews/Discussion:

Ocean Waves (1993) dir. Tomomi Mochizuki — (0:8:06)

Pom Poko (1994) dir. Isao Takahata — (0:26:49)

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Bonus 8 1/2 (1963) review/rant from Tayt — (0:42:03)

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Whisper of the Heart (1995) dir. Yoshifumi Kondō — (0:44:17)

Princess Mononoke (1997) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — (1:11:02)

My Neighbours the Yamadas (1999) dir. Isao Takahata — (1:35:23)

Spirited Away (2001) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — (1:54:04)

The Cat Returns (2002) dir. Hiroyuki Morita — (2:32:09)

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — (2:48:44)

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Conclusion and sum of this era in Ghibli. Plus, a preview of Ghibli III — (3:22:10)
Nick & Tayt rank the sixteen movies they have covered in the two Ghibli podcast from worst to best — (3:32;08)

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RELATED PODCASTS:

The Movie Mingle #149 – Ghibli I (1979 – 1992)

The Movie Mingle #130 – Spirited Away (2001)

The Movie Mingle #148 – Hitchcock 1 (1925 – 1927)

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