![]() Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbour Totoro (spoilers) don’t really have villains, with the third-act crisis being depression and illness respectively. Similarly, the villains range from desperate antagonists to practically nonexistent. It does these things well, with leading women in Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle, Chihiro/Sen in Spirited Away, the eponymous Kiki with her delivery service, Fio in Porco Rosso, and Satsuki in My Neighbour Totoro, to name a few. Many of the Studio Ghibli films share a lot of similarities, with chief director and writer Hayao Miyazaki often including strong female leads, a grey-morality villain rather than outright-evil, and strong themes that touch upon anti-war or peaceful resolutions. I’m not sure it’s the best one – it battles for that title with the likes of Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Spirited Away – but it’s the one that I connect to most strongly. ![]() Princess Mononoke is my favourite Studio Ghibli film. ![]() “While religion is no basis for ethics, neither is nihilism, which would suggest a worldview of lawlessness and “fuck around and find out””
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