Howl's Moving Castle: With Age Comes . . .
The film's most magical element is its fantastic assumption that the elderly are capable, valuable human beings.
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Anime Reviews
- Akira: Visually and Thematically Chaotic
- Castle in the Sky: Sheer Delight
- Howl's Moving Castle: With Age Comes . . .
- Princess Mononoke: Mystery and Grace
- Steamboy: The Exhilaration of the Real
- Days of Future Past: Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis
- Hey, You Got Your Anime in My Techno! Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
- One Out of a Thousand: Miyazaki's Spirited Away
- Real as Anything You've Seen: Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy
- Winning Us Over: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
cinekklesia :: Anime
April 14, 2008Steamboy: The Exhilaration of the Real
...doesn't dwell in rural environments or pre-modern settings; it is a wholly modern, industrial film.
Princess Mononoke: Mystery and Grace
Miyazaki suggests that there is more to nature than human reason can fathom, and that we should respect it as source of mystery and power . . .
Castle in the Sky: Sheer Delight
This kind of Platonic male-female relationship seems to be a staple of Miyazaki films, and it’s always a delight to behold . . .
Akira: Visually and Thematically Chaotic
There is enough angst in today’s fast-paced world without having to experience it again in the fine arts.
Real as Anything You've Seen: Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy
Otomo uses the Steam family to present different perspectives on the use of science…but he ultimately leaves the viewer to make up his or her own mind on the issue.
One Out of a Thousand: Miyazaki's Spirited Away
And that is one of the beauties of Spirited Away ... you aren’t given all the answers ....
Days of Future Past: Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis
Part carnival, part apocalyptic-noir fable, Metropolis would feel much like Blade Runner or Dark City if it weren’t so much fun to watch.
Winning Us Over: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
...though considered Miyazaki’s masterpiece, at first Nausicaa seemed limp and pale.... I found myself wondering what all the fuss was about.
Hey, You Got Your Anime in My Techno! Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
You know those guys are giving themselves tumors by constantly wearing those bizarre computerized display masks...