Studio Ghibli Love

From Oh-Totoro Tumblr

If there is one animation studio that I have to say is consistently successful in telling stories, it would have to be Studio Ghibli. Unlike animation wizards at Pixar, all of Studio Ghibli's films have cel animation. This is a huge feat and it explains why their releases are so staggered (that and translation for those of us in the states). One of the best aspects of Studio Ghibli is the amount of detail that is paid to simple tasks. I am immediately reminded of watching Chihiro/Sen in Spirited Away putting on her shoes, or tying her hair up with a rubber band. Such a simple thing that is given such detail. Also, if you ever look at the scenes, there is so much attention shown to food preparation and nature.

I tumbled across a great Tumblr that gives some very nice scenes from Studio Ghibli films the gif treatment. It's a nice way to see some of the artwork that makes Ghibli films so special. Check it out »

Say what now?

Studio Ghibli—amazing Japanese animation studio whose works include Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and the recent release, Ponyo. Nintendo DSi—portable gaming goodness. Game developer Level 5—the creators of the Professor Layton series. Now put them all together and what do you get? A visually stunning RPG (that's role-playing game for my non-video game playing people) called Ninokuni: The Another World. Check out the trailer below. It's in Japanese, but you can kind of get the gist from the visuals. It's not slated to come out until next year, but for a great game like this one seems it will be, I can wait.


Shout out to electro^plankton for his post. Otherwise, I'd be out of the loop.