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Film Review: Arrietty (UK Dub)

By On August 23, 2011 · 2 Comments

Arrietty Written by Hayao Miyazaki & Keiko Niwa,
Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Description: Touching Japanese animation that tells the story of Arrietty, a miniscule young girl who lives under the floorboards of an old house with her equally tiny father and mother.

When she’s accidentally seen by a 12-year old resident [...]

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StrangenessAbound’s 見 & 漫 Page: Reviewing Ponyo

By On February 23, 2011 · 1 Comment

Ponyo directed and animated by Hayao Miyazaki

Buy It Now: from Amazon: DVD or Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo

Ponyo is also available on Netflix’s Instant Queue

Description: Welcome to a world where anything is possible! Academy Award winning director Hayao Miyazaki (2002, Best Animated Feature, Spirited Away) and legendary filmmaker [...]

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StrangenessAbound’s 見 & 漫 Page: Reviewing Princess Mononoke

By On November 30, 2010 · 3 Comments

Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫 Mononoke-hime), written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, was released in 1997 and is the third highest-grossing movie in Japan. The second highest-grossing movie in Japan is Howl’s Moving Castle and first highest-grossing is Spirited Away – all, of course, by Hayao Miyazaki. [...]

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StrangenessAbound’s 見 & 漫 Page: Reviewing Howl’s Moving Castle

By On November 11, 2010 · 3 Comments

Howl’s Moving Castle (ハウルの動く城) is a 2004 anime film adapted from the book by the same name by Diana Wynne Jones. The film Howl’s Moving Castle directed and animated by Hayao Miayazaki was nominated for Best Animated Feature in the 78th Academy Awards for its beautiful music, vivid and smooth animation, a well-voiced American dub, a [...]

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StrangenessAbound’s 見 & 漫 Page: Reviewing Spirited Away

By On October 28, 2010 · 5 Comments

In the spirit (heh) of Halloween, I’m discussing Spirited Away, an anime film directed and drawn by Hayao Miyazaki. Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) is about a girl, Chihiro, who somehow slips into a spirit world in which she lives, grows and matures. When we first see her, she is reluctant to move to her old home, she’s [...]

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