"The Secret World of Miyazaki"!

It seems like I am already a 'Studio Ghibli' fan. Or is it better to call myself a  Hayao Miyazaki  fan? Who else creates  those beautiful anime's of oriental charm. Miyazaki didnt direct 'Secret world of Arriety'; he just 'planned' as the credit goes. In fact, he  wrote the screen play,supervised the production but gave the director's baton to the younger colleague of him, the talented Hiromasa Yonebayashi. The story  is based on an award winning English fantasy novel for children named 'Borrowers' written in 1952 by Mary Norton about the tiny people living under floor or behind walls in a house. 'Secret World of Arriety' has the beauty of friendship that blossoms between the tiny girl Arriety and the boy next door. It a deep innocent friendship with a secret shade of romance in it. Its a beautiful movie especially to those who love Ghibli style animation of lushly rich frames.

After, 'My neighbor Totoro' , I saw two more Ghibli movies, 'Kiki's delivery Service' and 'Spirited Away' before watching 'Arriety' and I particularly loved 'Kiki's delivery Service' for its universal theme and beauty where, I found 'spirited away'  an elegantly animated movie with a complex story line and hundreds of character's in detail, but more enjoyable to a Japanese audience who could easily connect to the mythological base of this 'over spirited' theme.' Spirited away' won many international awards including Oscar and is considered as a classic among animation movies.

 

Kiki's delivery Service is about a little cute witch who would come to a new city as part of her witch training, flying on her broomstick. She chooses 'delivery service' as her profession to survive in the city. 'Spirited away' is about a girl who's trapped inside a  resort that's open only for ghosts and spirits to make them rejuvenated ; when her greedy parents commits a stupid mistake crashing into the place.

If you are new to Anime's or Japanese animation movies; I seriously recommend watching Ghibli flims especially Totoro and you are going to love it.

May be not mere coincidence, Miyazaki;s central characters are always girls and you find all of them, brave and possess character. Another way, Miyazaki's celebrating this culture of strong feminine which could also be a part of Japanese culture.