Studio Ghibli

Only Yesterday 🎥

Such a beautiful story about a girl’s upbringing and how it relates to her present admiration of nature. With her dream to play in theater plays crushed by her dad for no reason, she became a ghost of who she was, always lost and never knowing what to do with her life. She takes her vacations on farms and – as a city girl – she sees everything green that isn’t the fields as untouched nature which she learns is a misconception.

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Porco Rosso 🎥

This is my first Ghibli movie and not even their best, supposedly. It’s one of the most magical animated movies I’ve ever seen. If this doesn’t make their top 10, I’m endlessly excited to see their “better” ones. I really liked the context of this movie – set in the 1930s of Italy. My favorite line’s gotta be the most famous one: “I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.

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