Hayao Miyazaki Movies

I sat down to watch this with my boyfriend about half a year ago and I must say, it was quite impressive. A story about a girl who has just moved into a new house with her parents and they discover ghost town, in which her parents come to become held captive and the little girl ends up discovering an ancient wash-house full of spirits. After becoming a prisoner of the bath-house, the little girl is in a race against time to escape and free her parents and break a spell, placed on a young boy, Haku.

I love the visuals in this animation, as they are both enchanting, out of the ordinary and rich in vibrant colours - something I like to see when watching cartoons.

What I liked even more, was the story, which was anything but your average. Based heavily on Myths and folktale, Spirited Away is a fun, yet intelletually complicated Masterpiece, which makes the cartoon both spell-binding, yet something to learn from.
Following on from this, (again, better late than never) we decided to watch this, today, which I didn't enjoy as much as Spirited Away, but still enjoyed it none-the-less. In this movie, we see the same urban-legend oriented plot, with a young girl in possession of a Crystal necklace that everybody is after her for. Whilst on the run with her new found friend, she later discovers she is the heir to the throne of the 'mythical' Laputa - Castle in the sky. She learns that the crystal contains great powers and if it falls into the wrong hands, is capable of a lot of destruction. This, is a race against time to keep the army, with evil motives from capturing the crystal, locating Laputa and using it for great evil.

Whilst I found the plot engaging and enjoyable, the fact that Spirited away was more magical, meant that this movie was not a 10/10 for me.


I still have about 3 more of these to watch and am pretty sure I will be doing so very soon