My Neighbor Totoro

[ellen_datlow]

Just finished watching it and it's really lovely. Utterly charming and quite moving with the underlying worry throughout (for those who haven't seen in, I won't go into detail).
I'm glad I finally got to see it. So are there any sequels to it?

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[czakbar.livejournal.com]

Ellen, no sequels, but lots of other Miyazaki films that you will love if you loved this one. I suggest Howl's Moving Castle, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Kiki's Delivery Service, and Spirited Away.

I LOVE Miyazaki. Totoro is one of my favorites for sure. :)

[alexotica.livejournal.com]

There's a short film sequel that plays exclusively at the Studio Ghibli museum in Tokyo, just one of many reasons to visit. A friend who visited the museum recently had all kinds of love for the experience, but alas the film wasn't playing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mei_and_the_Kittenbus

Alex.

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

Oh, Totoro is one of my favorite Miyazaki films, too, Ellen!

Since no one has recommended it yet, try to get your hands on his Lupin III film. It does feature a character who has his own series, but you don't really need to know anything about the series to enjoy it. It's very light-hearted and playful detective film, and just a fun, light earlier piece.

Castle in the Air (aka Laputa) isn't one of my favorites, but it is also worth seeing and has a stunning ending. Be sure to see Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke next, though. I really think you will like these if you enjoyed Spirited Away. Mononoke is among my favorite movies of all.

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

It's an absolutely charming movie, intended for children but wonderful for adults too. No sequels that I know of, though.

[14theditch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I dig that Totoro too.

[slithytove.livejournal.com]

Agree with the Miyazaki/Ghibli films that everyone else has been recommending.

Also take a look at Porco Rosso. Hemingway-esque Lost Generation stuff around the Mediterranean, but played for comedy rather than tragedy. Oh, yeah, and the hero's an anthropomorphic pig. Who's an aviator.

Also: Pom Poko. Screwball ecological comedy with tanuki. And scrotums. Lots of scrotums.

Also, if you can find it: Only Yesterday (Omoide Poro Poro). Realist story about love and loneliness, city and country, and the power of childhood memories. Lovely teary ending. Apparently available in Canada, but has not yet been released in the US.

[charlesatan.livejournal.com]

No direct sequel but there are a lot of Miyaaki/Studio Ghilbi films that have the same feel. Kiki's Delivery Service is a good recommendation.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I'll watch whatever Netflix has. I put the following on my list:
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
The Cat Returns
and on the "saved" list if it shows up:
Lupin: Castle of Cagliostro

Those should keep me going for a while.

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

Cagliostro has been issued on DVD a couple of times. I have a DVD I copied from my VHS tape, as well as most of the other Lupin films (though Cagliostro is by far the best and least Lupin-like of them all).

I have all the US-released Ghibli films and a couple that haven't been yet (including the interesting but not great Earthsea adaptation)--I can drop them off sometime if you like :)