\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Favorite

I don’t “get” Studio Ghibli movies

Critics love them but they are all boring as shit to me. I f...
Vibrant flickering chapel quadroon
  12/16/23
...
Vibrant flickering chapel quadroon
  12/16/23
they seem better than disney movies because they don't try t...
supple stag film telephone
  12/16/23
...
Titillating Self-absorbed Brunch
  12/16/23
Yeah but IME there are fewer adults without kids trolling fo...
Vibrant flickering chapel quadroon
  12/16/23
I’ve been forced to watch several of them and never li...
iridescent stage hunting ground
  12/16/23
Most Ghibli films are not going to strongly appeal to non-we...
rambunctious adventurous sanctuary
  12/16/23
grave of the fireflies is fantastic, also way too dark for c...
Soul-stirring Address
  12/16/23
You kinda seem like a lib male tho. Normal adult men don&rsq...
Vibrant flickering chapel quadroon
  12/16/23
devastating. but its true, its a feel good movie.
Soul-stirring Address
  12/16/23
Ok but I found it boring as shit, despite hordes of lib male...
Vibrant flickering chapel quadroon
  12/16/23
you may just lack a heart, you are a pumo after all
Soul-stirring Address
  12/16/23
...
Harsh house-broken locale
  12/16/23
...
haunting knife senate
  12/16/23
brutal
jet-lagged lay
  12/16/23
...
jet-lagged lay
  12/16/23
I forgot GOTF was Ghibli, lulz
rambunctious adventurous sanctuary
  12/16/23
it was released in japan as a double feature with totoro, tr...
Soul-stirring Address
  12/16/23
i agree with richard clock. i wouldn't call myself a lib, b...
supple stag film telephone
  12/16/23
weebs like shinkai slop more than ghibli, or at least my gen...
Hairraiser French Fortuitous Meteor
  12/16/23
my wife loves these movies and tells me thats the one i migh...
big jet home trust fund
  12/16/23
weebs are basically a cult and this Miyzaki is one of the Id...
jet-lagged lay
  12/16/23
I agree with OP. Nothing against them but always found them ...
Bisexual Massive Sound Barrier Hall
  12/16/23
...
big jet home trust fund
  12/16/23
I really feel sorry for anyone that doesn’t get Miyaza...
Fuchsia new version
  12/16/23
lmao
iridescent stage hunting ground
  12/17/23
...
tancredi marchiolo
  03/16/26
Never seen one but i just know theyre gay
haunting knife senate
  12/16/23
Check out The Wind Rises. It doesn't have the same magical r...
Narrow-minded Turquoise Dopamine Organic Girlfriend
  12/17/23
but libs loved Oppenheimer wtf libs
jet-lagged lay
  12/17/23
Totoro and spirited sway I wasn't a huge fan of but mononoke...
Vivacious Khaki Candlestick Maker Dragon
  12/17/23
...
navy bull headed school cafeteria dingle berry
  01/28/25
I think they're mostly great and I hate anime.
offensive lodge
  01/28/25
'Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind' is awesome. Highly reco...
Richard Ames
  03/16/26


Poast new message in this thread



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 8:10 PM
Author: Vibrant flickering chapel quadroon

Critics love them but they are all boring as shit to me. I feel like maybe they are just for little kids but lots of weebo adults like them too. Am I missing something?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178134)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 8:51 PM
Author: Vibrant flickering chapel quadroon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178265)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 8:56 PM
Author: supple stag film telephone

they seem better than disney movies because they don't try to do much other than have some wholesome fun

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178274)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 8:59 PM
Author: Titillating Self-absorbed Brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178286)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:16 PM
Author: Vibrant flickering chapel quadroon

Yeah but IME there are fewer adults without kids trolling for Disney movies. There a ton of adults, mostly lib males, raving about Ghilbi movies all over the internet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178334)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:18 PM
Author: iridescent stage hunting ground

I’ve been forced to watch several of them and never liked any

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178338)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:21 PM
Author: rambunctious adventurous sanctuary

Most Ghibli films are not going to strongly appeal to non-weeaboo adults

Princess Mononoke would be an exception.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178348)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:22 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Address

grave of the fireflies is fantastic, also way too dark for children

spirited away is also a lovely story and a well made movie



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178351)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:24 PM
Author: Vibrant flickering chapel quadroon

You kinda seem like a lib male tho. Normal adult men don’t refer to animated movies having a “lovely story”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178358)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:27 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Address

devastating. but its true, its a feel good movie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178368)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:33 PM
Author: Vibrant flickering chapel quadroon

Ok but I found it boring as shit, despite hordes of lib males like you loving it, hence this thread. I’m probably just destined to be forever confused on this phenomenon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178390)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:34 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Address

you may just lack a heart, you are a pumo after all

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178394)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 10:28 PM
Author: Harsh house-broken locale



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178587)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 10:41 PM
Author: haunting knife senate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178630)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 10:49 PM
Author: jet-lagged lay

brutal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178658)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:35 PM
Author: jet-lagged lay



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178396)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:52 PM
Author: rambunctious adventurous sanctuary

I forgot GOTF was Ghibli, lulz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178457)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 10:18 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Address

it was released in japan as a double feature with totoro, traumatizing an entire generation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178555)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 10:03 PM
Author: supple stag film telephone

i agree with richard clock. i wouldn't call myself a lib, but i'm more of a sensitive intellectual than your average reptile

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178505)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:36 PM
Author: Hairraiser French Fortuitous Meteor

weebs like shinkai slop more than ghibli, or at least my generation of weebs did

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178399)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:40 PM
Author: big jet home trust fund

my wife loves these movies and tells me thats the one i might like if i actually watched it through.

ive tried a few times but fall asleep within 10 minutes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178414)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:41 PM
Author: jet-lagged lay

weebs are basically a cult and this Miyzaki is one of the Idols

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178418)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 9:50 PM
Author: Bisexual Massive Sound Barrier Hall

I agree with OP. Nothing against them but always found them pretty boring. I like a lot of art and culture from Japan but I honestly have no idea why people love Ghibli. It does seem kid oriented. I honestly can't sit through one of these snoozefests without passing out. Nothing to keep the attention span going. Again I have never explicitly disliked anything about them in particular but also never understood the hype. Whatever it's just not for me.

I know people who will die on a hill defending Totoro as Great Art though and I just don't get that attitude.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178446)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 10:04 PM
Author: big jet home trust fund



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178510)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 10:37 PM
Author: Fuchsia new version

I really feel sorry for anyone that doesn’t get Miyazaki’s films. Not that they’re all amazing but the best ones are. They have a very unique aesthetic but also seem to tap into some sort of collective consciousness in their visuals.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178620)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 17th, 2023 12:25 AM
Author: iridescent stage hunting ground

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178870)



Reply Favorite

Date: March 16th, 2026 10:12 PM
Author: tancredi marchiolo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#49749796)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2023 10:41 PM
Author: haunting knife senate

Never seen one but i just know theyre gay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178633)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 17th, 2023 12:15 AM
Author: Narrow-minded Turquoise Dopamine Organic Girlfriend

Check out The Wind Rises. It doesn't have the same magical realism as the other movies.

Libs hate Miyazaki for it as it romanticizes the life of the chief engineer behind the Zero fighter plane.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178850)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 17th, 2023 12:18 AM
Author: jet-lagged lay

but libs loved Oppenheimer wtf libs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47178854)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 17th, 2023 10:34 AM
Author: Vivacious Khaki Candlestick Maker Dragon

Totoro and spirited sway I wasn't a huge fan of but mononoke, castle in the sky, kikis delivery service, howls are all total peak stuff. They're "kids movies" in the sense that kids love them but they have universal and timeless themes and great characters, animation, and stories. Compared with any modern movies (last 30 years maybe) they're basically transcendent, but on their own they're still really really good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#47179626)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 28th, 2025 2:50 PM
Author: navy bull headed school cafeteria dingle berry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#48598630)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 28th, 2025 3:02 PM
Author: offensive lodge

I think they're mostly great and I hate anime.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#48598664)



Reply Favorite

Date: March 16th, 2026 10:20 PM
Author: Richard Ames

'Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind' is awesome. Highly recommend it. Great score as well. The Ghibli stuff is often very non-western in that it is more "slice of life" than a traditional movie. Nausicaa has a real plot and all that. Great animation as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5461555&forum_id=2/#49749822)