Overall thoughts after finishing all of the Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli films. Generally pretty good movies, if a bit light on content. These are intentionally slow, ponderous films. Grave of the Fireflies was a standout as an excellent and depressing film. At the other end of the spectrum, I found the non-fantasy coming-of-age type films pretty boring and mostly pointless. Porco Rosso and Pom Poko were mostly just weird.
Here are all of the movies I watched, with plusses and minuses to show if I felt that a movie fell above or below the "generally pretty good" standard:
The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) ++
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Castle in the Sky (1986) +
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) ++++
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) +
Only Yesterday (1991) ---
Porco Rosso (1992)
Ocean Waves (1993) ---
Pom Poko (1994)
Whisper of the Heart (1995) ---
Princess Mononoke (1997)
My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) -----
Spirited Away (2001) +
The Cat Returns (2002)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004) ++
Tales from the Earthsea (2006) --
Ponyo (2008) -
The Borrower Arrietty (2010) -
From Up on Poppoy Hill (2011) ---
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) ----
The Wind Rises (2013) ---
When Marnie Was There (2014) ---
The Red Turtle (2016) ---
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