I'm sick of anime fans thinking everyone has to like what they like. You have to understand that what you like it might not be other people's thing. If you like political messages in your films some American films have that too. I'm pretty sure the new Mr. Peabody and Sherman movie is a metaphor for gay adoption.

Mason A Lol I actually enjoyed the video. Nice job being a judgmental asshat :)

Mason A I'm sick of asshats thinking most anime fans arethe exact same weeb trash. But I guess both sides will never cease to exist so I guess we both lose.

I'm sorry about what I said. Although there are some people of the anime community who are like that most of them aren't. Some of my best friends are anime fans and they're nice people. Actually one of the kids in my Boy Scout troop is the president of the anime club at his school. I'm sorry I offended some people. I meant no harm.

By the satanic powers of ham! YOU SHALL ENJOY THIS MOVIE!!!

Hannah Small yeah Kunihiko Yuyama is a million times better than him.

Miyazaki's films have a subtly sinister overtone if you ask me. :O

Hannah Small First off, I don't have this figured out for all Miyazaki's films so bear in mind that this is a work in-progress list. 1) *Nuassica and the Valley of the Wind:* Out of all his films, this one very much has his strongest environmental message (in my opinion) and with it comes some very eyebrow raising content. There are many moments in the story that suggest that humanity is paying for the way they have treated the environment in the past. A) Bugs have evolved to attack and kill humans as a means to protect the forest as it recovers. B) The forest is defending itself against humans for the way it has been treated. A sentiment that looses all its luster when you realize that the roles are reversed and humanity is almost extinct because of the forest. C) A monologue from a blind old woman when a "Giant Warrior" hatches and starts blowing up scores of charging Ohms. Her general line is this and I quote..."The anger of the Ohm reflects the anger of the Earth, the Earth knows it's wrong for us to survive if we have to depend on a monster like that." *First off, the Giant Warrior translates to Miyazaki's opinion on the creation/use of nuclear weapons, especially when you pay attention to the explosion that occurs after the "Giant Warriors energy attack."* *I could go into the existence of nukes and why they were used in WW2 but to keep it short, I find it very interesting that instead of holding the INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE responsible for their choices/creations, that the film condemns all of humanity to be eradicated even though very specific people were responsible for the creation and usage of such weapons.* *In short:* This movie has a very contemptuous attitude toward humanity, an attitude that is heavily violent as opposed to anything constructive. It doesn't help that the movie is incredibly poor at building it's backstory. It's all tell not show and the fact that the environmental angle is completely surface level makes it extremely hard to understand what legitimate lesson can be learned sub textually from this film. 2) *Princess Mononoke:* This one deals with that same environmental, anti-humanity stuff as VotW, though not as in-your-face. A) There is one moment of backstory where a human is sharing some of the problems a group had earlier where the forest gods (boars) where outraged at the humans cutting down trees to build/expand their village and in response the gods flat out destroyed that village. *In fact, there is an underlying tension throughout the film that humans are constricted and confined to very very specific areas of the land to a suffocating degree. A tension that is rather unfair considering that society grows and with it comes the need to expand.* B) The gods are outright HOSTILE toward humans, death is the immediate answer and when the main character is talking with the Mother Wolf god, she does not hid her contempt of him. *In short:* A message i picked up involved the notion that "nature should be protected and maintained at the expense of human life, ignoring the basic, principle requirements that come from an advancing society. 3) *Ponyo:* This review actually picked up on the (unnecessarily) apocalyptic nature of the film. Ponyo's dad is clearly at odds with humanity in regards to how humans pollute the water (fair criticism). His response however to this problem is.... A) To build up a magical concoction that will create a never ending torrent of aquatic life that will unseat humanities place in the world....basically the end of the world and the very possible genocide of mankind. B) After everything is flooded, people the main characters meet are chirpy and glad faced. Instead of being concerned about how their livelihoods are ruined, they instead are happy and upbeat as if "that is how the world should be." C) During choice scenes (mom and boy driving home), it is possible that someone could translate the waves battering the shore as the ocean having its revenge/payback after being polluted by man for so long. Considering what was mentioned by Ponyo's dad this would line up. *In short:* For a simple story about a fish that wanted to become a girl, the narrative sure is out-of-place in regards to how apocalyptic it is. 4) *Howl's Moving Castle:* For anyone paying attention there is an anti-war message brewing underneath all the story. A) During the scene where Howl is showing the main girl a portal he made for her that consists of a rolling meadow full of flowers, they are interrupted by an imposing sight. A flying fortress loaded with bombs on its way to bomb a target. Howl's response is to destroy the fortresses engines and make it crash so it can't follow through. *The deal breaker occurs when Howl reveals that he doesn't care if the war machine is on their side or not, its an instrument of death and that's all the reasoning needed to destroy it.* Even to this day that moment ranks among my top 10 stupidest moments in film. The amount of pig headed stupidity of that rationale defies comprehension. The moment you start asking questions about war, war machines, politics, etc...the more obvious it is that such a mindset has no place in the realm of constructive messaging! *In short:* This movie is dangerously close to suggesting that war and killing in general is wrong no matter what the situation. Even though it has been proven time and again that your enemies WILL attack and kill you regardless of your stance on war and being armed. 5) *Kiki's Delivery Service:* Out of all my examples, I find this movie to be the most subtle. There isn't anything technically wrong with the movie, but things get weird the moment you look at Kiki's character. A) She's a witch...that's it. Now I can understand if this sounds petty but when you take into account the inherent nature of witchcraft, what it entails, and what someone has to do to obtain the use of witchcraft; you can't help but feel rather disturbed by the film. *When you take into account the fact that this is a movie aimed at a younger audience, how clean the rest of the movie is, and how likable Kiki is...you can't help but wonder what the movie is teaching your children.* B) I have an issue with Kiki's character but since this is a concern that I can't put into words yet I'll put it aside. *In short:* For clarification, I have dealt with actual witches in the past. And I have to tell you that when a group of women routinely sacrifice animals and use their blood to paint glyphs and pentagrams on private property that is the basis for a satanic prayer that prays for the ill-will and literal destruction of you and a group of people you are apart of, your attitude toward witchcraft becomes anything but pleasant. With that image in mind, just what EXACTLY is a movie telling children when you have an extremely likable character that IS a witch and is therefore suggesting that witchcraft is ok? *Overview:* To be clear, I'm not talking about how all these details play in the story of the world that Miyazaki has created; my arguments deal with the underlying message and subtext that each film is conveying as a means to communicate a higher set of messages. To me I see a mind frame that suggests that Miyazaki's outlook on humanity is contemptuous, borderline bitter, and quite violent if you ask me; and while it is true that I have all his films and I like him, I can't help but be apprehensive about the messages he is trying to communicate.

whispers "satoshi kon is better....". . . . *Gets killed.*

Hannah Small Yeah.... Especially considering Spike Spencer is in this.....

+ProbeVoyages oh great, now I wanna see it

Howl's Moving Castle >>>>>>>>>> Princess Peach

Same

Ponyo turned into a Bulborb, LMAO

Would Johnny Depp voice flood, or play Mario?

Shadix Torchwood BOTH.

Now that I hear about it, hollywood should actually make a modernized version of mario, i mean, the old one from the 90's sucked balls, so i would like to see a version that is 90% better at least.

phenox spartan n o

I was just saying, maybe they could make a good, modern version of the super Mario bros.

Fuckin mooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

That's 2012 for ya

Mood

There's the version with Czech subtitles split into two parts. It's only 720p and annoying subtitles at the bottom but it's still better than this.

There’s a date in the description.

Fuck you

This Saske boy must be a little unhinged or something if he's willing to accept ocean with eyes and a fish person that talks and morphs. Why is it Japanese people come up with such crazy shit? Giant sentient fish battleships are usually about as I crazy as I go, and somehow make a little more sense than whatever it is Ponyo herself is (albeit cute)

pretty sure that is the plot of the movie anyway

She loves ham, so she wants more ^^ Give her a gift basket full of Oscar Meyer

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam

BY THE SATANIC POWERS OF HAM YOU WILL BE SILENCED

You will not stop my pursuit of Oscar Mayer!

18:14 I dun shat myself.

you know ponyo is weird because...it's a fish

Even tho I grew up with this I'm still looking back at it and just conceeerrrnneeedd about a couple things

Must be very toxic with all that plastic in it

+Connor ARRRrrr the by the power of Ham ones came close though :)

He screams like a goat

No like a goat

@@jacobmalic5037 agreed

Not wrong though

She doesn't act like Cartman at all

​@@reasonablebutcrazy he said looked like not act like

@@TheLiesOfReality but Ponyo isn't half as fat enough to be Cartman

@@reasonablebutcrazy it's the face and the hair i think. Not the weight

think about

Official Cbplayer well, they are based of of the same story, so it doesn't surprise me that their are many similarities between the two.

Rivermelody what the story it base on?

Official Cbplayer I can't remember the name of the story, but I do know the author of it (Hans Christian Andersen)

Rivermelody You mean The Little Mermaid. It's the same title.

That's not particularly true in all parts of the US At least where I live which is the South, older people aren't treated like 4th class citizens

I don't think we should LEARN from people who leave there children alone in a storm.

Andrew Washington Oh, it's fine, Gamera will save them.

That is generally an eastern thing, being more tradition-oriented and stuff, I guess.

+Bijinius Cross Your comment is gr8.

Well, to be fair, it was a lot of fish. :P

@@98953812 indeed it was....... alot of fish

*slowly raises hand*

Yeah...

I only knew Uncle Yo from his Baby Geniuses 2 review. Other than that...nothing.

spike Spencer is the English voice of shinji in Evangelion

PaceFilmsProduction I was

***** You DICK!

Will you repost the link please?

No that's her mom No she is a ducking god

But boy is it better than The Little Mermaid

Oh, I didnt know that!

yeah but Ponyo is another great adaption of the story. what saddens me is the amount of people who are legitimatly surprised that Hans Christain Anderson wrote it. but here's another thing I learned that gave me the feels, he wrote it out of unrequitted love. he was in love with a man who rebuked him and married a woman. Hans wrote the story saying his love for the man was like a mermaid in love with a prince.

+jacksparrowismydaddy It's amazing what you can learn in the comments of a KZfaq video. I'll never look at the Little Mermaid and Ponyo the same way again.

The Solar Wolf fun isn't it? :)

Kfor Kira You are evil, sirra

Kfor Kira What, were your writing "Baby headbutt" and accidentally wrote it on a Death Note page?

+Kfor Kira Apparently you do now.

+TheBlackKnight1o1 Don't you just hate it when that happens?

This is something Schaffrilas would do.

+Ionlymadethistoleavecoments It is the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

+Alexandra Luster Is... is that a Simpsons reference, because I reaally hope it is.

Mal Naro Yes, yes it is.

Alexandra Luster ...Thank you

Mal Naro You are very welcome.

What does her being close to the sea have to do with your driver being familiar with the roads?

She is a shitty mother though, not a bad person but a horrible mother if you put others live's before your child's. I get if it's an option but he's a little kid during a tsunami, so Doug is valid

@@KorliWolf I'd assume it's similar to what happens with Takumi in Initial D. You're so familiar with the route and get bored so much you drive quickly in order to get it over with.

@@gaminggoof1542 she's not a shitty mother, her husband is away at sea and she is usually the only one to look after the house and Sosuke.

Kim or Chloe?

@@remixchild Yes.

And Disney did their own version before both of them. It’s called The Little Mermaid.

@@abc.animal5143 So Hans Christian Andersen is the true creator of Ponyo?

@@narendramartosudarmo6112 basically

​@naendramartosudarmo6112 Well, The first guy to come up with the concept of a mermaid/fish girl from the sea becoming human out of love for a boy via magic while her dad, the guardian/king of the sea, disapproves heavily and tries to prevent/dissuade her from it, yet by the end, comes to accept and give her his blessing Since mermaids were almost always shown to be vaguely malevolent or mischievous, almost completely synonymous with sirens, and always lured shipwrecked men or sailors to their deaths

@@TMF979Resurge what I meant was that Pixar did a movie that was like Ponyo. Both movies have an identical element in their stories of separate parents. Which I think is a bigger idea than the main title sea characters

It's true. Such a tiny role they could have given to absolutely anyone

No because we're not pussies

Since you quoted Arnie I don't despise you anymore. Have a good life.

SuperMicklovin woohoo?

No, I was more like, "What the hell is that supposed to be?"

Actually I laughed out loud. I'm sorry.. this is the internet. I LOLed. In fact, I wish that was how the moon looked in that shot, as opposed to just looking like.. you know.. the moon.

HHHAAAMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who's Fujimoto then? Greg? Pearl?

SU did have a large anime influence, so Rose may actually be based off of Ponyo's mother.

So does this mean that Steven is Ponyo?

+mikail irwan "Steven Steven Steven a boy who is lovely! A magic little kid with a gem in his tummy..."

Nadya K Steven Steven Steven oh wow he is so free! He is a little boy who killed his mommy...

Tell that to my brother

Ponyo sucks, Howl's Moving Castle is a nonsensical mess, Princess Mononoke is boring as fuck and Tales from Earthsea kills brain cells.

I would tell that to my rival while pummelling him

+Deso Lark you are so gonna get grilled on

Some people aren't like us. Some people don't know...the power of Miyazaki-san.

benito franco 8

... What?

+Vhaddy Von Pineapple #HailRikiTheHeropon Caption Contest

snipelfritz Still... What?

+acheron16 Nope. Mostly cause I don't have a SNES.

+SCP-066 he is referring to this part in the credits 21:43

This is the first time i ever seen a cat drive a car. lol I wish i could, i've never driven a car before, i have only driven a P wee 50 motor bike in the bush like 10 year's ago.

That's bullshit

Tristan Hartup Of course it is, but that is the moral of Ponyo.

Tangerine Farmer I always thought the moral was you don't leave five year olds alone (even if they are a fish) or else the world would be in imminent danger. Especially in a place containing highly volatile chemicals that are (from what I can tell) ocean steroids, that have the ability to bring extinct animals from the dead.

Saydee Trammell Yes, and not to drive like Tootses the Cat, especially when you have children in the car with you. LOL

I agree its the lesser of the best which still makes it a masterpiece

Laputa was the first Studio Ghibli movie I watched and it was great

​@@QuartetGhost Personally, it's far higher up for me. Everything about it is so beautiful and comforting.💚

@fredericksaxton9782 it is which is why it's a masterpiece for me it's like comparing chocolates it's all very good and you love it all but some are just a bit better then others

Same!

Tristan Hartup Yes!!!!!!!!

She must love ham so much.

Tristan Hartup POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORK

Tristan Hartup #HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMM

"BY THE DEMONS OF THE SEAS I WILL HAVE HAM!"lmfao😡

Holy Shit! You're here! You're preemptively following me.

you must be everywhere

Go read the original Howl's Moving Castle book. The movie is a TERRIBLE adaptation of an amazing book.

SanctusEspiritus37 is jealous of Howl's Moving Castle because he won't let us praise Studio Ghibli. However, yes, the original Howl's Moving Castle is amazing beyond belief and Michael Bay sucks too much by comparison.

+spikeharusame YOU DARE SPEAK ILL OF THE MAN NAY THE LEGEND pml

Francis3164 Not speaking ill, making a joke, the man is a god of ham

*BRIAN BLESSED*

I think they're both equal in regards to the filmmaking (4.75/5, IMO), but I definitely watch Howl's more often because of how much more "grown-up" it is.

The true champ just sticks to his guns and watched One Piece all day.

Marco Moroni Thats weird, the castle has is a show on his most part, the girl changes magically because yes, the war is practically a excuse and rhe wich who turned in to a oldie go whit the group because yes. No matter how preaty or creative is, if is not explanation (No teories) or porpose on the history events the script loses quality.

He doesn't like Howl Moving Castle

ZAK CHIANG ZI XUAN (STUDENT) I’M ON MY WAAAAAAY! I’M ON MY WAAAAAAY!

I started at "Cartman fish" and then I couldn't stop. XD

HAAAAAAAAAAM

+KnightsaysNi Mom what'd you put in my lunch?

Oh,cheese

Christian Schmude That’s my favorite line!😂

Romano Coombs Damned, you've got a point.... what's up with those women under the sea? And with their dads?

That was amazing, really makes you think about the true story of this movie

***** I know. To my opinion, the beauty is that... Miyazaki makes it work. Some directors who use such symbolism get lost in a dry, boring, preachy and rather annoying style but in here there's just enough magic and heart in EVERY layer of the story. It's the extent to which a film emotionally captivates you that thrives you to think about it's meaning and well... this one does leave an emotional impact. I don't know why. The characters are rather blant and unrecognizable, yet... there's just something genuine in it that gives me the feels. I guess that's what has made his films into one of these little 'phenomenons' in cinema, but I don't know for sure. After all I just know this movie of his and My Neighbour Totoro. I just guess that most of his films must share this kind of magic knowing that 96% of the Japanese movie goers have recently claimed to have seen at least 1 of his films in the theatre.

MrRacinger322 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS

Just like MEEEEEEEEEE OuO

Same

+Shy Kiagana TeamFourStar does the DBZ Abridged,Little Kuriboh does YuGiOh Abridged and sometimes they work together.

+WitchHunter93 Spike Spencer Voice Shinji Ikari, and The others told you of Little Kuriboh.

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and The End of Evangalion

YOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

those were odd movies

Mardock Scramble series..... Shall iI continue?

***** I've never seen Nausicaa, but the End Of Evangelion is strange because Neon Genesis Evangelion is so far up it's own ass, it's creating a paradox.

I'd honestly put it in the same boat as Totoro (which I didn't love like his others), as in it's cute and charming, but I found it a bit too cute and charming. Seriously though, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and The Wind Rises are some of the greatest animated movies of all time.

Mattheos Clemence Bitch out. It's all good like all the other Studio Ghibli!

clara glyn Right o btw have you seen Pokemon 3? it's not as bad as you think.

Taurean Smith-Partee and Friends Wrong

Mattheos Clemence Maybe to you, but others are agreeing with what I say onto every comment with the same comment. But it's all good, like I said. Every Studio Ghibli film my favorite director did is amazing and spectacular!! Hell, Disney didn't get too much success with some films. People had love-making thoughts in their brains, didn't think straight.

pretty sure the stereotype is just women in general can't drive.

+Noah Baldwin and that Asians in general can't drive. So I guess Asian women would be doubly bad according to the stereotypes?

+Noah Baldwin Actually it is a racist Asian stereotype.

Emerald dj no its not

Clark Roberts it is

*Hans Christian Anderson The Little Meramid story*

@@clarkroberts2964 uh yes it is same plot:an underwater princess falls in love with a human boy, goes against her father's wishes and takes a potion/spell and becomes a human (minus the whole turning into sea foam) she gets to stay a human and stays with the boy, so pretty much sane plot as the little mermaid, only a goldfish

ever try cherry coke ham? its amazing

no but that sounds awesome.

Deborah L. like spirited away and how pretty much every little detail near holds a hidden nuance of growing up to face the world and how it may change. -has to work in an onsen to pay parents debt and save them. -has to do anything she is asked as a worker, and after no-face is consumed by human sin he shows lust by 'trying to buy her services' at which her childish mind doesnt piece together and she refuses his mone saying he shouldnt just give it away to strangers, confusing and angering the currently insane yokai. -riding the train herself unsupervised and even keeping no-face out of trouble like a mother to a child. arriety and howls moving castle had a lot going on too, but they're both based on two of miyazaki's beloved britich novels so he had a lot to work with i imagine. to my knowledge spirited away is all his ideas and not from a book. dont quote me on that though.

And it's one of my favorite movies! (Though I heard he drew heavily from Alice in Wonderland.)

Deborah L. i could see it. fothermucking yokai alice in wonderland. the evil grandmother/debt collector could definitely pass as the queen of hearts lol and gotta agree with you, spirited away is gotta be one of my favorite ghibli films, hell it was my childhood lol

Deborah L. Totoro wasn't supposed to have a deep plot, it was supposed to express the childlike wonder and imagination of the sisters and the beauty of nature.

Deborah L. Totoro is about children's imagination and how they deal with difficult times (their mother's illness in this case). It's not just a childish adventure. Otherwise, yeah, Ponyo also left me feeling "That's it?".

Actually, I think Hayao Miyazaki said he based it on “The Little Mermaid.” The kids even kinda look like a little Erik and Ariel.

Ukuele (I see people say the names of people all the time I mean what's the point!!!)

sonysfan19992 digimon

metal slug digital monsters digimon are the champions

YAS

sonysfan19992 Unless they digivolve again, then theyre not champions...

Megawolfxxx345 there Uluamats

watch castle in the sky your opinion will change.

Horned marten I've yet to see it. I will have to put it on my watch list.

Try watching The Wind Rises. If that isn't mature, I don't know what is.

sozaj which should have gotten the Oscar over Frozen.

Probably right.

I can reason with that. Ham is just tastey in each way.

+Matthewvader Ponyo II the baconing

Ryan Hagelberg Ponyo ll: Darth Bacon returns

+Matthewvader Ponyo III hotdogs? You got mustard

Ryan Hagelberg Maybe...0_0 Or do I?

Dylan Bomba Me too haha. It’s insane how much time has gone by.