# What are your favorite Studio Ghibli movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219 "2012-01-30T18:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/1 "2012-01-30T18:58:29Z")
[About 1 1/2 years ago, I did a poll to find out what people think is the best Hayao Miyazaki movie.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575550) This is kind of the continuation/successor to that poll. This time, I’m asking what Studio Ghibli movies you like the most. It’s a multiple selection poll, so choose those you enjoy the most. My wife and I just saw the Secret World of Arriety and it got me thinking about all Ghilbi movies. Note: I am including Nausicca, mainly because I think it is on the edge of being a Ghibli movie. Nothing before it is included, though. So, which are your favorites? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/2 "2012-01-30T19:02:17Z")
Castle In The Sky probably followed by Castle Of Cagliostro. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/3 "2012-01-30T19:03:06Z")
Oh, and I included From Up On Poppy Hill for those lucky enough to have seen it already. It is for the most part, unreleased outside Japan. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/4 "2012-01-30T19:06:45Z")
No _On Your Mark_? 😉 Nausicaa should count. I only put the ones I’ve seen, and I’ve liked them, so I voted for them all. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/5 "2012-01-30T19:12:52Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Castle In The Sky probably followed by Castle Of Cagliostro. Yeah, I stopped with Nausicaa. You could go vote in the Miyazaki poll, though, if it is still open and you don’t mind resurrecting it. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/6 "2012-01-30T19:15:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yeah, I stopped with Nausicaa. > > You could go vote in the Miyazaki poll, though, if it is still open and you don’t mind resurrecting it. Oops poll wasn’t there when I posted. Ok Grave Of The Fireflies instead. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/7 "2012-01-30T19:16:46Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Oops poll wasn’t there when I posted. Ok Grave Of The Fireflies instead. You can choose more than one, of course. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/8 "2012-01-30T19:24:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > You can choose more than one, of course. Oh I know, I meant Laputa and Grave. 🙂 My brother gave me Arriety the other day but I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/9 "2012-01-30T19:33:37Z")
Ponyo and My Neighbor Totoro, but I have two fanatics living in my home. 😃 [One fanatic at Kiddyland in Harajuku](https://picasaweb.google.com/105858526193671771618/Vs#5544548214548801554) [My mother knitted these characters](https://picasaweb.google.com/105858526193671771618/Vs#5596851210033565282) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/10 "2012-01-30T21:25:52Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Oh I know, I meant Laputa and Grave. 🙂 My brother gave me Arriety the other day but I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. The version of Arriety that I have is the UK dub. Apparently, they did a UK dub and an American dub. Is that common? The UK dub is great, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/11 "2012-01-30T21:44:26Z")
I see that so far I’m the only person to vote for my two favorites: _Pom Poko_ and _Whisper of the Heart_. :mad: The moment at the end of _Pom Poko_ where the tanuki show the humans exactly what they’ve lost by destroying Tama Hills … so beautiful and sad. I choke up every time I watch it. (LOL … I just looked at what I posted to your previous thread. I said almost exactly the same thing … .) ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/12 "2012-01-30T22:04:46Z")
Quoting myself from the previous thread, since it hasn’t changed: > [@Best Miyazaki Film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-miyazaki-film/551183/55): > > Princess Mononoke is my favorite animated movie. > > 2nd would be Whisper of the Heart, then Spirited Away and Totoro. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/13 "2012-01-30T22:26:03Z")
Spirited Away is one of my all-time favorite movies, animated or otherwise. Ghibli has produced plenty of other great movies, but this one is just… auggh, I love it! Incidentally, if you ever get the chance to go to the Ghibli Museum, DO IT. Except for the fact that it can get insanely crowded, it was one of the most magical experiences I’ve ever had in a museum 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/14 "2012-01-30T22:53:16Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > I see that so far I’m the only person to vote for my two favorites: _Pom Poko_ and _Whisper of the Heart_. :mad: Oops, that first one was an oversight on my part. Someone gave me a split DVD of _Pom Poko_/_My Neighbor Totoro_ which was fun to watch. I remember the sad environmental message that wasn’t too overbearing. And of course, both of those movies are the more “kidlike” of Ghibli movies, but I still think of the reactions of American parents when they get to the “tanuki using their testicles as a means of conveyance” part. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/15 "2012-01-30T23:52:17Z")
Why is Kiki’s Delivery Service rated so low? ARE YOU PEOPLE ALL _MAD_?! 😉 😃 Seriously, there’s a lot of great ones, but the flying scenes in Kiki’s are, with the _possible_ exception of the Fleisher Superman and Disney’s Peter Pan, the best ever animated anywhere! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/16 "2012-01-30T23:55:04Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > I see that so far I’m the only person to vote for my two favorites: _Pom Poko_ and _Whisper of the Heart_. :mad: I do like Whisper of the Heart, but it just isn’t one of my favorites. Good movie, though. > [@Fenris](#): > > Why is Kiki’s Delivery Service rated so low? ARE YOU PEOPLE ALL _MAD_?! 😉 😃 It’s OK, but a weak Ghibli movie, if such a thing exists. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/17 "2012-01-31T00:02:19Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Why is Kiki’s Delivery Service rated so low? ARE YOU PEOPLE ALL _MAD_?! 😉 😃 Well, I ticked 8 movies, and Kiki would probably have been my next choice: there’s a lot of very good movies in the list! ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/18 "2012-01-31T00:05:56Z")
What surprises me is that Arrietty is doing so poorly: the only reason that I can think of is that most haven’t had a chance to see it. My advice: if you like other Studio Ghibli movies, try to see that: it’s really worth it! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/19 "2012-01-31T00:11:57Z")
I saw **Princess Mononoke** first, and it remains my favorite of the three I’ve seen (plus Howl’s and Spirited), possibly because it was the first, but also because it casts an environment/industrialist struggle in wonderful shades of gray. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219/20 "2012-01-31T01:19:03Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > What surprises me is that Arrietty is doing so poorly: the only reason that I can think of is that most haven’t had a chance to see it. My advice: if you like other Studio Ghibli movies, try to see that: it’s really worth it! It is brand spanking new in the US. It will rise in the polls if we do this again in a few years. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-studio-ghibli-movies/611219.md?page=2)