[3WR] 言の葉の庭 / The Garden Of Words (2013)

 言の葉の庭    The Garden Of Words[link to netflix]  

Released: 31 May 2013 (46 min)

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Producer: Noritaka Kawaguchi

As part of Ghibli Club Gaiden [ジブリクラブ外伝], we have decided to have a "rest week" which allows people to catch up and we also have an optional side film that is Ghibli adjacent. Each person also submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list?

Reviews:

Check the crep

Boy cobbles dream.

grooming by rain

Pray for rain

Shinjuku fears parked

Rainy Shoe Rendezvous

  

[3WR] もののけ姫 / Princess Mononoke (1997)

 もののけ姫    Princess Mononoke[link to netflix]  

Released: 12 July 1997 (133 min)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Producer: Toshio Suzuki

As part of Ghibli Club, each person submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list? 

Reviews:

Animals against deforestation

Poor, ugly, beautiful 

Keep your head

Supernatural Boar War

Raise your hands!

Boar hunting mishap

Wolves (F)ighting (C)onsumption

Fantastically animated action

[3WR] 耳をすませば / Whisper of the Heart (1995)

 

耳をすませば    Whisper of the Heart[link to netflix]  

Released: 15 July 1995 (111 min)

Director: Yoshifumi Kondō

Producer: Toshio Suzuki

As part of Ghibli Club, each person submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list? 

Reviews:

Ghibli's Youthful Spirit

Brilliant Baron Begins!

Hewn from rock

Library of Love

Baron concrete road

Storytelling ignites academics

Smitten kitten written

[3WR] 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ / Pom Poko (1994)

 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ    Pom Poko[link to netflix]  

Released: 16 July 1994 (119 min)

Director: Isao Takahata

Producer: Toshio Suzuki

As part of Ghibli Club, each person submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list? 

Reviews:

Scrotum to totem

Troublesome tanuki tragedy

Testes and trees

Romanticised conservatism bollocks

All for Tanuki

Ballsy extinction rebellion 

Doubly on display

 

[3WR] 海がきこえる / Ocean Waves (1993)

 

 海がきこえる    Ocean Waves[link to netflix]  

Released: 05 May 1993 (73 min)

Director: Tomomi Mochizuki

Producer: Toshio Suzuki

As part of Ghibli Club, each person submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list? 

Reviews:

Splits to Kochi

Separated by JRLine

Individualism breeds discontent

Bathtub bed abides

Exploitative love abound

Friends fight fervently

Romanticising Toxic Relationships

 

[3WR] 君の名は。 / Your Name. (2016)

 君の名は。    Your Name.[link to netflix]  

Released: 16 August 2016 (107 min)

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Producer: Kōichirō Itō

As part of Ghibli Club Gaiden [ジブリクラブ外伝], we have decided to have a "rest week" which allows people to catch up and we also have an optional side film that is Ghibli adjacent. Each person also submits a 3-word review [3WR] for the film after watching. Why not send yours to add to the list?

As it happens, Your Name is actually a film that I have already blogged about and that is here too.

Reviews:

Mitsuha san's frontiers

Musubi via boobie(s) 

Celestial Freaky Friday 

Temporal Transformational Romance

Sliding doors moments

Embrace the change

 

 

 

Ghibli Club scheduling

Here is a table of the current schedule as it stands which will try to update the links semi-regularly. 

There is also a Google calendar that you can see of these dates and you can subscribe to this calendar too [link to subscribe] to join in easily.

Watch order	Original Title	UK title	Netflix	3WR post	Watched (by)
1	風の谷のナウシカ	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	[vid]	[blog]	18 Jan 2021
2	天空の城ラピュタ	Laputa: Castle in the Sky	[vid]	[blog]	25 Jan 2021
3	となりのトトロ	My Neighbour Totoro	[vid]	[blog]	1 Feb 2021
4	魔女の宅急便	Kiki's Delivery Service	[vid]	[blog]	8 Feb 2021
5	おもひでぽろぽろ	Only Yesterday	[vid]	[blog]	15 Feb 2021
	Discussion Forum 1-5	From Nausicaa to Yesterday			22 Feb 2021
6	紅の豚	Porco Rosso	[vid]	[blog]	22 Feb 2021
a	君の名は。	Your Name.	[vid]	[blog]	1 Mar 2021
7	海がきこえる	Ocean Waves	[vid]	[blog]	8 Mar 2021
8	平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ	Pom Poko	[vid]	[blog]	15 Mar 2021
9	耳をすませば	Whisper of the Heart	[vid]	[blog]	22 Mar 2021
10	もののけ姫	Princess Mononoke	[vid]	[blog]	29 Mar 2021
	Discussion Forum 6-10	Porco Princess			31 Mar 2021
b	言の葉の庭	The Garden Of Words	[vid]	[blog]	5 Apr 2021
11	ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん	My Neighbours the Yamadas	[vid]		12 Apr 2021
12	千と千尋の神隠し	Spirited Away	[vid]		19 Apr 2021
	Discussion Forum b-12	Gardening Away			21 Apr 2021
13	猫の恩返し	The Cat Returns	[vid]		26 Apr 2021
14	ハウルの動く城	Howl's Moving Castle	[vid]		3 May 2021
15	ゲド戦記	Tales from Earthsea	[vid]		10 May 2021
c	tbd	tbd	[vid]		17 May 2021
	Discussion Forum 13-c	The Cat comes back around the side			19 May 2021
16	崖の上のポニョ	Ponyo	[vid]		24 May 2021
17	借りぐらしのアリエッティ	Arrietty	[vid]		31 May 2021
18	コクリコ坂から	From Up on Poppy Hill	[vid]		7 Jun 2021
	Discussion Forum 16-18	Ponyo's Hill			9 Jun 2021
19	風立ちぬ	The Wind Rises	[vid]		14 Jun 2021
20	かぐや姫の物語	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	[vid]		21 Jun 2021
21	思い出のマーニー	When Marnie Was There	[vid]		28 Jun 2021
d	tbd	tbd	[vid]		5 Jul 2021
	Discussion Forum 19-d	The Wind was There			10 Jul 2021