[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

Ghibli Club update (post Porco Rosso)

UPDATE Notice

The club has been coming along quite well and we have seen 6 (plus 1) films under the umbrella now.

A few things have been tightened up and decided since we started so worth staging them for all:

• The films are being watched chronologically (including what is on Netflix only, so sadly skipping Grave of the Fireflies). This means we can essentially have a schedule (as at time pasted below^[1], live version *here*) decided in advance.
• We have a “break week” every fifth film to allow both a rest and also to allow more people to catch up if they have fallen behind a little, or have maybe started in the middle.
• Within the break week, we also choose (one person nominates) a side film - or a Ghibli Gaiden [ジブリクラブ外伝] that is considered, in some way, Ghibli adjacent^[2]. The first is Your Name. / 君の名は。 which is adjacent as it was successful enough to be the highest-grossing non-Miyazaki anime ever.
• The break week also allows us a chance to have a discussion forum about the previous five films. 6 people attended the first one which covered from Nausicaa to Only Yesterday. I think it is fairly safe to say that there was a wide gamut of opinion across the 5 films^[3]. The discussion lasted about 2 hours for the five films (and some other introductions etc) but it was a nice, informal way of learning a little more.
  The next discussion will take place at the end of March, please help us decide when by voting in the doodle poll.

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]		1 Mar 2021
7	海がきこえる	Ocean Waves	[vid]		8 Mar 2021
8	平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ	Pom Poko	[vid]		15 Mar 2021
9	耳をすませば	Whisper of the Heart	[vid]		22 Mar 2021
10	もののけ姫	Princess Mononoke	[vid]		29 Mar 2021
	Discussion Forum 6-10	Porco Princess			w/c 29 Mar 21
b	tbd	tbd	[vid]		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
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
	Discussion Forum 11-15	My Neighbours from Earthsea			w/c 10 May 21
c	tbd	tbd	[vid]		17 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
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
	Discussion Forum 16-20	Ponyo Was There			w/c 28 Jun 21
d	tbd	tbd	[vid]		5 Jul 2021

<sup>1. Sadly, my html knowledge of tables is pretty bad, so it looks a little poor. Please help me!↩
2. Adjacency does not mean that the film must be Japanese and/or animated - it is up to the person nominating. For example, another film about witches would be acceptable as linked to Kiki’s Delivery Service.↩
3. Generally positive but there was some significant negativity towards Only Yesterday in particular.↩</sup>