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 |
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| 6 | 紅の豚 | Porco Rosso | [vid] | [blog] | 22 Feb 2021 |
| a | 君の名は。 | Your Name. | [vid] | 1 Mar 2021 |
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| 7 | 海がきこえる | Ocean Waves | [vid] | 8 Mar 2021 |
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| 8 | 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ | Pom Poko | [vid] | 15 Mar 2021 |
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| 9 | 耳をすませば | Whisper of the Heart | [vid] | 22 Mar 2021 |
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| 10 | もののけ姫 | Princess Mononoke | [vid] | 29 Mar 2021 |
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| Discussion Forum 6-10 | Porco Princess | w/c 29 Mar 21 | |||
| b | tbd | tbd | [vid] | 5 Apr 2021 |
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| 11 | ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん | My Neighbours the Yamadas | [vid] | 12 Apr 2021 |
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| 12 | 千と千尋の神隠し | Spirited Away | [vid] | 19 Apr 2021 |
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| 13 | 猫の恩返し | The Cat Returns | [vid] | 26 Apr 2021 |
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| 14 | ハウルの動く城 | Howl's Moving Castle | [vid] | 3 May 2021 |
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| 15 | ゲド戦記 | Tales from Earthsea | [vid] | 10 May 2021 |
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| Discussion Forum 11-15 | My Neighbours from Earthsea | w/c 10 May 21 | |||
| c | tbd | tbd | [vid] | 17 May 2021 |
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| 16 | 崖の上のポニョ | Ponyo | [vid] | 24 May 2021 |
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| 17 | 借りぐらしのアリエッティ | Arrietty | [vid] | 31 May 2021 |
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| 18 | コクリコ坂から | From Up on Poppy Hill | [vid] | 7 Jun 2021 |
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| 19 | 風立ちぬ | The Wind Rises | [vid] | 14 Jun 2021 |
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| 20 | かぐや姫の物語 | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | [vid] | 21 Jun 2021 |
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| 21 | 思い出のマーニー | When Marnie Was There | [vid] | 28 Jun 2021 |
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| Discussion Forum 16-20 | Ponyo Was There | w/c 28 Jun 21 | |||
| d | tbd | tbd | [vid] | 5 Jul 2021 |
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.↩
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.↩
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