Spirited Away

Source: http://keitai.muryougazou.jp/gazou.php?id=2410&category=11

"Spirited Away" by Hayao Miyazaki is one my favorite movies that I watch whenever I want to just relax and be free from all the stress. I think it is one of the very few animation movies that can be watched by a wide range of audience, but still contain a lot of significant, deep meanings within the context and plot of the movies. Just to tell you a little bit about the story, a ten-year old girl, Chihiro, accidentally gets to a mysterious place where monsters and spirits live while exploring a new place with her parents. To return her parents into humans (while exploring the place, they turn into pigs because they eat the foods of the mysterious place), Chihiro gets a new name, Sen, to work in the bathhouse of Yubaba with a lot of help from Haku. Overall, I think the movie portrays Chihiro's transition from childhood from adulthood by showing her entering the new, mysterious world. When she starts working at Yubaba's bathhouse, she loses of name, which represents her childhood; then, she gets a new name for her adulthood to start almost a new life with full responsibilities for herself and also for people around her, such as her parents. The vivid images and detailed settings of the movie makes me fall deeper and deeper into the movie as I watch "Spirited Away". There is a Disney version of the movie, but I personally think that the original Japanese version of the film is better with the Japanese voices that make the story sound more realistic for some reason.

Go to this site for the second part!
http://video.baamboo.com/watch/5/video/332324/phim-video-clip-VietSub-Spirited-Away-Part-22.html

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

Ponyo on the Cliff is a movie made by a famous Japanese movie director Hayao Miyazaki. I've watched many of his other movies, but didn't get a chance to watch this one when it first came out in 2008. Personally, I like Hayao Miyazaki's movies because his movies not only enrich the audience's eyes but also their minds; every scene in his movies contains a deep meaningwhile being portrayed with beautiful illustrations at the same time. I watched a dubbed version of the original Japanese movie, Ponyo on the Cliff; although some people might think that animation movies are just for little kids, this movie was actually very interesting and fun for me because all the characters in the movie were positive-minded and very pure, I would say. Even the adults in the movie were pure like little children; for example, Soske's mom let Ponyo stay at her house right away instead of thinking that Ponyo's story, that she turned into a human from a fish to meet Soske, was just a story made up by a child.

This is a movie trailer of the Japanese version with English subtitles.


I would definitely recommend you all to watch this movie, especially if you haven't watched any of Hayao Miyazaki's movies, because you will be able to learn lessons and enjoy the story, in which Soske and Ponyo become great friends!

Click Here for a website that has the original Japanese version of the movie divided into eleven parts. Unfortunately, there are Korean subtitles in it, but no English subtitles.. : ( By the way, I LOVE Ponyo and Soske's voices in the movie! They're so cute!

Sources
http://www.nipponcinema.com/releases/dvd/ponyo-on-the-cliff-by-the-sea-walt-disney-home-ent/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4rqs62pL8

Animal Yokocho

Many Japanese animations that are dubbed into Korean are broadcasted in Korea. They are usually broadcasted at four o'clock, which is the time most little kids watch television at home after they return from their schools or kindergartens. Yesterday, I got to watch an animation called Animal Yokocho for the first time, and I decided to talk write a blog post about it because I thought it's really cute and fun!

Animal Yokocho is about a girl who meets three talking dolls who eventually become her friends. These are the characters:

Name: Mr. Lee

He didn't come out much until now, but I am expecting him to be a very random, funny character who introduces the Animal Land to Ama.

Name: Yi Ssa

Yi Ssa is a panda who makes other people feel comfortable when he is talking to them. Although he looks timid and weak, he is actually very strong and he knows how to do many things.

Name: Canta

Canta is a bear who is usually nice to others, but who can be offensive sometimes.Also, he feels lonely very easily, and is often teased by Yi-Yo for his mistakes.

Name: Yi-Yo

Yi-yo is a rabbit doll with a very random characteristic. She dies (or should I say her soul exits her body) when she feels lonely or feels like she is abandoned by her friends. For example, when Ama rejects Yi-Yo's help or offer, Yi-Yo faints and her soul comes out of her body.

Name: Ama

Ama is a girl whose room has the door to the Animal Land, where the talking animal dolls live. She is surprised by the dolls at first, but later takes care of them and becomes friends with them.

Unlike what you would expect from an animation made for children, there are many comical, humorous lines in this animation that I don't think children would understand; therefore, I think Animal Yokocho is a great animation for older people too!

These are some clips of the first episode.

Sources:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5793

http://www.crunchyroll.com/user/-SUZUNE-

http://www.animeclick.it/anime.php?titolo=Animal+Yokochoooooo

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