Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki is renowned for his hand-drawn animated films, including the Oscar-winning Spirited Away and the fantastical Howl's Moving Castle, which blend imaginative world-building with deeply humanistic storytelling. I have reviewed 9 of his films on the site so far.
Rating: 4.0★
There's a particular kind of pressure that surrounds a film like this. When a director of Hayao Miyazaki's stature comes out of retirement, again, to make the film he's apparently been building towards for decades, the weight of expectation is immense. The Boy and
Genre Adventure
★★★★ — Castle in the Sky (1986)
Genre Adventure
★★★★ — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Genre Animation
★★★½ — Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Genre Fantasy
★★★★ — My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Genre Fantasy
★★★★ — Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Genre Animation
★★★½ — Ponyo (2008)
Genre Animation
★★★★½ — Spirited Away (2001)
Genre Adventure
★★★★ — Princess Mononoke (1997)
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