All of Studio Ghibli ranked! After reviewing every film (that I could get my hands on), it’s time to put together my definitive list.
Studio Ghibli
“I don’t care who Marnie really is… I just want to help her.”
-Anna Sasaki
Go ’round, come ’round, distant time,
Come ’round, oh, distant time,
Come ’round call back the heart,
Come ’round call back the heart
Birds, bugs, beasts, grass, flowers, and trees,
Teach people how to feel,
If I hear that you pine for me,
I will want to return to you,
I will want to return to you
“Some of us aren’t so ready to let go of the past, and sometimes the past is not ready to let go of us either.”
-Umi Matsuzaki
“Everything you see under the sun and stars owes its very existence to the Balance. The wind and seas, the powers of earth and light, all that these do is well and rightly done in the equilibrium… but now, men hold the power to control the world.”
-Sparrowhawk
“They say that the best blaze brightest when circumstances are at their worst.”
-Sophie
“Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”
-Baron Humbert von Gikkingen
Lady Eboshi: “What exactly are you here for?”
Prince Ashitaka: “To see with eyes unclouded by hate.”
“When you first become an artist, you are like that rock. You are in a raw, natural state with hidden gems inside. You have to dig down deep and find the emeralds tucked away inside you. And that’s just the beginning. Once you’ve found your gems, you have to polish them. It takes a lot of hard work.”
-Shiro Nishi
“Mister Raccoon, Mister Raccoon
Can’t you play with me somehow?
No, I can’t I’m eating dinner now.
What’s for dinner? I want some!
I am eating pickled plum.
Can I have a little crumb?
Don’t be such a greedy bum. Get your own!”
“To be a butterfly, a caterpillar has to become a chrysalis first, even if it never for a moment wanted to become one.”
-Taeko Okajima
“Without even thinking about it, I used to be able to fly. Now I’m trying to look inside myself and find out how I did it.”
-Kiki
“Hey, let’s go! Hey, let’s go! We’re happy as can be!”
-Opening song lyrics
“A thousand years have passed since the collapse of industrialized civilization. A toxic jungle now spreads, threatening the survival of the last of the human race.” -Narrator
One of the things that brought me great personal delight playing through Ni no…
“I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.”
― Hayao Miyazaki
