Spirited Away

So out of all the Studio Ghibli movies out there, this one might actually be the most famous and best recieved of all time, Spirited Away. It's hard to even begin to describe how absolutely beloved this movie is. It's been praised as one of the best anime, and just animated movies of all time, some have even said it is the best animated movie of all time. That's insane and it felt so weird when I finally got to watch it after all the build up of hearing about it for so long. And I can confirm that the film absoutely lives up to the hype. While I personally don't exactly love it the same way everyone else does and I still personally feel like something like Kiki's Delivery Service or another Ghibli movie we're gonna get into later might be my favourite Ghibli movie, this film is still absolutely incredible and a real work of art. Everything you've more than likely heard about this film from how famous it is is completely true and it totally deserves all the praise it gets and I love how a film like this has been praised by so many people and it's incredible that Hayao Miyazaki made this. The story is about a girl named Chihiro who's moving to a new place with her parents, but, on the way there, they find some old amusement park but eventually find out that it spiritual bathhouse. Chihiro finds out that all kinds of spirits come to relax here and the way back the way they came has been flooded and her parents have been turned into pigs. She also meets a boy there named Haku who helps her and says she needs to get a job there so she speaks to the manager of the bathhouse named Yubaba and gets the job and she even changes her name from Chihiro to Sen and the rest of the film is all sorts of different things happening there while Sen meets new characters and even makes some other friends like Lin and Kamaji and she's trying to find out how to get her parents back to normal and how to get out of there. So, yeah, that sounds like a totally insane premise for a movie, but, thankfully, since it's a Ghibli movie, especially one made by Miyazaki, it's done masterfully. I love how a lot of these different events play out because we see Sen doing different things in this place and how she's trying to survive and the different kinda events that happen around that is what helps make the film really fun to watch and a blast. I like all the different characters she meets like Kamaji and Lin and how they're more friendly and helpful, but other characters are cool too like No-Face, who's easily one of the most iconic Ghibli characters of all time, are really cool too and the whole film has characters with unique designs and it's really insane how creative so much of the film is. And, like I said, I just love the different scenarios that happen around the film that helps make it so fun to watch like when that Stink Spirit comes to the bathhouse and Sen is able to help it and I love when that actually leads to it giving Sen something that comes into play later on in the film and how each thing connects to another is just so fun and enjoyable to watch. Sen herself as well is really likeable too and I like how she does change through the movie to become more mature and it's an interesting way of doing it since she has to adjust to this place quickly since she's in a place that's so weird and crazy and so it's done in a great way where she learns and grows through the film. I also like how even just smaller things in the movie come into play in other ways later on too like when No-Face goes with Sen and the others on the train and that leads to him being able to start some kinda new life. But even just other smaller scenes that I may have had problems with before in other Ghibli movies are done extraordinaryly well here like when Sen just isn't doing much of anything like just sitting around or doing small jobs are done well here, especially since some parts of it comes back later in really great ways. I just love how this story progresses in clever ways. I especially love how so much of it comes together at the end with No-Face going crazy and eating everything and destroying the place until he goes back to normal and Sen is trying to save Haku by going off to see Yubaba's sister, Zeniba and I like the stuff with her too with being the opposite of Yubaba but then Haku comes back and him and Sen get a nice moment together and it's kinda revealed what his past is. I will admit, some of that is a bit confusing for me personally, but it's still done in a way that's really satisfying. Speaking of satisfying, the ending when Sen is able to beat Yubaba's test and go back to normal with her parents is also satisfying and a brilliantly done. I love when you can tell when a film is given this much love and passion and you can see the people involved really came up with the best story they could, and a lot of that has to do with the great idea they have for this bathhouse location and how it's designed. And, a lot of that is attributed to the unbelieveable animation in this and the fact that it's one of the most gorgeous hand-drawn animated films ever. How they accomplished this in 2001 is really incredible. If I'm really gonna be honest, if I had to pick one thing I wasn't a fan of here, it's that I'm not exactly a fan of the Chihiro and Haku romance. It's nice and I like their friendship, but, I dunno, the fact that they have a romance is something I didn't like that much, but, to be fair, it does make sense for the movie and it does have its purpose, it's just the one thing about the film I don't love. But aside from that, I can't believe how good this film is. It's been praised by so many people for so long and it was nice that the build up was totally worth it for me. I love how the film is told and I absolutely understand why people say this is the best Ghibli movie ever. Again, whether or not I can say it's my favourite is hard to say, but it's definitely up there. The dub in this also couldn't have been done better at all. Daveigh Chase couldn't have been better cast as Sen, she was incredible as Lilo in Lilo & Stitch and she's amazing here. And others like Jason Marsden as Haku, Suzanne Pleshette as Yubaba and Susan Egan as Lin are all flawless. So, yeah, if you've ever heard anything about this film and know how well regarded it is, they were right, this film really is one of a kind and the fact that people are still talking about it to this very day should just go to show ya why this movie is so special. So yeah, totally check this movie out yet if you haven't. It's absolutely worth your time and I'm so glad I got pushed into seeing it myself. So guys, that's my review for Spirited Away. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My Neighbors The Yamadas

So, guys, we've kinda gone back to Studio Ghibli movies that I personally don't really like and one that I personally think is kinda bad. Again, not terrible, just one that I don't think is good, My Neighbors The Yamadas. This was actually the first Studio Ghibli movie I saw that I didn't like. It's like Ocean Waves where nothing really happens and it doesn't build to anything so I just found it really boring and a waste of time. The story in this one isn't really a single story. It's a bunch of different stories about this family called the Yamadas doing different things and in different situations and how they live their lives and none of it is interesting to me. It also moves at the pace of a slug and never really does anything interesting. The first story deals with the family losing the daughter named Nonoko and then it focuses on the dad and son trying to bond and all the film does is just show very mundane stuff with this family extremely slowly and uninterestingly that it never really gets captivating. I know some of these were mostly supposed to be kinda comical and humourous, but I just never found the film funny and so a lot of the film just feels like a huge drag. It honestly felt like some kinda TV show episodes put together in a movie, but they were just kinda boring so I just never really cared. I'm not gonna lie, when I first saw this, I didn't even finish it because it bored me so much and I didn't really care to finish it to the end. I will say, something this film does that's kinda nice is the animation. Sure, it looks kinda cheap and it's not used for anything particularally mind-blowing, but the style is pretty unique for Ghibli with looking like classic Japanese sketches and it looks unique for a film. Aside from that though, I just don't care about this film at all. Whether or not I can say it's the worst Ghibli film is kinda hard to say, but it's definitely one of them, which is a shame because this film was actually directed by Isao Takahata, as in the same guy who directed Grave Of The Fireflies, Only Yesterday and Pom Poko. I rememeber mentioning how it felt like he seems to like to make movies about characters living their lives and he did a good job doing that with those other movies, but I don't think it really works here because everything just happens really slowly and without much interest that I just didn't care for it. Again, the film itself is harmless and doesn't really do anything wrong, it's just something I don't care for. The dub in this is pretty good though like Jim Belushi, Molly Shannon, Daryl Sabara, Liliana Mumy and Tress MacNeille. They all do a good job but I feel like a lot of it is just wasted. So, yeah, I know all I did was just complain about this movie the whole time, but it really is just a movie that I really don't want to watch again and one that I think just isn't very good. Again, kinda like some of these other ones I've talked about, if you're curious to check this out with the other Studio Ghibli movies, it's a harmless waste of time, but, really I just really didn't like it and think it's one of the worst Studio Ghibli movies. So, that review was really, really short, but I really just don't have much to talk about. So, yeah, guys, that's my review of My Neighbors The Yamadas. Thank you all for reading and plesse comment down below to tell me what you think.

Princess Mononoke

So, guys, now we've arrived at one of the most famous Studio Ghibli movies out there and maybe one of the most famous anime movies ever, Princess Mononoke. Whenever you hear about extremely famous anime movies, this is definitely one of them. This was also technically my first real Studio Ghibli movie. I had seen clips from some of the others, but this was the first one I saw completely properly. The first time I saw it, I absolutely loved it and really got into the story and characters. The second time though, I didn't really love it the same way, but I still really enjoyed it. And, recently, when seeing it again to do these reviews, I think I was leaning more in between both those thoughts where I didn't exactly love it like the first time I saw it, but I liked it more than the last time. But, either way, my point is that I really, really like this movie and think it's great, this is another one of my favourite Ghibli movies and I do get why it would be considered one of the most famous anime movies of all time. The story is about a prince named Ashitaka who stops some demon from attacking his village but his arm gets touched by it so now he has some curse on him that'll kill him soon. This causes him to have to leave and he eventually finds a town called Iron Town where he meets the people there, especially the leader of the town, a lady named Eboshi and they're trying to kill a bunch of animals in the forest to make a better future for themselves with their town, especially a bunch of wolves and a girl named San who's actually half human/half wolf and so Ashitaka is trying to figure out what to do and how save everyone. So, yeah, as you can probably tell, the movie has a lot going on. This is actually a pretty long movie with being 2 hours and 13 minutes long. But, thankfully, about 99% of this movie is paced extremely well that it uses that in great ways. Plus, since it has a lot of aspects about the forest and all that, it's clearly trying to tell a story about how we should protect the environment and, while I personally don't usually get into stories like that with some exceptions, I think this film does it really well. Something that helps that for me is the characters. I really like a lot of these characters. Ashitaka's really likeable and, while he may be a bit too stoic at times, I think the writing for him is really well done. I also really like San, as in the actual Princess Mononoke. She's also really likeable and I think she has some really cool moments. I don't think there's really a character I don't like. Sure, some characters like Eboshi and Jiko are kinda villains, but the writing for them is done well too. Something else that the film does extremely well that I think Ghibli movies do amazingly is world building. I really like the way this world gets explained to us and how everything here works, especially when it comes to locations like Iron Town and the forest, especially where the Spirit Of The Forest is, which an amazing concept that the film takes great advantage of. The Spirit Of The Forest is this giant deer thing that can transform at night time and it gives life to the forest and Eboshi wants to kill it so it won't cause any more trouble for them and Jiko wants to kill it to sell it. Again, some of that might sound a bit clichéd and overdone, but, with the way this film does it, I think it's done in a way that's really entertaining. The animation is also really impressive here. I know I always gush over how much the animation in the Studio Ghibli movies is incredible, but, for this one, it's even more impressive for a lot of reasons. One, this came out in 1997 so at the time, I can only imagine how mind-blowing this must have been, but, the second thing is the animation in the action scenes. The way the characters move in these action scenes and how the camera moves in it too is beyond impressive. I especially love the opening scene where Ashitaka fights that demon and just shoots it with arrows, it's really cool. Plus, I love how different parts of the film gets revealed to us. For one, I love from some parts of the film comes back later like when Ashitaka finds out about how the demon in the opening was created by a piece iron that came from the town. Plus, I think a super underrated aspect of the film is really underrated is the relationship that builds between Ashitaka and San. I know people like it, but I really like their connection and how they begin to care for each other. Plus, a lot of the stuff in the story helps lead to a lot of great aspects like when Okkoto, this giant old boar, is dying towards the end and this leads to him accidentally leading a bunch of men towards the Spirit Of The Forest and this causes them to eventually kill it and that leads to the really crazy climax where the Spirit is sorta going crazy and causing the land to be destroyed and it wants its head back because Jiko has it and wants to bring it back with him and so Ashitaka and San try to get it back from him and the climax just gets crazier and crazier with the land becoming more destroyed and so on. It's really nuts but it's done really well and it has a really nice ending to all that too. I just love when movies like these have smart structures to them and seeing how the events in this film happen is really great to watch. Honestly, if I had any problems with the film, it would be that I think it's a little too long. Like I said, I think it uses its time really well and the pacing is really well executed, but, sometimes, it feels some things could have been cut out like when Ashitaka isn't doing much but just doing some travelling and running around. It makes sense in terms of the film itself, but from the point of view of the time length, it just makes the film seem way too long at points. But, regardless, I do really like this film and I do think it's one of my favourite Studio Ghibli movies. There's a reason this film is so popular and famous and it's not hard to see why. I also especially love the dub here like Billy Crudup as Ashitaka, Claire Danes as San, Minnie Driver as Eboshi. They all do great and other actors like Billy Bob Thornton, John DiMaggio and Keith David are fantastic too. I just really love this and I'm really glad this was my real introduction to Studio Ghibli after hearing so much about the studio. So, yeah, I would say you see this, there's a lot of really great stuff here. So guys, that's my review of Princess Mononoke. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Whisper Of The Heart

Okay, so, the last couple of Studio Ghibli moive I've talked about on here, I've mentioned how I think they're either pretty good or not that memorable, but, now we're back to ones that I think are absolutely fantastic with this, Whisper Of The Heart. I honestly love this movie and it's one of my favourite Ghibli movies. I just think that a lot of what the last few movies have done pretty good at is done really fantastically here. It's like when I did my Kiki's Delivery Service review where I said the first time I saw it, it filled me with so many emotions and the same is true here. This was also directed by someone who only directed this film and no other one from Ghibli before he passed away. Anyway, the story for this movie follows a girl named Shizuku who loves reading books and going to the library. She also discovers that a lot of the books she's checking out are also getting check out by the by the same person and she begins to wonder who the person is only to discover it's someone she's beginning to get annoyed by. The guy's name is Seiji and the two of them begin to talk more and develop feelings for each other. Not only that, but Shizuku begins going to an old antique shop and meets the owner who's actually Seiji's grandad and she gets interested in an old cat doll that's there called the Baron and she decides she wants to write a story about it. And, that's really about it. There's some other details too, but most of the film is centred around Shizuku and Seiji's relationship and Shizuku's desire to do writing. But what I think helps with this is that a lot of the film is also a bit of a coming of age movie. Shizuku is trying to find out what she wants to do with her life and she's also comparing herself to other poeple she knows and some of her friends and a lot of the film also centres around the mindset she has and how it's beginning to change since she's a teenager. It's kinda like when I did my review for Only Yesterday where I feel like I can relate to her and I can totally understand when it comes to not knowing where to go in life with all the different things happening and how you process them. But the other aspects to the film like Shizuku's relationship with Seiji and her family are nice too and I really like the relationship she develops with Seiji's grandad, it's really sweet. It's also nice when we see her begin to write and we sorta see how she imagines it in one instance and it's cool when she imagines talking to the Baron in it. Speaking of, they actually made a sorta sequel spin-off thing with the Baron in a later movie. We'll get to that film later, but it's cool they took something small from this film and decided to make something else with him. But, back to this movie, I just love Shizuku's development through the film since we see her develop different feelings and we see how they come about with the various things happening and it's really nice to watch, it's especially nice to watch at the start when she's trying to help her friend and the two of them try to learn a song that Shizuku herself wrote and it's nice how each thing she experiences has an inspiration for her and she begins to grow from it. Again, how Ghibli usually does these kinda things is great to watch and seeing how she grows is well done. You could also even see it as kinda tragic since we see her also comparing herself to other people and thinking she's not good enough so a lot of the others try to help her through that too. Really, I think the main thing I like here is just the relationships that build here and how Shizuku learns from them and how each thing is like an inspiration to her. It's honestly really relatable to me personally in different ways and I really like that about this. The ending is also nice where Shizuku is able to meet Seiji again they have a nice moment together and he feels like he knows what he wants to do with his life. Really guys, I just find this to be a lot like Kiki's Delivery Service where a lot of this does feel like some mundane things that maybe don't amount to that much, but it's still told extremely well and how Shizuku learns from everything and learns more about what she wants out of life and everything else is just so facinating to watch and I just love this movie. The animation is also a bit like Grave Of The Fireflies where everyone and everything just moves like real people or things and it just makes everything that the characters do and go through feel very real. The English dub is also perfect in this. Brittany Snow and David Gallagher are both fantastic as Shizuku and Seiji. Actually, before this, I only knew them as Naminé and Riku in Kingdom Hearts and this was the second real thing I've seen them do outside of that and they're both incredible in these roles, and everyone else does a great job too. Really, I just think this is a great movie that, again, just shows more and more why these Studio Ghibli movies are so, so, so good and I highly recommend checking this film out if you haven't yet. So, that's my review for Whisper Of The Heart. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Pom Poko

So guys, another kinda interesting Studio Ghibli film is this one, Pom Poko. This is one of those Ghibli films that's set in the real world but has a touch of some supernatural aspects. I heard this was also pretty violent and disturbing before seeing it and how some stuff was kinda unpleasant, especially regarding one thing in particular, but I'll get into that later. But, overall, I did hear that the film was mostly really fun and funny to watch too so it's not like it was a completely disturbing movie to watch. So, in the end, I think this is like Only Yesterday or My Neighbour Totoro where I don't think this is one of my favourites, but it's still a good film. The film centres around a bunch of racoons who're trying stop humans from destroying their forest. They try using an ability they have that allows them to transform into anything they want, but, most of them have forgotten how so they try getting elder ones to come and teach them and the rest of the film is one group of them trying to stop the humans by fighting the other tries to do it in a more peaceful way. So, yeah, it's kinda one of those stories where animals try to stop people from destroying their home and another one of those things where some of them are more violent about it and the other is more passive. But, we also spend time with a lot of these characters. You get to see a lot of them grow up over time and see how some of their views change. The main character in this is one of the racoons named Shokichi and he's one of the ones who doesn't want to do anything violent while some of the others do like another one of the racoons named Gonta, who's trying encouraging everyone to take action against the people. There are some bits of action here and moments where they try to attack the people, but a lot of the film is really just set in the forest where there's a lot of talking and trying to decide what to do. But, that's not the only thing, there are a lot of moments where they try to do comedy and it's not bad. I persoanlly didn't care that much for this kinda stuff and, if I'm being completely honest, I didn't really care much about these characters. I didn't hate them and they weren't doing anything wrong here. I didn't want anything bad to happen, but, it just wasn't really keeping my interest all tht much and some of it did get kinda boring after a while. It's like I've said a ton of times already, usually, Ghibli movies do this very slow paced this very well where they can do these things extremely interestingly. Here though, even though it's done well than some other Ghibli movies, it just didn't keep my interest that much. That being said, I still had a good time with a good amount the film anyway. I did still like the characters well enough, a good amount of them were pretty memorable and there were really well done sequences. I like when Shokichi was beginning to grow up and everyone was learning how to transform. Also, while there is a good amount of comedy scenes here, there's also a good amount of death scenes. Nothing super graphic, but there's still a lot of characters that die here and it's pretty disturbing. That's kinda what I meant in the beginning. There's some parts where the racoons and people die and I'd say it's not the kinda thing for kids. Not only that, but the film is also fairly infamous because there's some scenes where the racoons attack with their privates too. I know they kinda found a loophole around it with the dub, but, yeah, that's something where I can really see parents being extremely hesitant to show their kids. I mean, again, it's kinda covered up with the dub in a sense, but, yeah, that's a really weird addition. But still, moving away from that, the rest of the film is still fun to watch. Again, I persoanlly didn't care that much for it, but I can see other people getting something out it and coming to care for these characters. And I like how the ending shows some of them eventually trying to blend in with the humans and live with them. I think the last part where one of the racoons breaks the fourth wall is kinda weird and what he says is kinda weird too. I mean, I get it, but it was still pretty odd. But, the film overall is a lot of fun to watch for people too, but it's not really one I'd really want to watch again. But I was happy to see it the first time and the animation is of course still phenomenal and the voice acting from actors like Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Clancy Brown, J.K Simmons and everyone is still great. So I was probably kinda harsh on this film, but it's not bad at all and I do think you should check this out. So, that's my review of Pom Poko. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Ocean Waves

So guys, this is another interesting Studio Ghibli movie out there, Ocean Waves. If you remember when I did my Nausicaa review, I mentioned there was one Studio Ghibli movie that was never dubbed and this is the one I was talking about. For whatever reason, this was just never dubbed and, apparently, this was one of the last Ghibli movies brought outside of Japan. And so, in the end, I'm not gonna lie, I think might be my least favourite Studio Ghibli movie. I don't think it's terrible, but I also don't really think it's good. If you remember the other thing I said in my Nausicaa review, I mentioned how I don't think the slow pace in these Ghibli movies works every time, and this is one of the best examples of that not working. I just really, really don't like this movie at all. The story's about a guy named Taku who's remembering his high school years and remembering a girl he knew there named Rikako and the different antics they got into. And the whole film is really just that, just showing them in school and doing different things. It's actually like Only Yesterday where a lot of the fim is a flashback showing what happened in the past and so maybe they were trying to do the same thing here. But, unlike that film that showed really interesting situations that helped us relate to the characters and made them grow over time and feel real, this film just shows Taku and Rikako doing different things like her borrowing money from him and having him help her when going on a trip and they made these different things so boring. I mentioned before about how Ghibli films usually do a great job at making super mundane things seem really interesting and likeable even when they're really slow. Here, it really doesn't work and these things they do are so boring and the characters themselves are so boring and not very likeable either. Rikako herself is really unlikeable with hitting and slapping Taku even after the things he does and so there's never a moment in this that makes us like these characters. I also just don't really remember anything about these guys either so it makes it hard to like these characters on that level as well. I will admit, I do think the animation is done well here. Something that I think Japanese animated does really well is water and considering this film does that a lot, it's really amazing to look at. But, really considering how I just don't care or like any of these characters, it's not really worth watching this film for the animation. And, at the end, when Taku says he loves Rikako, it doesn't feel earned because the film doesn't make that feel real at all. Really, I just don't like following the two of them doing these things like when Rikako goes to see her dad and the whole stuff in the hotel is just so boring and I don't care one little bit about these two. So, yeah, that was super short, but that really is my overall thoughts on Ocean Waves. Maybe if you're kinda curious to check this out and want to see this with the other Ghibli movies, I guess you can see this, but, personally, I never really want to see this again and I think it's probably my least favourite Studio Ghibli movie. So, that's my review for Ocean Waves. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Porco Rosso

So guys, moving onto the next Studio Ghibli movie, we have one that's pretty interesting for me personally, Porco Rosso. When I say it's interesting, I mean it's a film that I know has huge praise from everyone like a lot of other Ghibli movies, but I haven't really heard that many people's opinions about this film like I have a lot of the others. Sure, whenever I saw any kinda review for this movie, it was really positive and people call it a good fun time, but still. But anyway, as for this movie for me personally, I'd say it's the same as the last film, Only Yesterday, where I don't think it's one of my Ghibli movies, but it's still really good regardless. Porco Rosso is the name of the main character in the film who's a pilot in 1930 and he's also a pig due to some situation he was in a long time ago. Nowadays, he's mostly just lazing around and helping people but being in debt to other people who're after him. He's also got a friend named Gina who's worried for him and there's another pilot named Curtis who wants Gina to marry him. After Porco's plane is shot down, he asks a friend of his to fix it but he lets his granddaughter named Fio do it. Fio also decides to go with Porco and stay with him, but, after Curtis challenges Porco to a plane fight, he decides he now wants to marry her. So, they make a bet that if Porco wins, Curtis pays all his debts, but if Curtis wins, he gets to marry Fio. So, that's really the majority of the movie. You get to see Porco going from place to place and talking to people while trying to stay alive from the people who are after him. But what I think makes this one a good experience with something like that is that the characters are a lot of fun to follow and watch. I really like Porco himself with being this kinda jaded guy who's trying to get through life however he can but still trying to help people in whatever way he can. I also like how even though he is a pig, everyone just kinda accepts it, mainly because he's been this way for a while and so they're just used to it. And I also like Fio too. I really like their dynamic and it's especially fun towards the end when Fio starts getting special treatment from the pirates, basically some of the guys who are after Porco because they really like her. The pirates themselves are also just a lot of fun to watch too. But I also like some of the other minor things too like Porco just talking to his friends and everything else like that that helps make the film enjoyable even when there's not really anything interesting going on. I know I've said that with every Ghibli movie so far, but, unlike a few, I don't think absolutely everything is super engaging here. It's not terrible and definitely not the worst way Ghibli's ever done this kinda thing, but, occasionally, some of this isn't as interesting as the way a lot of these other movies have done things like that. But still, it's nothing awful. For me, any kinda complaint like that is made up at the end in my opinion. Like I said, Porco and Curtis have their dogfight and that leads to a fist fight with them until it all comes to an end with everyone having to run from the authorities and when Fio kisses Porco, it may be implied that the curse placed on that is lifted but we're never shown it. I almost kinda dislike how we're never told about whether or not it actually is, but another part of me does like how it's unanswered and it's just kinda left open to interpretation. As for the actual pig idea itself, I think it works well enough. I mean, it does help give the film a recognisable face and so I think it works fine. The animation is also just as good as it always is here, especially in regards to the action scenes, the dogfights with the planes look really cool. The dub is also extremely well done here like Michael Keaton as Porco himself and Susan Egans, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Carey Elwes do great too. So, like a lot of these other Ghibli movies, this is a really, really good film, though I don't entirely know how often I'd personally want to check this out since I personally don't think this is one of their best and I don't entirely see anything truly exceptional here. Still though, this is really, really good and it is a lot of fun so I would still recommend checking this out. So, that's my review for Porco Rosso. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.