The Movie Mingle #149 – Ghibli I (1979 – 1992)

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Movie Mingler proudly presents: Ghibli I (1979 – 1992) — [aka, The Movie Mingle #149]

This week: Nick & Tayt start their journey of talking about every feature film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, along with every feature film made by his legendary animation studio, Studio Ghibli (which he co-founded with Isao Takahata & Toshio Suzuki)… in release order!

This episode we cover the first eight feature films of this journey (Six directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and two directed by Isao Takahata).

These films are:

Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) — Castle in the Sky (1986) — My Neighbor Totoro (1988) — Grave of the Fireflies (1988) — Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) — Only Yesterday (1991) — Porco Rosso (1992).

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Ghibli I 1 (1979-1992) – Time Stamps:

• Intro/Podcast Structure explained — (0:02:15)
• Our History with Studio Ghibli — (0:04:27)
• An Introduction to Hayao Miyazaki, and a brief look at his early life and work before he directed his first feature film — (0:16:50)

Movie Reviews/Discussion:

Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — (0:22:33)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — (0:40:40)

Castle in the Sky (1986) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — (1:01:19)

My Neighbor Totoro (1988) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — (1:23:37)

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• Brief Grave of the Fireflies intro / Disney digression / Ghibli’s Netflix deal — (1:47:24)

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Grave of the Fireflies (1988) dir. Isao Takahata — (1:54:38)

Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — (2:12:36)

Only Yesterday (1991) dir. Isao Takahata — (2;43:09)

Porco Rosso (1992) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — (3:11:15)

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• Outro (And Nick & Tayt’s rank the eight movies they covered in this podcast from worst to best) — (3:32:02)

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RELATED PODCASTS:

The Movie Mingle #130 – Spirited Away (2001)

The Movie Mingle #148 – Hitchcock 1 (1925 – 1927)

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