30-day Studio Ghibli Challenge

Yay! It's October already! I'm so excited for December actually, hehe, for the reason that a special person will be home this Christmas! yey! I'm wiggling my tail. hoho. Anyway, this is my first post for October. I actually love this challenge, just found this out on tumblr, so why not give it a try. I like/adore/love Japanese animated films especially from Studio Ghibli. I post this challenge on my tumblr blog, but I decided to post it here since I want to read this over and over again. hehe. This is so me, young at heart forever XD 



 

1. First Studio Ghibli movie? My first studio Ghibli film movie was Spirited Away. Our neighbor told us to watch it, so we did. What I like about the movie was it has a unique plot. The characters are so cute. The scene and the soundtrack complement the whole story. It was a fulfilling fantasy movie since I love watching animated films so that’s the first time I fell in love with Studio Ghibli films.

2. Favorite Studio Ghibli movie and why? Howl’s Moving Castle would be my favorite. There’s something about magic fantasy and I just love Howl much. haha! The story was cute especially the castle is moving and the switching of places using the door with diff colors and will take you to a different world of magic and fantasy. The cute love story of Howl and Sophie >.<  I just love them both. The story was based by the fantasy novel by the British author Diana Wynne Jones. *currently reading the E-book* 

3. Least favorite Studio Ghibli movie and why? My least favorite studio ghibli movie was Ocean Waves. hehe, i dunno just don’t like the girl. She’s so mean xD but I know she was doing that on purpose but I just don't like her pretending that she's bad, though she's not. Actually the guy slapped her on the movie for being so mean. haha! Whatta guy.  The story was neat but kinda not into it really.

4. Favorite female main character and why?  That would be Princess Nausicaa. She’s strong and kind-hearted girl. She’s willing to give herself for the greater good.

5. Favorite male main character and why? Howl. He’s a hottie wizard, pretty good in magic, attractive and a gentleman.  He loves Sophie :)

6. Least favorite character and why? Hmm that would be Witch of the Waste. She’s heartless and very mean. She turned Sophie into a 90-year old woman so that Howl won't like her. Not to mention she's huge.

7. Studio Ghibli movie(s) you haven’t seen? Tales from Earthsea - haven’t done watching this ;) Pom Poko and My Neighbors the Yamadas.

8. Favorite Director? Of course the one and only Hayao Miyazaki weeeeeeee..

9. Favorite ‘bad guy’ and why? Well, technically, this is not a human guy XD though I considered him as the bad guy on The Cat Returns.. He’s the The Cat King. This fat cat is a king and has a funny side. Definitely the craziest character.

10. Favorite secondary character and why? Shirou Nishi in Whisper of the Heart. He was Seiji’s grandpa I think. He was a good person and had a good advice to Shizuku.

11. Favorite animal? The red elk called Yakul. Ashitaka’s noble steed. This animal is really faithful.

12. Favorite spirit creature? The Tree spirits in Princess Mononoke called Kodama. They're kinda cute.
 

13. Favorite pairing? Howl and Sophie.

14. Favorite song? One Summers Day - Spirited Away.


15.   Favorite moment? Howl and Sophie kissed each other at the end of the movie. *kilig to the bones*

16. Favorite piece of fan art?

17. Favorite quote? The grandfather of Seiji said this to Shizuku: You and Seiji are like the Emerald stone — rough,unpolished, still natural. The rough stone is inside you, you have to find it and then polish it, it takes time and effort. You see that ore that makes up most of that stone? You could polish that, but what you’d get would be worthless. The smaller part inside is purer. There might be a better stone deep inside where we can’t see.

18. Which world(movie) would you like to live in? I like to be in the world of Ponyo. I dunno, I just love the small island with the beautiful sceneries.

19. Last Studio Ghibli movie you saw? The last movie I saw was, Nausicaa of the valley of the wind. The movie is neat but I like the heroine more. She’s definitely a good role model.

20. Saddest moment?  The saddest moment was from the movie Grave of the Fireflies. The time where the two orphaned children Setsuko and Seita was dying of starvation. I was crying my eyes out while watching this movie. I remember those kids in Africa dying cause of starvation. What I like most was his brother Sieta, he done so much to keep his younger sister alive. He even tried to steal food from local farmers. His aunt is so cruel.  That time his sister was sick, it was malnutrition. I was crying at the end of the movie when Setsuko was hallucinating, sucking a marble thinking it was a fruit drops :( super sad movie.super duper duper. T^T

21. Funniest moment? So far, the funniest moment was in the movie The Cat Returns. Cats are able to stand with just two legs, I find it amusing. Plus, the king is one comical character. haha!

22. Favorite Studio Ghibli cosplay?  

23. Studio Ghibli movies that you own? I don’t have DVD’s but I have plenty downloaded movies on my lappy. weeeeeeee. . at least I have. I will buy one if ever given a chance xD

24. If you had never seen any Studio Ghibli movies would your life be any different? I don’t think so. Studio Ghibli movies changed a lot my view in watching good animation movies. Whenever I watched animated films, I compare it a lot to Studio Ghibli animated films. There was something in japanese animated films that I can’t put my finger on it. :D

25. Least favorite couple? Hmmm, maybe Nausicaa and Asbel. I dunno if this one counts, they’re not a couple or I was just wrong haha! I dunno maybe. xD


26. Favorite fan inspired couple? hummm, as much as I wanted to answer this one but I really have no idea.

27. Character you identify with most? I think that would be Howl and Sophie in  Howl’s Moving Castle. Since I’ve seen this movie many times, I read the book and heard the audio book too. I guess these two characters I can identify the most. :P

28. Favorite Studio Ghibli short film? Oh nooo, I haven’t seen one. hehe. I will download one so that I can watch already. *wink*


29. What movie would you recommend to someone who has never seen a Studio Ghibli Film? I recommend Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away :D


30. What movie would you love to see a sequel for? Whisper of the Heart.

wee done already, just one message I want to ponder for this post.