Recently Watched Films

I think it's a sad truth at this point that the junior Miyazaki is going to remain in the shadow of his father, but I really like this one of his. 

I've never watched any of these Ghibli animated films Adam, or any Japanese animation for that matter. Can you recommend a good starter, preferably available on Netflix?

The second of two Ghibli movies to abandon their usual animation style, this one is based on a 10th century Japanese tale. It's probably the biggest omission from my physical Ghibli collection. Don't really get the UK's U rating on this. At least, I can't think of any other U rated movie, animated or otherwise, that includes detailed depictions of breastfeeding the way this does. 

Bottom rung family friendly movie. 

I believe you use G for this range of movies. 

I'm still surprised by how much I like anime, even though I already still enjoyed stuff like Pixar. 

I'd probably recommend Princess Mononoke next, unless you want a genre more grounded in reality, in which case, I was re-blown away by The Wind Rises at the tail end of my re-watch marathon. 

Quirkiest film I've seen in a long time, this almost entirely dialog free comedy relies heavily on expression like an old silent film. I don't think the main character says more than ten words on camera during the entire movie. Unfortunately it doesn't adequately explain the event right at the beginning of the move which kickstarts the strange series of events that follows. 

That's all you need to know before deciding to watch isn't it? 

Because fuck me if this has anything else going for it.