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James Horn - 05 Mar 2005 21:14 GMT

Just a quick note - as folks who appreciate cats, humor, and the other fine things in life.

Disney / Buena Vista Home Video released three DVDs with little fanfare last month. All three are by Studio Ghibli, the winners of the Academy Award for best animation the
first time it was awarded (for "Spirited Away"). All three are remarkable films and I highly recommend them. The two better known in the US are "Nausicaa of the Valley of
the Wind" and "Porco Rosso".

But "The Cat Returns" is a funny, endearing and sometimes poignant film that is right down our alley. You can find information on it (and Ghibli's other films) at

http://www.nausicaa.net

Thanks to all here for a usenet group I've enjoyed for years!

Jim Horn (and Celeste, our four Kazakh children and 20 cats, 3 dogs, 4 donkeys, etc.)

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Jeanne Hedge - 05 Mar 2005 22:25 GMT

>Just a quick note - as folks who appreciate cats, humor, and the other fine things in life.
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>Jim Horn (and Celeste, our four Kazakh children and 20 cats, 3 dogs, 4 donkeys, etc.)

I *highly* recommend Nausicaa. It's my all-time favorite movie - I've
had a fansub of it for years. (these movies are classics from Japan,
and Studio Ghibli is the production house of Hayao Miyazaki, the
so-called "Walt Disney of Japan")

But don't make the mistake an awful lot of people still do and assume
these are kid movies because Disney/BVHV is releasing them and they're
animated. I'd say Nausicaa is more for the mature audience than the
others (it deals with environmental and war issues)

Some of the other Ghibli movies that you can find on Disney/BVHS video
are "Kiki's Delivery Service", "Castle in the Sky" (both very kid
friendly), and "Princess Mononoke" (Mononoke-hime) (quite violent in
places, yet still has an environmental message)

Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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John F. Eldredge - 06 Mar 2005 04:57 GMT

>>Just a quick note - as folks who appreciate cats, humor, and the other fine things in life.
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>friendly), and "Princess Mononoke" (Mononoke-hime) (quite violent in
>places, yet still has an environmental message)

I recommend "Spirited Away". A little girl and her parents blunder
into a resort bath-house catering to the Shinto gods, and her parents
are transformed into pigs. She has to find how to persuade the witch
who runs the bath-house to restore her parents to their natural forms.

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