Episode 186 – The Ultimate Ghibli List

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The addicts went to the opening night showing of Miyazaki’s new film Kaze Tachinu, or in English, The Wind is Rising.  In honor of seeing this film they will put all previous Ghibli films in the ultimate ranked list from best to worst – in their critical opinions.

 

Title

Mitsugi

Chiaki

Kram

Aggregate

Grave of the Fireflies

1

1

2

1.33

Princess Mononoke

2

7

1

3.33

My Neighbor the Yamadas

4

3

5

4.00

Kiki’s Delivery Service

7

2

4

4.33

Porco Rosso

8

4

3

5.00

Spirited Away

5

5

6

5.33

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

3

9

8

6.67

My Neighbor Totoro

6

6

9

7.00

Castle of Cagliostro

11

10

7

9.33

The Borrow’s Arrietty

12

8

11

10.33

Whisper of the Heart

9

14

10

11.00

Pom Poko

10

13

12

11.67

Kaze Tachinu

13

14

13

13.33

The Cat Returns

17

11

13

13.67

Castle in the Sky

13

15

14

14.00

Howl’s Moving Castle

14

12

16

14.00

Only Yesterday

15

15

15.00

Ponyo

16

16

17

16.33

From up on Poppy Hill

18

18.00

Tales of Earthsea

19

19

19.00

Ocean Waves

18

20

19.00

Mitsugi:

  1. Grave of the Fireflies

  2. Princess Mononoke

  3. Nausicaa (before the studio’s founding but still Miyazaki)

  4. My Neighbor the Yamadas

  5. Spirited Away

  6. My Neighbor Totoro

  7. Kiki’s Delivery Service

  8. Porco Rosso

  9. Whisper of the Heart

  10. Pom Poko

  11. Castle of Cagliostro

  12. Karigurashi no Arrietty

  13. Castle in the Sky

  14. Howl’s Moving Castle

  15. Only Yesterday

  16. Kaze Tachinu

  17. Ponyo

  18. The Cat Returns

  19. Ocean Waves

  20. Tales from Earthsea

Chiaki’s list:

Films I haven’t seen:

  • Only Yesterday
  • Ocean Waves
  • Tales from Earthsea
  • From Up on Poppy Hill

My list:

  1. Grave of the Fireflies

  2. Kiki’s Delivery Service

  3. My Neighbors the Yamadas

  4. Porco Rosso

  5. Spirited Away

  6. My Neighbor Totoro

  7. Princess Mononoke

  8. The Secret World of Arrietty

  9. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

  10. Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro

  11. The Cat Returns

  12. Howl’s Moving Castle

  13. Pom Poko

  14. Kaze Tachinu

  15. Whisper of the Heart

  16. Castle in the Sky

  17. Ponyo

 

Kram:

  1. Princess Mononoke

  2. Grave of the Fireflies

  3. Porco Rosso

  4. Kiki’s Delivery Service

  5. My Neighbors the Yamadas

  6. Spirited Away

  7. Castle of Cagliostro

  8. Nausicaa

  9. Totoro

  10. Whisper of the heart

  11. arrietty

  12. Pom Poko

  13. Kaze Tachinu

  14. Cat returns

  15. howl’s moving castle

  16. ponyo

  17. from up on poppy hill

  18. tales from earthsea

  19. ocean waves