Studio Ghibli Craze

I've been on a Studio Ghibli craze lately. I really like Studio Ghibli films anyways, but lately I've been re-watching the ones I've seen and watching some of the ones I haven't seen. I'll give you a list with details.

Princess Mononoke- Watched it when I was in middle school and didn't think much of it. Re watched it a few weeks ago. Amazing story!

Laputa (Castle in the Sky)- I own this one and watch it pretty frequently. ^-^

The Cat Returns- I own this one too and it also gets watched pretty frequently.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind- I own this one as well, but it gets watched less often than the others because it's a bit longer and it's also special to me and I don't want the specialness to wear off...

Spirited Away- Watched this in middle school too and it scared me sooooo much! Don't know why, but I wanted nothing to do with it. 0.o Now I realize that what scared me the most was that she watched her parents turn into pigs right in front of her. I think I'm gonna try re-watching this one sometime soon and hopefully I will like it better.

The Secret World of Arrietty- Loved this one! You can see my post about it here!

Whisper of the Heart- Watched this one tonight because I randomly stumbled on a YouTube video that had the song she sings while he plays the violin. I was curious so I checked it out and ended up watching it. :p

Tales from Earthsea- Watched this a few weeks ago. It was good and creative and awesome, but I couldn't help but feel that the other films were better executed? I dunno. I still liked it. ^-^

My Neighbor Totoro- One of the first ones I ever saw! (Spirited Away I think was the first... bad introduction?) I loved this movie very much and got to watch part of it with a friend at her club about a year ago. Really want to watch it again.

Ponyo- Saw this shortly after it came out and was rather disappointed in it. The ending just fell apart and became a bit cheesy...

Kiki's Delivery Service- Haven't seen this one yet but planning to very soon.

Howl's Moving Castle- Love love love love LOVE this one!!! It is similar to Nausicaä tho in that I only watch it once in a while so it stays special. It means a lot to me because my sister liked it so well and I always watched it with her.

Grave of the Fireflies- One of the saddest movies I have ever watched. I cried so much during it. haven't seen it for years. I kind of want to watch it again even tho it will turn me into a crybaby... 0.o

I know there are a few more films done by Studio Ghibli, but these are the ones I can come up with off the top of my head. There was also one that I can never remember the name of and I can only recall that it was about a girl and a boy and the girl became a pilot into outer space and flew to the far reaches of the universe and pretty much stopped ageing and the guy stayed on Earth and aged as a normal person and it took years for a text message to reach him or her............ I cried in that one too...

Does anyone know what that movie is? I'm pretty sure it was also Studio Ghibli, but I could be wrong...

Well, that's my ramble for now. Thanks for reading!
I'll try to post Japanese things again soon. ^-^

Ikemen Desu Ne!

There's a Japanese Drama that I watched recently and loved. It's called Ikemen Desu Ne. XD

Appearantly it came from a manga and was then made into an anime (I think) and then made into the Korean Drama "You're Beautiful". ^-^ Here's more info. I've only seen the Japanese version, but I loved it! I recomend it!
I'm thinking about doing a summary and my opinion of it on my other blog, so if I do I'll let you all know!

By the way, I'm trying to catch up on posts that I've missed these past few weeks, so I'll probably post some more later on today. ^-^

Thanks for reading! See you soon!

I'll be happy when this week is over.

おはよう、みんなさん！(ohayou, minna san)
あの、今日は水曜日です。(ano, kyou wa suiyoubi desu.)

あの(ano), I have some tests this week and a lot of writing that I thought I had more time to do... but before I knew it, it's already the 8th... I haven't studied very much at all... D:

So, my tests are 明日 (ashita) and the day after. I hope things return to normal soon...

By the way, I say a preview for this movie yesterday for the first time! The Secret World of Arrietty! It's a Studio Ghibli film, so of course it will be amazing! XD I'm really excited for it!

Well, thank you as always for reading my blog! ありがとございました！(arigatou gozaimashita)
I'll write again on 金曜日！(kinyoubi)
さよなら！(sayounara)

Some fun stuff!!! XD

こんばんは！！！おげんきですか？(Konanwa! Ogenki desu ka?)

Yay! I get to post again! I've been saving some cute videos and stuff for you all week! Here ya go!!!

【あすぱら】Kipple Industry Inc.キップル・インダストリー【気まﾌﾟﾘ】 
The dancers are so cute in this and the ending that they did was really funny! I hope you like it as much as I did!!!

【バビロン】『プラチナ』-shin'in future Mix-踊ってみた【１周年＆誕生日】HD 
I love how graceful the dancer is in this! She's adorable!

OK, those are the only YouTube videos I'll post for now, but I have something AMAZING in store for you! So, I mentioned in my post a week ago that I met someone who had said that they would help me with にほんご(nihongo). Well, he followed through with that and gave me some really good resources! And he showed me an awesome site that won't teach you the language but will give you pointers for reaching your language goal and will help you along(in a way). It's called ajatt.com ("all Japanese all the time")

One thing he told me was to try to immerse myself in the language. This is very important (as I read in the website I talked about above) because you are simulating being raised in Japan(in my case, but it works for any language). So, he suggested some movies for me to watch.Well. It just so happens that one of the movies he suggested was in the school library. So I checked it out and watched it and......................... It topped the list as my number one favorite movie!!! It topped Pride and Prejudice!!! No other movie has done that for me!!! The movie is called "Departures" in America(my friend said that the original Japanese meant "the Departed" but oh well...) and I highly recommend it!!! You can find more info about it in this link.

So, yes. That's what I wanted to share! I hope you find these fun and helpful!!! I really do recommend watching "Departures"!!! Thank you very much for your time in reading my post!!! I'll post again on げつようび(getsuyoubi) if I am able! And I apologize for not having much にほんご(nihongo) in this post...

ありがとうございました！！！さようなら！(arigatou gozaimashita! sayounara!)

Ah! One last video! 【にゃんたろ】Rotten Heresy & Chocolate 腐れ外道とチョコレゐト【Project】 Please enjoy!