Av-merican wrote:
I've only seen Princess Mononoke, which is ridiculous since I LOVE Anime. It's because of visionaries like this that animation is perfectly acceptable by people of all ages in Japan, and it's strictly kid stuff here (though the folks at Pixar are at least making family stuff that's not necessarily insulting to adults).
I'll have to catch up on his stuff pretty quick here.
I'm envious you have Spirited Away too see still for the first time. My first one was Howls Moving Castle which I say in a theatre with the girlfriend. At one point I realized I was sitting there with my mouth completely agape, wide friggin open in awe. Looked over at the gf and she was doing exactly the same.
He started out doing the background landscapes for others when he was young and had kept that within his work, its really something special on a large screen at a movie theatre.
Update me when you've seem more.