The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki. Directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Created by Studio Chizu and Madhouse.
Ookami Kodomo No Ame To Yuki - Family Package Ban (BD+DVD+BOOKLET) [Japan LTD BD](Japanese)
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I don’t even watch One Punch Man and I am laughing so hard right now.
How many critics and cinefiles and TV aficionados do you think are so confused and irritated by this fucking anime series topping this list.
I made some One Punch Man fanart of Saitama and Genos
In this world, there is an invisible magic circle—
From the opening line, until “The End” fades away post-credits, I am frozen in place, tears welling in my eyes. Like a spell has been cast on me, I can barely move for the entire duration of this film’s running time.
Few works of art evoke as profound feelings as When Marnie Was There does for me. Every second of it I feel a gulf of swaying, flowing emotion. Every expression, every movement, every moment in this world, my heart breaks and swells. Anna’s anxiety is represented with a painful reality that arrests me. Her face is plain, “ordinary,” but hiding behind it is an expertly shrouded depth of emotion. I know this face. I have seen it on others, and I have worn it myself. “Not feeling” is an existence I spent a cumulative multiple years of my life on. I’m well now; I learned my own coping methods, as others have learned theirs. Anna’s method merely takes the form of a mysterious friend who lives in a marsh house across the lake.
Anna and Marnie’s love is incredibly fierce. It’s a tangible, unforgettable bond. The way they interact, their hugs and looks, it’s undeniably real to me. The subtleties in their animation have always been strong, but this is Ghibli at their richest. From Marnie’s bouncy, steady walking, to Anna’s cautious, shy following, everything is just … perfect. It’s entirely sincere and entirely beautiful, and I love it.
The scenes proceed in a meditative, hypnotic fashion. Captivating. There are very few movies I can name that are paced like this, and I consider them the very best of the best.
The first time I watched this I balled the entire way through. I shared it with a friend a few days later, and by the end, we were both crying. My most recent viewing was with my mother, and again, both of us were in tears. I have a small collection of art that does this to me that I revisit every now and then, the reason being somewhere between necessity and desire. This set is very precious to me, and I hold them very close to my heart, while carefully not returning to them too often, for fear I will let the lightning out of the bottle. Somehow, I feel like the lightning will never be lost for When Marnie Was There.
★★★★★
is this…Jeb Bush threatening the entire United States of America via Twitter? or describing America as a (potentially loaded) gun (inscribed with his name)?
is the 2016 Republican presidential campaign an extended piece of bizarre performance art?
we just don’t know
Or could this simply be… a picture??!
Could everyone be overthinking something so unbearably stupid?! I think so!
Does… a loaded gun mean anything if.. if it isn’t aimed at anyone? I…
Think not!
we just don’t know. Except maybe we do.
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