It also bumps with an '80s electronic score by Joe Hisaishi that could easily have gone into Escape from New York. Her legacy reigns on to this day, most recently in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which introduced its heroine Rey, almost scene for scene, in the same way we meet Nausicaä, down to her face mask. Either way, her badassery makes her one of Miyazaki's most confident, self-assured heroines. Depending on whether you watch the Japanese or English version, her actions come off either animistic or Christ-like. Nausicaä is a human princess who, against all odds and protestations, rides the sky and befriends the forces of nature that rush to destroy mankind. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)Īs effortlessly as gliding on wind, Nausicaä balls up an imminent environmental threat, amoral fascist leaders armed with a weapon of mass destruction, and factions of warring tribes into an alarmingly effective two-hour adventure. MP This browser does not support the video tag. Miyazaki is too obsessed with the melancholy motion of robots and the way a glowing amulet can externalize love for Castle in the Sky to stumble. The mythology is nutty, and in lesser hands, would be another explosive anime to pair with Yu-Gi-Oh. Miyazaki's conjured world is robust, yet granular - Laputa is more alive when each laid brick and fastened bolt appears weathered by time - and moves like the dogfights in Star Wars. Together, Sheeta, princess of the flying city of Laputa, and Pazu, a diligent, earthbound boy, outrun pirates and government thugs in airships to return the fallen highness to her place in the sky. Set in an alternate version of the 1900s, Castle in the Sky is an epic of Tolkienian proportions, woven together from Gulliver's Travels, world religions, and Miyazaki's own industrial obsessions. We revere Miyazaki for his animation, but overlook his work as a master remixer of fantasy and lore. This browser does not support the video tag. So in honor of a lifetime of vibrant, imaginative, and transcendent films, we've ranked the auteur's movies from "breezy fun" to "certifiable masterpiece." Really, there's no "worst" when we talk about Miyazaki's anime, which ensure that we'll never stop dreaming, either. Though this list only focuses on the 11 titles that Miyazaki himself helmed, you should absolutely find time to watch the 10 other Ghibli movies available on the streaming service, which are all gorgeous in their own right.
Now, all of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's films are available to stream for the first time - ever! - on HBO Max, which is a huge deal for the streaming- and VOD-avoidant studio whose movies could only be seen prior either by DVD or theatrical re-release. Despite a half-century of work, including 11 feature films and an Oscar (Miyazaki became the first non-American to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2003 for Spirited Away), and a formal retirement announcement in the books, Miyazaki is in production on a new film, How Do You Live?, a hand-drawn project that takes a full month to animate one minute of footage. Hayao Miyazaki, the mastermind behind Studio Ghibli, can't stop dreaming.
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