The SPIRITED AWAY PROBLEM

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Your comments about Disney hesitating, before the Oscar win, to embrace Ghibli reminds me of how The Nightmare Before Christmas was supposed to be part of Disney's animated canon, it was originally meant to be released as a Walt Disney Animation Studios film even, but Disney got cold feet at the last moment because they feared the movie could be too weird and scary, so it was released as Touchstone Pictures, no mention of Disney. As the film went on to become the classic it is, Disney erased the original Touchstone logo and intro, and now credits the film as presented by Walt Disney.

If Ghibli can't survive after Miyazaki because they kept going through productions like this, maybe it's just time for them to go. Nothing lasts forever and several of the artists who left Ghibli showed they didn't need to be there to do good work. Though it would be sad other artists wouldn't get to take advantage of the brand recognition. EDIT: Forgot to include - great channel! Got me to watch Sherlock Hound, which has been fun.

This is literally my favourite film of all time, now I’m looking forward to see how painful it was to make

its both sad and funny how each new film during this period is "the film that may completely destroy studio ghibli" 😔

That Miyazaki quote “Filmmaking only brings pain” hits differently now lol

Spirited Away is honestly the best Ghibli film they've done in all aspects. It's not my favorite film by them though.

Even if Miyazaki basically ended up getting all the credit for Spirited Away in the minds of most American movie lovers, we should probably remember that this was at a time when most people who weren't anime fans just thought of movies like Akira or Ghost in the Shell as coming "from Japan" and likely couldn't name a single person behind them. Actually getting so many people to become aware of a particular studio and director for an anime film at that time was a testament to just how good it was.

There's this old quote, or maybe its actually a proverb: if you like sausages then don't look at how they are made. But that leaves you all comfortable without any inconvenient truths. Thing is I've made sausages and I just love 'em! I guess I can handle some of my favourite films being made by mere faulty humans, or how horrible the crunch was. This stuff needs to be documented too.

Knocked it out of the park once again. These videos are proper documentaries and I love learning from them 😎

Well, you can't have two "number ones" on a project. I can completely understand both Miyazaki and Ando. Miyazaki does want a lot of "his touch" in the film, he can't be just an overseer and organizer. While Ando wants to be more than just assistant. Studio wasn't big enough for both of them!

Crazy to think how little promotion The Boy and the Heron got with it possibly being the last Ghibli film ever due to no one really being there to take over. It will likely make less than The Wind Rises or Ponyo though. A story for another time. Toshio Suzuki is one hell of a producer but if there is one person who is responsible for the studio becoming the Miyazaki factory then it is him.

That clip of Lasseter and Miyazaki eating is so funny. They are not having the same conversation.

Nice to get a peek at what was going on behind the scenes. Thanks, sir!

My number 2 favorite film, and the one that got me into anime cinema. But I am seriously convinced that when Miyazaki passes away, studio ghibli is gonna be the spongebob scene with the panicking brain with the papers flying around. Suzuki absolutely succeeded in making ghibli known as "the Miyazaki studio" to a point that they likely can't find other directors to make films there. They could've had several directors at this point such as Ando or Kosaka, but they don't. And they likely never will as long as Suzuki is there. Amazing video as usual also, Stevem

I love your editing/cinematographic style. Always a piece of art

Excellent video as always Stevem, although this one felt a bit more surface level in terms of pre and production details, I can understand it could be due to them not being too public about how the chaos went. Cheers either way

Thank you so much for this insight. Informative and swift watching. Appreciated!

Interesting and insightful video, really shows how much grind and perseverance happens behind the scenes. Keep doing what you doing man!

Such a great essay about this film. Thank you - I love your videos! Keep up the excellent work!