Ever since I saw Princess Mononoke on VHS I suppose you could have called me a Hayou Miyazaki fan. So it was with joy that I saw a trailer for a new film from Studio Ghibli. I wasn't allowed to embed the video I could find on the net so you may find it here.
Naturally, for me, the very first impressions were amusement at the sheer amount of name milking that Disney is doing, even though they really only have one, maybe two, films that went on the U.S. big screen. The other interesting note, that I admit may have have nothing to do with Disney at all, is the fact that the title looks remarkably similar to the one for Finding Nemo.
Ok, so besides Disney's obvious, and maybe subtle, attempts to really market this thing, there are some unusual aspects for those familiar with the recent Miyazaki stuff. For one, the main character is, if not male, not obviously female. This isn't unheard of, but it is a theme with him. Also, while the trailer is not the whole thing, its a little surprising that we don't get a clear indicator of a male-female relationship somewhere in the works among our main character. From what I see, there are only two women shown, and they both look like women, not young girls questing to find their path and really set down that path towards mature womanhood (again, a common theme).
As far as the weird stuff, yeah, I'm pretty curious about what the deal with the shield? of tiny clone babies is. All the same, I'm looking forward to this. I've kind of started to miss animated movies now that almost everything that isn't live action thats aiming at the family friendly market is pure CG.
Next time: Your local news report.
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