Manga & Anime THREAD

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[Daniel]

Poor Luffy. There was a bunch of balloon mishaps.

[gaastra]

Just got back from boy and the heron. Pretty good but bit of a slow start. Earns it's pg-13 rating. This is more of a teen aimed film over a totoro. Had some easter eggs from past films but does not call them out. Many will miss them.

Animation looks great on the big screen! Worth the $8 amc matinee price for that alone!

[Ben]

That is not a bad price for a cinema ticket these days!

[Bill1978]

Went to the cinema yesterday to watch The Boy and the Heron. First Studio Ghibli film watched in the cinema. Honestly surprised my rural cinema had it in the first weekend of release - in both dub and sub versions. So wanted to see it opening first weekend, to show them there is an audience for these films in rural Australia. I went to the dubbed version, so I could enjoy the art on the big screen (without being distracted by the subtitles) and the art did not disappoint. I think if I knew nothing about the film, the start wouldn't have felt slow as I kept waiting for The Boy to enter the other world, but having said that it did feel like a 2hr movie.

Did I know what was happening at all points of the movie? Not at all, but I still found it very enjoyable. Maybe not top tier Ghibli for me, but definitely not at the bottom of the Ghibli rung either. I described it to a friend as a cross between Spirited Away and Alice In Wonderland with a splash of Narnia with a male protagonist. I just really enjoyed seeing hand drawn animation on the screen. My biggest disappointment with the movie was the score, it just didn't have the usual Hisashi majesty to it.

Was my screening packed? No but the fact that there were 8 adults sitting at the 10.30am session pleasantly surprised me. Wonder if the subbed version got more or less?

[gaastra]

Boy and the heron came in first place in the domestic box office.

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https% ... df1d0606f6

[Daniel]

Impressive! First ever Miyazaki film to become #1 at the US box office.

[Ben]

Well it’s about time!! Just as he was getting going too…!

[Bill1978]

That's an impressive achievement for Studio Ghibli. Kudos to them

[gaastra]

Boy and the heron gets two golden globe nods and suzame gets one.

https://deadline.com/2023/12/golden-glo ... 235660995/

[gaastra]

The wrap talks about boy and the heron and godzillas success in america.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jap ... 00236.html

[gaastra]

Tried to edit the macy videos now removed posts few posts up and accidently clicked the spam button on my own video thinking it was edit. D'uh.

Here is a video of the floats not removed. Tree in park popped many of the floats like luffys hat.

[Ben]

Nobody learned from We’re Back!

[gaastra]

Boy and the heron expands to more screens.

https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comm ... over_2300/

[Ben]

Well this is suddenly providing Spidey a run for Best Animated Feature, right? And a great call to traditional hand-drawn animation!