Studio Ghibli movies are so peaceful, I want to live in a world like that, I wanna bake, I wanna run through the woods, I wanna run through the meadows, I wanna meet magical people, I wanna have adventures, and I wanna live in a fantasy world
ghibli movies: funny little ladies going on adventures and living their lives :) look at how pretty these trees and flowers are. oh its a kitty cat!! :0
also ghibli movies: fuck you. war and capitalism is destroying the earth. several cultures have drastically and irreversibly altered by western influence, many for the worse. the world collapsing in on itself. now watch these children slowly die for two hours. fuck you.
theres just something intimate about studio ghibli.
you sit down to watch about two hours of hand-drawn animation, each frame done with fragile care, with a silly little plot and cute little characters falling in love with something, whether it be friends, family, the world, nature, their work, independence, freedom, and doesn't even have to be romantic. these girls are so innocent yet brave main characters while also keeping their loving and kind personalities, with such great slice-of-life shots and cute little animal companions they can telepathically communicate with. they're the perfect things to watch with young kids, and can be enjoyed by practically any age they're that perfect.
Even messes that would possibly make me cry if I were to see them in real life
There's beauty in everything.
*Pics from My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Whisper of the Heart (1995) The Cat Returns (2002) Castle in the Sky (1986) The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) Ponyo (2008) Princess Mononoke (1997) Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Spirited Away (2001)
I'm so excited to share this! I adore Studio Ghibli and its beautiful worlds and characters, so I created this massive desktop set that includes as many beloved movies as I could, for anyone else who wants to bring some Ghibli magic to their desktop! 🖤(there are more icons than pictured above ;) )
holds desktop set out to you like No Face giving gold
uh. uh.
^ me when I finally finished making this set. I spent four months working on it (two and a half of those were JUST the icons). But my main mindset when making this set was to really do as much as I possibly could, because there are SO MANY amazing movies and characters and everyone has their favorite and I wanted to do my best to have something for everyone! 🌿🌸🩷 This has been a LABOR for sure, but I also poured as much love as I could into it! So this was also me (and my sisters xD) when I finished:
Also, what's this? -> TOTORO4TUMBLR
hm.. maybe if you feed it to etsy checkout it does something *shrug*
It hurts me to see Whisper of the Heart and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya so underrated :(
EDIT 2:
I’M SORRY FOR NOT PUTTING NAUSICAA GUYS😭😭 I’ve never seen that one!!
EDIT 3:
Guys, stop getting mad at me. I can only put 12 options!
*sighhhhh*
We have a winner..
I’m gonna be honest.. I’m not a huge fan of HMC. Like, I respect it animation wise, music wise, and I can tell a lot of passion went into it. But I don’t care for it. It’s a big mess tbh
But.. congratulations to Howl’s Moving Castle.
Ponyo! She kept rubbing against me and purring and then violently attacking the hem of my sweatshirt and then searching for secret compartments above/ behind the fridge