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This week we continue our Hayao Miyazaki month with Howl’s Moving Castle.

DLIP SCORE = 9.48

In this engaging anime based on a children’s fantasy novel, 18-year-old Sophie works in her late father’s hat shop in a humdrum town. But things get interesting when she’s transformed into an elderly woman by the evil Witch of the Waste (voiced byLauren Bacall). Determined to reverse the spell, Sophie seeks the help of the wizard Howl, who has an amazing moving castle that’s fueled by a fire demon named Calcifer. Hayao Miyazaki directs.

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This week we continue our Hayao Miyazaki month with My Neighbor Totoro with guest star, Metal Mikey from the Action Attraction Podcast.

The DLITP score for this movie is 9.045255463596553

This superbly animated children’s tale is directed by Hayao Miyazaki, one of Japan’s most beloved animators. The story follows Satsuke and Mai, two young girls who find their new country home is in a mystical forest inhabited by a menagerie of mystical creatures called Totoros. They befriend O Totoro, the biggest and eldest Totoro, who is also the king of the forest. As their girls’ mother lies sick in the hospital, O Totoro brings the sisters on a magical adventure but also helps them to understand the realities of life. Like most films released by Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli, this family-oriented feature has a powerful ecological theme

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This week we al review..well…partly…well…just listen and you will figure it out. Anyhow, this week is Kiki’s Delivery Service. The DLIP score for this week, 9.2185186666666666666666666666667

In director Hayao Miyazaki’s gentle, animated adventure, young witch Kiki (voiced by Kirsten Dunst) moves away from her family to practice her craft, but she finds that making friends in a new town is difficult. With her cat, Jiji (voiced by Phil Hartman), in tow, Kiki puts her broom-flying skills to work for a baker’s wife by starting an express delivery service. She quickly discovers, however, that she can’t take her abilities for granted.

Human-powered Aircract is it is possible and you don’t need a broom.

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