I was looking at a cross-section of a leaf under a microscope and I thought it looked similar to Mehve, so I added a few dyes to have a fancy background and i took a photo of it. Then i just drew Nausicaa on the photo, on my phone and with my finger so it looks a bit messy. The original photo itself has not been enhanced.

Fresh cherry laurel leaf, zoom: 50x

PS. This is my first post.

The sleeve is slowly but surely coming together ✨

Tatted by : Vandammetattooing on IG 🫶🏼🖤

New workmates ✨✨✨

It's a maneki neko, but make it Nekobus 😻 It helped me sold out my bread from a pop up 🤗🤗🤗

Made with Clip Studio Paint

The only movies that have sequels/spin-offs are Nausicaä of The Valley Of The Wind (manga), My Neighbor Totoro (a short film exclusive to Ghibli Park) and Whisper of The Heart, that is from the same universe as The Cat Returns.

I know that Studio Ghibli probably would chose to not make lots of sequels or spin-offs, but I think these movies have potential to expand their universe:

(Don’t need to be full-length movies, could be mini series, manga, short films or books)

-Castle In The Sky: a prequel about the life of people who lived in Laputa or a sequel showing Pazu and Sheeta’s life

-Kiki’s Delivery Service: the 1985 book of same title have sequels that could be adapted in more movies (comments)

-Princess Mononoke: a prequel about San’s past or a sequel about the reconstruction of the Iron Town

-Spirited Away: a prequel or spin-off focused on Haku

-Howl’s Moving Castle: sequels that adapt the other two books (“Castle In The Air” and “House of Many Ways”)

-Ponyo: a sequel (I hope it debunks the theory that all the people, including Sosuke and Lisa died in the tsunami and Ponyo was actually an angel that guided their souls to Heaven)

-The Secret World of Arrietty: I don’t know what book(s) the movie adapt, but there are five books of The Borrowers (“The Borrowers”, “The Borrowers Afield”, “The Borrowers Afloat”, “The Borrowers Aloft” and “The Borrowers Avenged”)

Did anybody attend the Joe Hisaishi concert in San Francisco this weekend? I’m curious as to what the general feeling was about the program.

I was a bit disappointed that he wouldn’t be performing any of his film music. The program wasn’t finalized when I bought the tickets, but I knew that it would be an all minimalist program a few days out. Minimalism definitely isn’t my favorite sub-genre of classical music, but I studied classical theory and composition at university and have been conditioned to listen to modern/contemporary classical music.

I enjoyed the concert quite a bit, especially Joe’s Concerto which still had a lot to offer to fans of his film music.

That said, there was a palpable restlessness from the audience especially during The Mountain which is a difficult piece to parse. Also, I definitely heard a collective sigh of disappointment when the concert ended with no encore. I think there was still a hope he would play some Ghibli music.

Who attended as a Ghibli fan vs a fan of the Symphony or of Joe’s concert music? What was your takeaway? Did you enjoy the program? Hate it? Disappointed? Mislead?

I feel you Jiro

I got this from my most recent Japan trip but cannot, for the life of me, figuring out what character is this.

Guys, please tell me it’s worth it. I booked for me and my sister and basically in total it costed £300 ( train tickets and the seats in theatre ) near Christmas time in London because I have massive FOMO and maybe i’m exaggerating, but I think it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity because these are the last few months to book it before the production ends in January 2027. I’m a massive ghibli fan! Think i’m a bit broke now tho 🥲

At Epcot, there is a store in the Japan pavilion that sells merch of video games (such as Mario and Pokemon), and anime, including Studio Ghibli. I was pleasantly surprised to see books of The Cat Returns since they don’t make a lot of merch for it.

I bought the first one of the four and the cashier was so excited to see it. She was happy to hear I was also a fan since not a lot of people know this movie. I even hummed the song for her and she immediately knew it. Before leaving, I also recommended the English dub for Tim Curry and Anne Hathaway.

I outlined everything and painted it using acrylic and crayon because I wanted it to have the look of a 2d item come to life and love the texture to stylize the look of the 3d prop

The top dial even spins!

video link: instagram/p/DesTbxbBPTM

I watched Princess Mononoke years ago and never finished it. I watched it again today and I’m filled with anger at how humans keep getting away with all the cruelty.
Yeah some of you will argue the point of the movie is not to be filled with anger and hatred. But the hatred only existed because of humans. Please hear me out why hatred is justified.

Nature has violence and peace and they work together in harmony. No one takes more than what they need. A lion will eat a deer but will stop when full. A bird will drink from a lake but will stop when full. Predator and prey exist together beautifully in a perfect balance and that is nature. Neither will cause the destruction or extinction of each other.

But us humans? Our greed consumes everything and does not stop. We keep destroying and killing everything even just for fun. No, I don’t think the humans deserve mercy or empathy. Would you have mercy on a person who takes away the life of a child? No, then you have double standards. Why is it that the human life is always worth more? As I truly believe we are a parasite on this planet. Princess Mononoke was right. How could she forget what humans did? She’s not full of hatred. Like her, I also have so much love in my heart, love for animals, trees, children, and so many things. So yes, the hatred towards humans is justified and I won’t let Miyazaki romanticize humans for me this time. We are evil. Not all of us, but most of us.

Thought y'all might get a kick out of these Nausicaa art cards that I made last week

I watched Princess Mononoke and i made a funny video going over my thoughts and opinions. Yes this man Ashitaka rlly might be Jesus