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Howl’s Moving Castle
This is another of the anime from the same producers as Spirited Away. There is something I prefer about this one though.
Maybe the fact it was actually based on a book written by a British author Diana Wynne Jones. Sometimes when there is already a story written, I think it makes it easier for the movie makers to branch out a little from it adding new ideas and making some interesting storylines.
Popularity: 42% [?]
Spirited Away
I wasn’t joking when I said I was going to be watching anime to help with learning Japanese!
Spirited Away, is the worlds highest grossing non-American film and Japan’s best ever box office earner. Strangely enough, for a movie with these credentials, I had not heard of it before until about a week or two ago. Well, I bought the DVD and watched it (in Japanese with English subs of course) and it was cool. I think I am getting the hang of this anime stuff haha. After watching the Japanese version, I played it again with the dubbed English - awful. The voices in Japanese seemed to flow the English accents didn’t sound right. Possibly due to the mixture of English and American voices which clashed terribly.
The film follows a young girl Chihiro (千尋) in the picture above in the process of moving house with her parents when they lose their way and stumble upon an entrance to a ’spirited world’. Her parents walk into a village street crammed full of shops and restaurants with tempting hot cooked food. This is set out to lure them into the trap. Her parents eat the food ‘like pigs’ to the point they eventually turn into pigs! No, really they do!
Popularity: 43% [?]
Katekyo Hitman Reborn
As part of my learning Japanese, I have decided to start watching anime in Japanese with English subtitles. I came across this anime a few weeks ago and it’s actually pretty good! Obviously, this will purely be for educational purposes 
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I am not usually an anime cartoon lover, but maybe it’s just the fact that it is in another language that makes it so appealing? No idea, but whatever it is, I will be watching at least one series of this and then maybe move on to something else. Its actually harder than you might think listening to the language in even a cartoon. They speak so fast that missing a word or even a sentence can be expected. Glad they invented the rewind button!
That aside, the story follows a young boy named Tsuna, who has no idea that his family is linked to an Italian mafia. Until ‘hitman tutor’ Reborn comes out of nowhere and sets out on his mission to train ‘innocent’ Tsuna into a tough Hitman, so he can take over control of the mafia.
Quite interesting stuff really!
Popularity: 44% [?]
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Ahh, blame my iPhone excitement for that! 
This is a neat film. One of the best Miyazaki's. 
ROFL... :mrgreen: 
nup id think twice abt wot u jus sed....cos dude uv done it agen lol! 