Yeah, it's Ghibli. I'll probably love it. I haven't seen a Ghibli movie yet I haven't at least enjoyed...though Howl's Moving Castle is overrated, I think. Then again, a lot of people say that about Mononoke...and it's one of my favorites...so...
I would take Mononoke over Howl's every day to be honest.
My Favorite of Ghibli is The Wind Rises followed by Castle in the Sky.
I would agree with this guys review.
Spirited Away would take my #2 slot.
I tend to lean towards the Steampunk/Fantasy/realism films. The Whimsical I enjoy but it's not my go to. Speaking which I need to get more of his files.
Steamboy was a great movie, along those lines, if you haven't seen it.
Or, as @MonorailRed would say...Steamplunk. <nudge nudge grin>
Hahaha, I use to be big into DeathNote and Inuyasha haha. That was a while ago. I found a list of great Anime I might try catching only downside Netflix and Prime have terrible anime catalogs.Spirited Away and Totoro have grown on me. I didn't like them as much when I first saw them as when I saw Castle in the Sky, but the more I learn about the stories (and or catch things on rewatching) the better I find them to be. So, to me, they have better re-watchability than Castle in the Sky.
Spirited Away, in particular, catapulted itself into my #2 spot once I discovered what the "story" was really about, and I was just blown away with how well Miyazaki told it.
That being said, Mononoke has a rather one dimensional story. It's just that I adore the characters and the visuals so much, and it was the first Miyazaki movie that I ever saw (which, is pretty common).
Here's another anime I enjoy (and this is odd for a guy). Inuyasha.
It's bad, but it's so bad, that I think it's good! I can easily waste an hour or two watching a few episodes.
I've never seen Deathnote. I got into Inuyasha because for a while there it was on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim (not sure why...but...ok) and it would be playing when I'd get home from work.
