1. Had accidentally left out a few things:
[quote name='Husky' date='01 February 2014 - 04:57 PM' timestamp='1391253568' post='117030']
- All Studio Ghibli movies are recommended [/quote]
Had re-written that post to make it shorter, but in re-writing had left out the following Ghibli titles and a Japanese live-action movie:
- Ponyo is a fantasy fairytale (not recognisably based on the Little Mermaid) and features a Sea Goddess as the little heroine's mother. The Sea Goddess appears at the end and the JP sailors are shown as praying to her.
- Takahata has just come out with his animation of the very ancient Japanese narrative of the tale of the Moon Princess. Released in JP, still waiting for local release.
- Miyazaki also came out with an animation last year, set around WWII, but doesn't seem to be a sad/war story. One about designing planes, I understand. Waiting for its local release too.
For those wanting to buy the Ghibli oevre on DVD* AND want English dubs alongside the original Japanese VO [color="#0000FF"]AND who have multi-region players[/color]: there are regularly sales on R2 UK DVDs, selling titles for <= 6 or 7 pounds. For Sen to Chihiro No Kamikakushi (sp?) R4 has the better quality release, and for Mononoke Hime R1 (or R2 France) has the better quality release. *Don't know about blu-ray.
Live-action JP movie: "Shinobi" is - as its title already says - about Ninja (and Ninja are Shinto). Based on the Basilisk anime, it has an extremely linear plot of 2 Ninja groups killing each other. Not for kids: artistic violence/fake blood etc. The movie is just historical-fantasy rather than historical realism, btw. Nevertheless recommended since it has an excessively beautiful heroine that I think every Hindoo should have a good look/stare at.
2. Weird
greenshinto.com/wp/2014/01/27/hellenismos-pt-1/
Uh, I've not heard that all of "Western-Europe" was to have worshipped the Greco-Roman Gods historically. (Or that say Vikings took to Hellenismos like ducks to water; those that entered the Roman empire were more famous for taking to christianism if they weren't converted by then already.) Not sure when Olympic Gods became the common inheritance of all W-Europe.
Meanwhile, it is known that at least by late antiquity many Phoencians (and Syrians) were Hellenes. E.g. the famous Porphyry was a Phoenician, who are Middle-Easterners, *not* IE.
[quote name='Husky' date='01 February 2014 - 04:57 PM' timestamp='1391253568' post='117030']
- All Studio Ghibli movies are recommended [/quote]
Had re-written that post to make it shorter, but in re-writing had left out the following Ghibli titles and a Japanese live-action movie:
- Ponyo is a fantasy fairytale (not recognisably based on the Little Mermaid) and features a Sea Goddess as the little heroine's mother. The Sea Goddess appears at the end and the JP sailors are shown as praying to her.
- Takahata has just come out with his animation of the very ancient Japanese narrative of the tale of the Moon Princess. Released in JP, still waiting for local release.
- Miyazaki also came out with an animation last year, set around WWII, but doesn't seem to be a sad/war story. One about designing planes, I understand. Waiting for its local release too.
For those wanting to buy the Ghibli oevre on DVD* AND want English dubs alongside the original Japanese VO [color="#0000FF"]AND who have multi-region players[/color]: there are regularly sales on R2 UK DVDs, selling titles for <= 6 or 7 pounds. For Sen to Chihiro No Kamikakushi (sp?) R4 has the better quality release, and for Mononoke Hime R1 (or R2 France) has the better quality release. *Don't know about blu-ray.
Live-action JP movie: "Shinobi" is - as its title already says - about Ninja (and Ninja are Shinto). Based on the Basilisk anime, it has an extremely linear plot of 2 Ninja groups killing each other. Not for kids: artistic violence/fake blood etc. The movie is just historical-fantasy rather than historical realism, btw. Nevertheless recommended since it has an excessively beautiful heroine that I think every Hindoo should have a good look/stare at.
2. Weird
greenshinto.com/wp/2014/01/27/hellenismos-pt-1/
Quote:My name is Erik and I am a modern Hellenic polytheist; I worship the ancestral gods of my (American, Western-European-descended) culture.
Uh, I've not heard that all of "Western-Europe" was to have worshipped the Greco-Roman Gods historically. (Or that say Vikings took to Hellenismos like ducks to water; those that entered the Roman empire were more famous for taking to christianism if they weren't converted by then already.) Not sure when Olympic Gods became the common inheritance of all W-Europe.
Meanwhile, it is known that at least by late antiquity many Phoencians (and Syrians) were Hellenes. E.g. the famous Porphyry was a Phoenician, who are Middle-Easterners, *not* IE.