![]() This movie is set in the 1960s, when Japan is still dealing with the aftermath of World War II. This is a sweet romance by Goro Miyazaki but it doesn’t quite fit the genius shoes of his father’s movies (and we don’t blame him – that’s a hard feat). However, at just over an hour long, it is one of the shortest Ghibli movies so still very watchable. While still an enjoyable movie to watch, it doesn’t meet the extremely high standards of most of Studio Ghibli’s other works. The movie was an attempt by the studio to give their young staff members a chance to make a film reasonably cheaply and, in my opinion, it shows. The story is told in flashback and is a slower pace than most of Ghibli’s other works. ![]() Ocean Waves is a calm, nostalgic movie centring around a love triangle between two friends and a new girl at school. So that’s all I’m really going to say about that. ![]() It’s not a bad movie, it’s just the worst of the bunch. And as an adaptation of Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea book series, it’s heartbreaking. For a general animation movie, this is visually pretty magnificent, it has some interesting characters, and an interesting storyline.
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