226 - Manga in Motion 34 - From Up on Poppy Hill

226 - Manga in Motion 34 - From Up on Poppy Hill

This week we watch Studio Ghibli's From Up on Poppy Hill to see how Seamus and Darfox fare with their first Goro Miyazaki film.

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "The Breakfast Song" by Aoi Teshima from From Up on Poppy Hill, Opening, Introductions, Spotify
  • 00:02:57 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", dakazu checks out some anime for next week
  • 00:04:56 - Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? is filled with gross fan service but still helps dakazu by giving his good advice about exercising at the gym
  • 00:11:31 - dakazu ended up enjoying the mystery in the horror thriller High-Rise Invasion
  • 00:16:27 - The Your Name. parody in Mr. TONEGAWA Middle Management Blues makes darfox question if these spin-offs are canonical
  • 00:22:58 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude where we'll be discussing the past Fall 2018 season of anime and some of our early impressions for Winter 2019 with Miki's Stopwatch
  • 00:23:52 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: "From Up on Poppy Hill" by Aoi Teshima from From Up on Poppy Hill, we discuss the 2011 Studio Ghibli film directed by Goro Miyazaki
  • 00:26:59 - Darfox compares Goro against his father Hayao Miyazaki
  • 00:28:57 - dakazu explains how this movie focuses on highlighting the lifestyle of Japan in 1964
  • 00:32:08 - We complain how everything is explained instead of allowing the audience to infer it for themselves
  • 00:35:24 - The design of the Latin Quarter building was a turning point for dakazu
  • 00:37:19 - We lament the wasted potential of the colorful extended cast
  • 00:39:28 - dakazu goes over the large amount of Japanese text in the movie
  • 00:41:46 - We praise the attention to detail in the backgrounds and settings
  • 00:43:27 - We laugh at the use of dialogue and songs that spell-out everything during scenes
  • 00:45:31 - In comparison to Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise or The Wind Rises darfox found this film lacking in it's overall animation
  • 00:50:13 - Along with thoughts on Tales of Earthsea we wonder why Goro tries to imitate his father
  • 00:53:52 - This movie made dakazu think about the concept of boarding houses being unfamiliar with modern America
  • 00:56:45 - We discuss the use of possible incest in this movie and it's prevalence within other Japanese stories like Marmalade Boy or Old Boy or Fire Punch
  • 01:03:20 - We go on a tangent about fan fiction of the TV show Supernatural
  • 01:05:26 - We talk about the creepy chairman of the school board
  • 01:06:24 - We give our final thoughts on the movie
  • 01:08:19 - dakazu noticed that some songs to higher billing than the actors in the credits
  • 01:09:34 - Next Week's Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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