Totoro is at 16:35

January 24, 2021 5:13 PM

30 Minutes of Relaxing Visuals from Studio Ghibli (c/o HBO Max)
posted by Going To Maine (18 comments total)

Bliss. There is so much depth to their art, it makes me want to dive in and be there.
posted by knapah at 5:17 PM on January 24, 2021 [1 favorite]

Heavy rain kicked in just as I started watching this. I concur with knapah: bliss.
posted by SPrintF at 5:28 PM on January 24, 2021 [1 favorite]

Wonderful! Now, how about something similar, from the films of Yasujiro Ozu? His pillow shots, just from 'Tokyo Story', and from his later, color films.
posted by Rash at 6:54 PM on January 24, 2021 [2 favorites]

Where's the lo-fi hip-hop beats?
posted by symbioid at 8:18 PM on January 24, 2021 [6 favorites]

If you like this check out Zenimation on Disney+!
posted by Clustercuss at 8:19 PM on January 24, 2021 [1 favorite]

But it's just a 6 minute loop!
posted by aubilenon at 9:50 PM on January 24, 2021 [2 favorites]

This is only tangentially related in that it's neither Ghibli nor necessarily relaxing, but The Garden of Words has just the most lovingly rendered rain animation.
(animated gif & some background detail comparisons with reality)
posted by juv3nal at 10:39 PM on January 24, 2021

This is possibly the best video on Youtube
posted by BinaryApe at 1:37 AM on January 25, 2021

But it's just a 6 minute loop!

This saddened me too, I had watched about five minutes when I posted it.
posted by knapah at 2:12 AM on January 25, 2021

But it's just a 6 minute loop!

:(
posted by Going To Maine at 4:44 AM on January 25, 2021

But it's just a 6 minute loop!

:( :( :( :(
posted by Quasirandom at 7:23 AM on January 25, 2021 [2 favorites]

I want to say it needs more CatBus, but really, it's perfect as is.
(slight spoiler if you haven't seen "Totoro.")
posted by martin q blank at 9:27 AM on January 25, 2021

This is wonderful, and whoever did the sound effects did some beautiful work.

Anyone remember this old (so I might have first seen it in RealPlayer format) AMV of Ghibli scenes set to Loreena McKennitt's Mummers' Dance?
posted by trig at 10:40 AM on January 25, 2021 [2 favorites]

trig: thanks for identifying the AMV as being from Ghibli films, rather than just Miyazaki. (I'm sensitive, as Takahata directed some of my favourites).
posted by jb at 12:52 PM on January 25, 2021

(I'm a huge fan of Miyazaki as well, of course!)
posted by jb at 12:55 PM on January 25, 2021

Yes, Takahata was wonderful and his name (and movies) should definitely be better known. To me Ghibli means Miyazaki, Takahata, and Joe Hisaishi (which probably also leaves out who knows how many people who've stayed out of the limelight).
posted by trig at 1:14 PM on January 25, 2021 [1 favorite]

Okay, that AMV even included "Future Boy Conan." I'm impressed.
posted by Quasirandom at 2:41 PM on January 25, 2021

Naturally, the OP's loop features some of the over-water trolley scene from "Spirited Away." You might find this Fandom Musings analysis of the scene interesting.
posted by Rash at 11:20 AM on January 26, 2021