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Fact no 1: Ashitaka and the girl Kaya in the village are not real brother and sister.Though she pronounced Ashitaka as Big brother.

source(verified):a interview of Hayao miyazaki[1997 july]

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Fact no.2.:The drawing of Howl's Moving Castle[the castle] was originally not meant for the film,it was intended to fill an empty space at the Studio Ghibli Museum - totally unrelated to the film. So when Suzuki was asked by miyazaki "What design should I use for the castle?". This was proposed.To make it moving miyazaki just added 4 chicken legs.

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its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

Fact No 3: "See what you can see with eyes unclouded with hate'"[the wise woman,Princess Mononoke] Is regarded as one of the best dialogues for a foreign dub movie

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Never heard that before. Source?

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Originally posted by fenkashi
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Originally posted by Roarkiller
Never heard that before. Source?

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its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

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Originally posted by saviour2012
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Fact no.2.:The drawing of Howl's Moving Castle[the castle] was originally not meant for the film,it was intended to fill an empty space at the Studio Ghibli Museum - totally unrelated to the film. So when Suzuki was asked by miyazaki "What design should I use for the castle?". This was proposed.To make it moving miyazaki just added 4 chicken legs.

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It would be nice to add some reference for each fact, to check that they are really facts and not mere rumours or subjective opinions ("fact 3").

The one about Howl castle drawing is mentioned by Suzuki in this interview
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/intervi..._interview.html

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Fact no 4:Hayao Miyazaki smokes 30 cigarettes per day


(very bad sir) ('')

source

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its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

To be fair, it is no surprise with the stress and pressure he is under from day to day. Besides by now it is most likely a habit by now!

Fact no 5:Look below the pictures it is where Miyazaki adapted the look of Kodama in Princess Mononoke
thanks to my younger brother [who is a studio ghibli fan too] [this whole discovery was by us we did not find it from any other source]



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its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

WOW! I love Princess Mononoke and I never knew that the Kodama are based on owls! I guess that's the point of this thread, but that's still quite amazing. But I suppose it makes sense when you think that they both can swivell their heads around. Those are some great facts saviour, keep 'em coming!

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Originally posted by saviour2012

Fact no 1: Ashitaka and the girl Kaya in the village are not real brother and sister.Though she pronounced Ashitaka as Big brother.

source(verified):a interview of Hayao miyazaki[1997 july]

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Don't know if there is a link but....

FACT: Porco Rosso's real name Marco Pagot is a name that belonged to one of the production team of an earlier piece of Miyazaki work. Sherlock Hound!!

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X7YRcRR1Uo

Check around the 35 second mark.

FACT: Nausicaä or Nausikaa; is a character in Homer's Odyssey (Odýsseia). She is the daughter of King Alcinous (Alkínoös) and Queen Arete of Phaeacia. Her name, in Greek, means "burner of ships".

(source: IMDB movie site and Wikipedia)

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Fact no. 8

Miyazaki spent quite a few hours in the city, looking at how women's/girls' skirts and dresses moved, in order to create Kiki's dress in Kiki's Delivery Service.


(My reference was the special features in one of the Ghibli movies, although I do not remember which one.)

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Fact no. 8

Miyazaki spent quite a few hours in the city, looking at how women's/girls' skirts and dresses moved, in order to create Kiki's dress in Kiki's Delivery Service.


(My reference was the special features in one of the Ghibli movies, although I do not remember which one.)

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Originally posted by fenkashi
Screw your opinions, they are not relevant ^^.

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I'm pretty sure it was on the Naussica dvd. They had a history of ghibli feature they got from japanese tv

maybe i got it wrong

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Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.

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its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

Fact 11:
Actually i always thought why the name is of the movie "Princess Mononoke" is like that i mean it is about ashitaka and his decisions. It seems that was the case. I found it From Wikipedia(From the book starting point)

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Two titles were originally considered for the film. One, ultimately chosen, has been translated into English as Princess Mononoke. The other title can be translated into English as either The Story of Ashitaka or The Legend of Ashitaka. In a Tokyo Broadcasting System program, televised on November 26, 2013, Toshio Suzuki mentioned that Hayao Miyazaki had preferred The Legend of Ashitaka as the title while Suzuki himself favoured Princess Mononoke. Suzuki also mentioned that Miyazaki had created a new kanji to write his preferred title.

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Watch everything but only take the good things from it

Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.

Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.

If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.

its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi