In loads of the films they'res great lil side people. Like the scarecrow-prince in Howl and Teto in Nausicaa but the best i think has to be (Soz this is more than one) The group of my pirates in Laputa because they're just so funny, though it is a tad weird the way they're all in love with Sheeta when they look like they're 40 and she looks like shes 12..... hmm pervy pirates.... Makes me lov em even more!

Jiji, cuz hes funny

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i really like the chu and Sho totoros.. so cute!!
Also, Teto, Moro, Curtis, jigen and Goemon (although they are Pre-Ghibli!!)

would picolo in Porco be a side character or more of a main character? im leaning towards minor but thats just me.

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i would say hes minor - definitely!!
The main characters are porco, Gina and maybe Curtis.. (maybe)

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The main characters are porco, Gina and maybe Curtis.. (maybe)

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Fio, too....(well, she's my favorite ).

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yeahi agree fio is great, picolo is really funny, great film altogether, but i think fio may count more of a main character than a minor character.

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Fio is quite a "main" minor character if you get my meaning, but one of the stronger ones. Gina too is a very interesting character - you could write a whole book about Gina.

A couple of minor Mononoke characters:

Toki is an interesting character, a very strong willed woman, resourceful yet loving.

Jiko Bou has me puzzled. Clever, wily and able to decieve, he's patently an 'evil' character all through the story but at the end he seems to finally understand what he has done wrong and gives up the head of the god to Ashitaka. I think even this out and out bad guy learns something from his experience. I love his bartering scene at the beginning with the rice and the gold nugget.

From Whisper of the Heart I really like Sugimura the typical boy who doesn't talk 'girl code' and misses the cues about who is in love with who. His emotions really go through the wringer but he gets his girl in the end, bless 'im.

Mr Nishi is wonderful but is too "main" a character really as he working behind the scenes to bring the two young people together.

But my favourite is Kaonashi from Spirited Away. I just love the way he's like an innocent child, lonely at first then just copying others or doing whatever seems to make others happy without thinking of the consequences. I'd like to know more about his backstory.

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I love Jiji and Calcifer, and Piccolo makes me laugh XD Teto is awesome and...well...I love them all!!!!!

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Piccolo - yes, a very funny guy - he has some of the best lines in the film. I love the scene where they are test running the new engine and the whole shed is flying apart and Piccolo says "Well, wait until you see it running at full power!"

Also the whole thing with counting the money and he even takes Porco's last roll of banknotes (his food and vino fund), very dry.

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oops, sorry, werll, im the guy wth 6 sigs, that kinda roate around, trust me you'll figure it out, i do get where your coming from, i tend to think people look like there avatar, kinda wierd butim sure most of you out there tjhink the same thing.

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Picolo(how do you spell it?) is real funny!
I like Natori in The Cat Returns! He's so funny!
And, #1sanfan, I like your avatar!

thanks, its pretty cool, its from stellvia, im not srue if youve seen it, if oyu have is it any good? i did a sig of it to.

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I don't look like my avatar, but if I had a Shizuku one
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Hmm, no, looks cool though. I watch any anime I
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Read or Die, sounds my type just by the title.

I love Calcifer and No Face

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Teto, Jigen Daisuke (Does he count as Ghibli character?), Calcifer, and Kanta. Oh, and Sono's husband from Kiki because even though he never says a word, he is still such a well formed character. And the robot from Laputa.

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Snafan, I think that too!!
I always think people look their avatr.. (that would mean that I look like a baby ohmu.. )

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Fio is quite a "main" minor character if you get my meaning, but one of the stronger ones. Gina too is a very interesting character - you could write a whole book about Gina.

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Not that there are rules, but Fio and Gina seems counted as one of the main characters, not counted as non-main. If they're counted, it's like saying - same goes to San (as Ashitaka clearly have the lead role).

Anyway, Here's my answer:

NEKOBUS

I don't think I have to explain, as everyone will agree with me - Nekobus is like one of the coolest supporting character around. Besides, you lots already mentioned the rest of the nice ones.

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