you have the right movie, but not the character.

In that case, is it Ged who says it?

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no, sorry.

Sparrowhawk?

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google said sparrowhawk and ged are the same, so no, sorry husky.

In the copy of '...Earthsea' that I have, the words are slightly different, but the meaning is there.

The speaker is Arren...

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correct!

I found it close to the end of the movie when Arren and Therru were talking to one another....

Thank you, arren, for helping marrow the list down. Movie-wise, I had it narrowed down to four movies, including, Earthsea.


New quote:

"It doesn't feel so lonely with everyone here."

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first clue:

falling in water, cat scratch...

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second clue:

"the flags go up and the flags go down"

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Third clue:

Brother and sister?

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I have not seen this movie, so I don't know who says it, but based on the clues it sounds it's from From Up on Poppy Hill.

Maybe someone could help out on who says it? Or I perhaps it's finally time for me to watch it...

Threewishes, you do have the movie... now for the speaker... (sneaky way of forcing you to watching the movie, BWHAHAHAHA!) cough, cough...

As if anyone has to be forced to watch a Studio Ghibli movie...

I will say this, As I was watching it again yesterday to pick out a new clue, I cried at one part of it, and probably always will...

Hahaha, my kids all have said over and over that I have 'soggy eyeballs'...

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I watched the movie. It was Umi who said it to her grandmother in the first half of the film.

Edit: It was a good movie overall. I'm still eager to see the making of it -documentary subbed in english.

You got it!!!

Your turn...

The part that got to me the most was when they met the Captain, me being a former Navyman.

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"It's almost like we're in the sky."

Last year I read a book about warships, and got somewhat interested in them. I personally have not been in any big ships aside from cruise liner, but this film got me feeling like I could be on that Shuns dads small raft - with all the foghorns and lights and flags.

Edit: This in turn made me like the characters more. I think that Ghiblis way of making things look authentic yet stylised helps with other parts of the storytelling - like immersion. I say this even when mine was sometimes broken by a bit cheesy dialogue in some scenes, but compared to Tales from Earthsea it was a much better experience.

hahahaha, it took me about five minutes of thinking and I think I know the scene in the movie. I haven't even looked to verify, I'm so sure. But, I'm letting someone else get it... I'm not bragging, it just so happens that it struck the 'ah-ha' chord in my mind...

Enjoy, aall, I'm sitting this one out...

edit:
I went on a five-day "Tiger Cruise" on the USS Nimitz with my two sons from Pearl Harbor to San Diego in 2003. The warship that I was on in Vietnam was so small that four of them would have fit end-to-end on the flight deck with 100 feet left over!!! We were only 245 feet long. I spent many, many hours at the wheel steering our ship and on topside lookout watches.

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First clue: Lapis lazuli

Is it Shizuku, from Whisper of the Heart?

(((HELLO GUYS!)))

bel!!! longtime no see... Good to see you again.... !!!

how ya doing, young lsdy!!! ?

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