Recurring characters, themes, objects, etc.

In the Studio Ghibli movies there are plenty of characters that pretty much appear again and again with different names. Same with themes, objects, certain animals and other things.

So far I've thought of:
trains
cats
flying
and the word "Castle" in titles

What have you guys got?

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Post last edited by Cherry on 08.26.2006, 12:46 AM.

Hey chihiro1096 go here and tell what you think.http://www.ffhybrid.net/forum/showthread.php?t=112

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Lana from "Future Boy Conan":

'CONAN!'

Sophie from "Howl's Moving Castle":

'HOWL!'

Doesn't it strike you how similar those two shots are?

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Post last edited by Konan on 08.26.2006, 09:58 PM.

I will be continuing to compare similar shots between Miyazaki's works. Here is part 2.

Tera from "Future Boy Conan":


San from "Princess Mononoke":


Notice in both pictures the presence of a strong and angry girl riding a white animal and carrying a mask (with wig attached) and a spear. Coincidence, eh?

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whoa... you've got some good ones there... I wish I could come up with some better ones than what I've posted...

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Post last edited by Konan on 08.29.2006, 01:02 PM.

Those ones also remind me of a point in Grave of the Fireflies, and the bit at the train station in Spirited Away (I can't quite explain why it reminds me of that one lol)

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The similarity really comes when you see them in motion:

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The heroine having possession of a mysterious blue gem has figured in much of Miyazaki's work since Hilda in "Horus, Prince of the Sun". A few examples:
"Horus, Prince of the Sun"

"Castle of Cagliostro"

"Sherlock Hound Episode 3 -- Blue Ruby"

"Castle in the Sky"

"Princess Mononoke"

"Howl's Moving Castle"

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Post last edited by Konan on 08.30.2006, 12:08 AM.

Umbrellas, I think. Totoro had an umbrella, there's a battered on in Grave of the Fireflies, there's one in Howl's Moving Castle, etc etc. If I had images I'd show them, but I don't unfortunately

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A couple of them are up there somewhere ^

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Hey, there we go. Thanks for that.

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Pigs appear all throughout Miyazaki's work. Some examples:
"Horus, Prince of the Sun" (look closely for it)

"Animal Treasure Island"

"Yuki's Sun"

"Future Boy Conan"

"Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" (the masks look rather porcine)

"Castle in the Sky"

"Porco Rosso"

"Nandarou"

"Sora Iro no Tane"

"On Your Mark" (again, look at the masks)

"Princess Mononoke"

"Spirited Away"

"The Imaginary Flying Machines"

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Whoaaaa that's a lot of pigs... Grr, I wish I could come up with some good recurring stuff!

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