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Originally Posted by trackaghost
I think Spirited Away is easily his masterpiece, just for pure inventiveness and sheer beauty, but Howl's Moving Castle is a close second..
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Mononoke is up there too. Amazing that it was supposed to be his masterpiece and he retired, and THEN got pulled out of retirement to do Spirited Away. And I thought he retired after that too and got pulled out again for Howl. He should call Christine McVie.
The animation of the castle in Howl is just so beyond any of his previous animation. Spirited Away is just such a beautiful story with so many beautiful themes woven throughout. Mononoke is fierce and complex. The tree spirits, I think, are pure genius, and the whole ending, especially the music, is just so brilliant.
I'm still so smitten with all of them!