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Planes/flying

#PlanesAndFlying
1 director5 episodesin Themes

Hayao Miyazaki

5 episodes touching this theme
  • Partially
    Spirited Away – Haku you leave me

    Feb 2020

    "You give it half a tick: Oti points to Yubaba flying, but KT says the flight here is more fantastical and spiritual than planes."

  • Strongly explored
    Porco Rosso – I just wanna Fio real love

    Feb 2020

    "KT calls flying a strong theme here, tracing it to Miyazaki's father making plane parts and his wonder at flight and innovation, and with a pig in a plane, KT says there is little to discuss."

  • Not explored
    Princess Mononoke – Love at forest sight

    Feb 2020

    "Oti says flying isn't really in this one, and KT reveals it was a trick question: Miyazaki got sick of people pointing out the flying in his films and purposely left it out."

  • Strongly explored
    Nausicaä – On my Ohmu

    Feb 2020

    "Oti says flying is the main mode of transport in this post-apocalyptic world, seen in droves in his first official film; KT adds Nausicaä's little glider and planes used by good and evil alike."

  • Strongly explored
    Howl’s Moving Castle – I want to Lettie you in

    Feb 2020

    "You both call it met through the airships, bomb ships and flying contraptions, though KT says the flying serves destruction and Howl's soldiering rather than escapism; Oti points to Howl's fun first flight with Sophie."

    Cross-refLaputa: Castle in the SkySpirited Away