My Neighbor Totoro, Pom Poko, and the Timeless Magic of Studio Ghibli
Falling Into the World of Studio Ghibli Films One of the first Studio Ghibli films I ever watched was Spirited Away. It was like falling through a rabbit hole into a world so beautifully strange, magically familiar, and dreamlike that I couldn’t stop. I practically swallowed everything I could find by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, including three documentaries (my Max subscription paid for itself instantly!). But the true magic began when I shared this world with someone else. A…