Japanese Anime Movie Recommendations

SHERYL SUI, X

“after watching that episode of Kim on David Letterman’s show, I respect her.” Kim has been a successful businesswoman and as Sophia Uselman, XI, had mentioned “she knows her worth,” making it clear that Kim Kardashian is a popular choice for a favorite Kardashian.

Other Upper School students and faculty took a different approach to who is their favorite. Kourtney is known for her avocado pudding and humor on the show for saying things like: “You got smarter since hanging out with me.” Eva Schindler, XI, pointed out how Kourtney is her favorite because “[in] every clip she is in she looks kinda moody” which she finds adds to the show and makes it more fun. Dr. Hattaway felt Kourtney was her favorite due to them both being the eldest sibling. While Kim and Kourtney seem to be crowd favorites, Kendall got a vote as well. Kendall Jenner is famous for modeling and scarily cutting a cucumber. Isabella Luckage, XII, had felt Kendall “was the nicest and the most genuine.”

While Kris, Kim, Kourtney, and Kendall were fan favorites, let’s not forget about Khloe and Kylie and all the amazing things they do—oh, and can’t forget Rob. From momager’s to boss ladies the Kardashian/Jenner family is one that people will remember forever, but it’s ok to have a favorite. No one could put it into words better than Kim herself: “There’s a lot of baggage that comes with us, but it’s like Louis Vuitton baggage; you always want it.”

Letter to Momo is a movie about Momo's father passing away, he left only a letter with three words "To Momo", which puzzled her. After that, her mother took her to move from her former residence in Tokyo to the Seto Sea, but Momo was lonely because she couldn't adapt to the new environment.At this time, she accidentally found an old book in the compartment on the top floor of her new home, and a series of incredible things began to happen around her. The story of the film takes place on a small island. The beautiful scenery and simple folk customs on the small island make people fascinated and intoxicated after watching it. This animation brings us vivid character relationships and delicate character emotions. More importantly, it is closer to life than the heroic animations that are becoming more and more thematic today There is a simple and tidy small shrine on the island hill.Although it is not tall, it stands firmlyon the lush jungle and soil. Whenever I see it, I realize that such beautiful and peaceful scenery is the best. It can soothe people's hearts.The film cleverly borrows several monster characters from Japanese Shintoism, bringing a touch of surreal animation feeling to this realistic work, and also brings a sense of humor to this serious topic about depression and liberation, growth and search.

These monsters have ferocious faces,buttheyarewarm-hearted. They are affectionateand righteous, and know how to give. It is not the first time that these monsters have been portrayed in this way in Japanese animation. These elves, which were originally used to scare people, have become new symbols. Theirencounters,acquaintances, mutualhelp,andseparationwith humanbeingsoftenbecomenew stories.This filmis set thousands of years later, after the world's industrialcivilizationreachedits peak. The world was destroyed in a war called "Seven Days of Fire". The world is covered by a new ecosystem called Sea of Corruption, which is composed of fungi. Only giant insects can adapt to it, and humans live on the only small area of land left. In the face of giant insects and thereleaseofmiasmaSeaofCorruption is a story of aggressive survivalunderthethreatofsiege.

If you want to watch this movie, it is recommended to read its original manga first. Compared with the comics, the movie simplifies or even omits many characters and plots in the original comics, making the movie slightly thinner in terms of character image, but it is still a good movie worth watching. The film as a whole adoptsthenarrativetechniqueof interludes,andtherhythmofthe storyisdelicateandjustright,so that people will not have doubts whenwatchingthefilm.Inaddition,thepaintingstyleofthefilm is Hayao Miyazaki's consistent style: beautiful and exquisite, and the portrayal of nature is shocking and refreshing. In addition, if you prefer grand and spectacularscenes,thenyouwill absolutely love the storyboarding of this movie, which has a lot of overhead and bird's-eye views. And for those who love art:Whetheritisinsects,humans or machines in this movie, their dynamicsareperfect,whichhas extremely high reference and copying value.