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Aye, that's how my very good friend that sent it me described it, I do believe: that it turned into a Sat morn cartoon. I haven't re-watched Arrietty or Marnie, but Marnie in particular intrigued me because - Nausicaa aside, really - Miyazaki very rarely focused on characterisation. It was other Ghibli directors that typically got the more serious/adult, character-driven works. And Marnie was the last example of that.

Instead of building on that with Studio Ponoc and trying to be more than Neo-Ghibli, Yonebayashi instead seemed to try to imitate Miyazaki by transitioning into a magical adventure. Badly. It became fake, rushed and just outright messy once the school was reached and having red hair was suddenly the best thing ever. I still mostly enjoyed it but it could have been so much more.

PS: [USER=159]@Professor Irony[/USER] -- I couldn't agree more about Kakegurui. It was Prison School and Kaiji rolled into one, and I love both. The jazzy soundtrack enhanced the gambling tension and Yumeko's OTT, lust-fueled arousal over the gambles was oddly liberating.

<blockquote data-quote="Aion" data-source="post: 533984" data-attributes="member: 1310">Aye, that's how my very good friend that sent it me described it, I do believe: that it turned into a Sat morn cartoon. I haven't re-watched Arrietty or Marnie, but Marnie in particular intrigued me because - Nausicaa aside, really - Miyazaki very rarely focused on characterisation. It was other Ghibli directors that typically got the more serious/adult, character-driven works. And Marnie was the last example of that.Instead of building on that with Studio Ponoc and trying to be more than Neo-Ghibli, Yonebayashi instead seemed to try to imitate Miyazaki by transitioning into a magical adventure. Badly. It became fake, rushed and just outright messy once the school was reached and having red hair was suddenly the best thing ever. I still mostly enjoyed it but it could have been so much more.PS: [USER=159]@Professor Irony[/USER] -- I couldn't agree more about Kakegurui. It was Prison School and Kaiji rolled into one, and I love both. The jazzy soundtrack enhanced the gambling tension and Yumeko's OTT, lust-fueled arousal over the gambles was oddly liberating.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aion, post: 533984, member: 1310"] Aye, that's how my very good friend that sent it me described it, I do believe: that it turned into a Sat morn cartoon. I haven't re-watched Arrietty or Marnie, but Marnie in particular intrigued me because - Nausicaa aside, really - Miyazaki very rarely focused on characterisation. It was other Ghibli directors that typically got the more serious/adult, character-driven works. And Marnie was the last example of that. Instead of building on that with Studio Ponoc and trying to be more than Neo-Ghibli, Yonebayashi instead seemed to try to imitate Miyazaki by transitioning into a magical adventure. Badly. It became fake, rushed and just outright messy once the school was reached and having red hair was suddenly the best thing ever. I still mostly enjoyed it but it could have been so much more. PS: [USER=159]@Professor Irony[/USER] -- I couldn't agree more about Kakegurui. It was Prison School and Kaiji rolled into one, and I love both. The jazzy soundtrack enhanced the gambling tension and Yumeko's OTT, lust-fueled arousal over the gambles was oddly liberating. [/QUOTE]