gory mess

thank you for making such a great character that i spent weekends binge watching as a kid, you made a whole childhood

"I've lived for almost ten thousand years. Believe me you have no idea what that means: boredom. Everlasting and hideous boredom. A never ending search for ways to pass the time... and mating with a human female is one of the few I enjoy. Eventually they become tiresome. For in spite of their vitality, they are fundamentally stupid creatures who couldn't survive without the nobility to rule them. Perhaps now you'll understand my wanting to have some fun every thousand years or so?"

"We live in an era when our cities are armed with steel and concrete. Computers and electronics barricade our minds. It doesn't change the fact that there exist a lot of strange phenomenon, bizarre beyond reason, or logic. Most folks just don't see them. That's because we cling to order - to any tiny happiness that comes our way, and we bust our humps to blind ourselves with our desires and our pleasures. There's a world of darkness out there, beyond time or space... a world filled with evil that is undeniably real. And in that world... there are things that run wild."

studio ghibli was founded in 1985 by directors hayao miyazaki and isao takahata and producer toshio suzuki, but miyazaki and takahata have a relationship that far predates this. the pair first worked together in 1964, marking the beginning of a collaborative relationship that would carry on throughout their careers.

akira (1988) nope (2022)