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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I think you're barking up the right tree, but the way I'd put it is this: it gives people the ability to imitate an aesthetic without ever engaging with the thinking that underlies that aesthetic. It's almost inherently anti intellectual, in that way.

Ghibli's art comes from a profound love for liveliness, wonder, nature, and beauty that also respects the pain endured by its subjects. People talk shit on Ghibli as "the Disney of anime" but it's a backhanded compliment at worst because I think they're obliquely referring to how well Miyazaki executes on those feelings.