Awards & Rankings There are some great scenes in here, primarily concerning boys and girls and funny, spot-on ways they behave around one another. Given the pictorial extremes that Studio Ghibli has gone to in the past, "Up on Poppy Hill" is weak tea. The story in the other hand is somewhat lacking. Much of the urban scenery depicted in the movie is under construction, and an agitated group of students observes that Japan is "building a new society on the ruins of the old." RE-ANIMATOR the story is pretty good sucking you into this world and it's characters in the wake of Japan's relatively recent history of receiving the olympics in the 60's though the narrative can get a bit lost on occasion but not to the extent that it ruins it. Top subscription boxes – right to your doorReviewed in the United States on February 6, 2015Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2018 Peter Rainer The latest film from Japan's Studio Ghibli, which sets the world standard for animation, is a disappointment. It's a light, breezy 1960s-set coming-of-age tale that strives to convey something of how Japan rebuilt itself after the traumas of the second world war.
3DS I watched and reviewed Studio Ghibli's from up on Poppy Hill.
A wonderful story with beautiful animation and a great soundtrackReviewed in the United States on June 18, 2016 And when Umi’s not studying, she shops, cooks and cleans for her family, who appear to spend all their time variously painting, sleeping or watching television.Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox!At Umi’s school, a minor crisis is unfolding. The two lead characters are standard bland figures, round-faced, round-mouthed, unremarkable.TIFF 2020: Violation, Shadow in the CloudTIFF 2020: The Disciple, New Order, Wildfire, Shiva BabyFor this English-language version, a high-profile American cast was recruited: TIFF 2020: Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Enemies of the State, 76 DaysRoger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. On the one hand, it’s easily the least ambitious film in the Ghibli oeuvre, but on the …
From Up on Poppy Hill is a delightful Gibili anime.
This is a tremendously rewarding and moving story of love, loss, and hope, but also childhood joy and camaraderie. Still present is the flawless Studio Ghibli animation, but all traces of fantasy are gone. "From Up on Poppy Hill" is set in the early 1960s, and while the English dub makes this plain in an expository opening monologue, in the original Japanese version our initial cues are far subtler: background newspaper headlines and a nostalgic soundtrack of postwar jazz and pop hits. It is a film by Goro Miyazaki son of Hiyao Miyazaki the world's greatest animator. "From Up on Poppy Hill" is set in the early 1960s, and while the English dub makes this plain in an expository opening monologue, in the original Japanese version our initial cues are far subtler: background newspaper headlines and a nostalgic soundtrack of postwar jazz and pop hits. His second feature, From Up on Poppy Hill, is a step forward for the director, but it still carries a nagging sense of imbalance. Truly, the towns and villages in the studio’s films, whether based on real places or not, are the best of all worlds.The least fantastical of Studio Ghibli’s features in years, For those more familiar with the animation house, there’s much here that’s typical Ghibli.
He takes the helm in an attempt to live up to his father’s legacy.
The Third Day: Season 1 Coming Soon The story arc is somewhat facile, and its lesson about preserving history instead of demolishing it to make way for new, shiny things is too obvious. Every day Umi raises flags outside the hillside house and notices one day that someone has written a poem about them in her school newspaper. Generally favorable reviews Current Movie Releases The film is sweet, subtle and delivers a superbly animated vision of a newly post war Japan. Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2015Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2013 The English-dubbed soundtrack plays flawlessly, but the original Japanese one has a problem: parts of it can be inaudible except, perhaps, with a top-of-the-line sound system.Select the department you want to search inAfter viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.There's a problem loading this menu right now.See all details for From Up on Poppy Hill by Sarah BolgerThis one is a really nice one. Born at the breaking point that separated the old Japan from the new, their only links to the past are the old photographs they each reverently guard.
Awards & Rankings There are some great scenes in here, primarily concerning boys and girls and funny, spot-on ways they behave around one another. Given the pictorial extremes that Studio Ghibli has gone to in the past, "Up on Poppy Hill" is weak tea. The story in the other hand is somewhat lacking. Much of the urban scenery depicted in the movie is under construction, and an agitated group of students observes that Japan is "building a new society on the ruins of the old." RE-ANIMATOR the story is pretty good sucking you into this world and it's characters in the wake of Japan's relatively recent history of receiving the olympics in the 60's though the narrative can get a bit lost on occasion but not to the extent that it ruins it. Top subscription boxes – right to your doorReviewed in the United States on February 6, 2015Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2018 Peter Rainer The latest film from Japan's Studio Ghibli, which sets the world standard for animation, is a disappointment. It's a light, breezy 1960s-set coming-of-age tale that strives to convey something of how Japan rebuilt itself after the traumas of the second world war.
3DS I watched and reviewed Studio Ghibli's from up on Poppy Hill.
A wonderful story with beautiful animation and a great soundtrackReviewed in the United States on June 18, 2016 And when Umi’s not studying, she shops, cooks and cleans for her family, who appear to spend all their time variously painting, sleeping or watching television.Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox!At Umi’s school, a minor crisis is unfolding. The two lead characters are standard bland figures, round-faced, round-mouthed, unremarkable.TIFF 2020: Violation, Shadow in the CloudTIFF 2020: The Disciple, New Order, Wildfire, Shiva BabyFor this English-language version, a high-profile American cast was recruited: TIFF 2020: Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Enemies of the State, 76 DaysRoger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. On the one hand, it’s easily the least ambitious film in the Ghibli oeuvre, but on the …
From Up on Poppy Hill is a delightful Gibili anime.
This is a tremendously rewarding and moving story of love, loss, and hope, but also childhood joy and camaraderie. Still present is the flawless Studio Ghibli animation, but all traces of fantasy are gone. "From Up on Poppy Hill" is set in the early 1960s, and while the English dub makes this plain in an expository opening monologue, in the original Japanese version our initial cues are far subtler: background newspaper headlines and a nostalgic soundtrack of postwar jazz and pop hits. It is a film by Goro Miyazaki son of Hiyao Miyazaki the world's greatest animator. "From Up on Poppy Hill" is set in the early 1960s, and while the English dub makes this plain in an expository opening monologue, in the original Japanese version our initial cues are far subtler: background newspaper headlines and a nostalgic soundtrack of postwar jazz and pop hits. His second feature, From Up on Poppy Hill, is a step forward for the director, but it still carries a nagging sense of imbalance. Truly, the towns and villages in the studio’s films, whether based on real places or not, are the best of all worlds.The least fantastical of Studio Ghibli’s features in years, For those more familiar with the animation house, there’s much here that’s typical Ghibli.
He takes the helm in an attempt to live up to his father’s legacy.
The Third Day: Season 1 Coming Soon The story arc is somewhat facile, and its lesson about preserving history instead of demolishing it to make way for new, shiny things is too obvious. Every day Umi raises flags outside the hillside house and notices one day that someone has written a poem about them in her school newspaper. Generally favorable reviews Current Movie Releases The film is sweet, subtle and delivers a superbly animated vision of a newly post war Japan. Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2015Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2013 The English-dubbed soundtrack plays flawlessly, but the original Japanese one has a problem: parts of it can be inaudible except, perhaps, with a top-of-the-line sound system.Select the department you want to search inAfter viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.There's a problem loading this menu right now.See all details for From Up on Poppy Hill by Sarah BolgerThis one is a really nice one. Born at the breaking point that separated the old Japan from the new, their only links to the past are the old photographs they each reverently guard.
I really shouldn't like this film because it's the type of story that normaly wouldn't appeal to me but in this case i love it and it's a credit to both of the Miyazaki's . "From Up on Poppy Hill" was definitely under my radar.
Awards & Rankings There are some great scenes in here, primarily concerning boys and girls and funny, spot-on ways they behave around one another. Given the pictorial extremes that Studio Ghibli has gone to in the past, "Up on Poppy Hill" is weak tea. The story in the other hand is somewhat lacking. Much of the urban scenery depicted in the movie is under construction, and an agitated group of students observes that Japan is "building a new society on the ruins of the old." RE-ANIMATOR the story is pretty good sucking you into this world and it's characters in the wake of Japan's relatively recent history of receiving the olympics in the 60's though the narrative can get a bit lost on occasion but not to the extent that it ruins it. Top subscription boxes – right to your doorReviewed in the United States on February 6, 2015Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2018 Peter Rainer The latest film from Japan's Studio Ghibli, which sets the world standard for animation, is a disappointment. It's a light, breezy 1960s-set coming-of-age tale that strives to convey something of how Japan rebuilt itself after the traumas of the second world war.
3DS I watched and reviewed Studio Ghibli's from up on Poppy Hill.
A wonderful story with beautiful animation and a great soundtrackReviewed in the United States on June 18, 2016 And when Umi’s not studying, she shops, cooks and cleans for her family, who appear to spend all their time variously painting, sleeping or watching television.Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox!At Umi’s school, a minor crisis is unfolding. The two lead characters are standard bland figures, round-faced, round-mouthed, unremarkable.TIFF 2020: Violation, Shadow in the CloudTIFF 2020: The Disciple, New Order, Wildfire, Shiva BabyFor this English-language version, a high-profile American cast was recruited: TIFF 2020: Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Enemies of the State, 76 DaysRoger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. On the one hand, it’s easily the least ambitious film in the Ghibli oeuvre, but on the …
From Up on Poppy Hill is a delightful Gibili anime.
This is a tremendously rewarding and moving story of love, loss, and hope, but also childhood joy and camaraderie. Still present is the flawless Studio Ghibli animation, but all traces of fantasy are gone. "From Up on Poppy Hill" is set in the early 1960s, and while the English dub makes this plain in an expository opening monologue, in the original Japanese version our initial cues are far subtler: background newspaper headlines and a nostalgic soundtrack of postwar jazz and pop hits. It is a film by Goro Miyazaki son of Hiyao Miyazaki the world's greatest animator. "From Up on Poppy Hill" is set in the early 1960s, and while the English dub makes this plain in an expository opening monologue, in the original Japanese version our initial cues are far subtler: background newspaper headlines and a nostalgic soundtrack of postwar jazz and pop hits. His second feature, From Up on Poppy Hill, is a step forward for the director, but it still carries a nagging sense of imbalance. Truly, the towns and villages in the studio’s films, whether based on real places or not, are the best of all worlds.The least fantastical of Studio Ghibli’s features in years, For those more familiar with the animation house, there’s much here that’s typical Ghibli.
He takes the helm in an attempt to live up to his father’s legacy.
The Third Day: Season 1 Coming Soon The story arc is somewhat facile, and its lesson about preserving history instead of demolishing it to make way for new, shiny things is too obvious. Every day Umi raises flags outside the hillside house and notices one day that someone has written a poem about them in her school newspaper. Generally favorable reviews Current Movie Releases The film is sweet, subtle and delivers a superbly animated vision of a newly post war Japan. Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2015Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2013 The English-dubbed soundtrack plays flawlessly, but the original Japanese one has a problem: parts of it can be inaudible except, perhaps, with a top-of-the-line sound system.Select the department you want to search inAfter viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.There's a problem loading this menu right now.See all details for From Up on Poppy Hill by Sarah BolgerThis one is a really nice one. Born at the breaking point that separated the old Japan from the new, their only links to the past are the old photographs they each reverently guard.