My Neighbors the Yamadas

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My Neighbors the Yamadas

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

It is also a landmark film for takahata because he defineltly beleives life is not as fun without the laughs and this film keeps you smiling from begining to end.

The animation style is imo far away from the 'typical anime style', yet it is still anime. The animation looks a little crude, but it actually complements the story with well-done simple line drawings. It’s a cute slice-of-life film with relatable hum... Read More

And it's heartening to see him joyful after he gets a phone call from a girl. Very touching, in a bittersweet kind of way.

Noboru yamada is an adolescent who falls in love with matsuko yamada. In one episode, he calls home to see if anyone can bring him an umbrella, only to hear various family members give excuses.

Jim belushi and molly shannon are fantastic in the roles and they have such strong if not loopy chemistry in each scene they share. I love a scene where he is the only one to be excited about the winter's first snow, while the entire family cannot tak... Read More

Cons

The skit style makes this whole 1 hour and 44 minute movie lack a cohesive feel. I understand that they were trying to integrate both into this movie, but i don't think they quite pull it off.

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Quality

Im lucky to have bought this before the first printing sold out because it comes with the slipcover

This was both good quality and very enjoyable

However quality of the product was not 100 ok

Come for the ghibli quality stay because it’s enjoyable to defy expectations sometimes

Price

If you catch while the price is down to 10 or 12 dollars i think you will be pleased by the end regardless of where you stood a... Read More

Packaging/appearance

There is the husband takashi the mother matsuko the grandmother shige the children noboru the 13yo son and nonoko the 5yo daughter

Competitiveness

A totaly diferent take and style from other studio ghibli productions

Instead it is an episodic foray into a familys life

Overview

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japanese, good, funny, first and great.

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This product had a total of 451 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 11 2022.