I was at my grandma's for the past two days watching Miyazaki movies for about the 400th time each, and I thought "Why not start a thread at my own forum to see what people think?"
Miyazaki has obviously had a huge impact on Japan, and when watching his movies, I start to see some things that Pokemon may have based some ideas off of. For example:
The Forest Spirit (Mononoke) - Arseus
Totoro - Snorlax
Chibi Totoro - Munchlax
Teto - Espeon (remotely - the face structure looks the same)
Robots (Laputa) - Regigigas (remotely - the plants growing on the garden robot remind me of Regigigas's plants)
The Forest Spirit sucking up everything - Groudon sucking up everything in Jirachi
Forest Spirit turning evil in Mononoke and destroying forest - Celebi turning evil and destroying forest (Spirit of the Forest - Voice of the Forest)
Princess Mononoke - Pokemon 4Ever XD
Pokemon seems unoriginal to me at times after watching Ghibli/Miyazaki films.
I think there was another one, but my brain is so scrambled right now that I can't concentrate. Two days without the computer = 0_o. For those of you who have ever seen Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli movies, what do you think? Could Pokemon have based some of its creatures on characters from Miyazaki movies, is it a cultural thing, or is there no relation?
Also, would it not be awesome if Miyazaki directed a Pokemon movie? Imagine how radically different it would be. I seriously doubt he ever would, though, considering his work ethic and opinion on the anime industry. Man oh man, compared to Studio Ghibli's movies, Pokemon is such garbage. Maybe instead of pumping out a movie every year, they should actually spend time on them. But of course, Pokemon movies are just for marketing and advertising as some people would say and have no heart or creativity (and from the way Miyazaki and other giants talk, it would seem that way).
Miyazaki has obviously had a huge impact on Japan, and when watching his movies, I start to see some things that Pokemon may have based some ideas off of. For example:
The Forest Spirit (Mononoke) - Arseus
Totoro - Snorlax
Chibi Totoro - Munchlax
Teto - Espeon (remotely - the face structure looks the same)
Robots (Laputa) - Regigigas (remotely - the plants growing on the garden robot remind me of Regigigas's plants)
The Forest Spirit sucking up everything - Groudon sucking up everything in Jirachi
Forest Spirit turning evil in Mononoke and destroying forest - Celebi turning evil and destroying forest (Spirit of the Forest - Voice of the Forest)
Princess Mononoke - Pokemon 4Ever XD
Pokemon seems unoriginal to me at times after watching Ghibli/Miyazaki films.
I think there was another one, but my brain is so scrambled right now that I can't concentrate. Two days without the computer = 0_o. For those of you who have ever seen Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli movies, what do you think? Could Pokemon have based some of its creatures on characters from Miyazaki movies, is it a cultural thing, or is there no relation?
Also, would it not be awesome if Miyazaki directed a Pokemon movie? Imagine how radically different it would be. I seriously doubt he ever would, though, considering his work ethic and opinion on the anime industry. Man oh man, compared to Studio Ghibli's movies, Pokemon is such garbage. Maybe instead of pumping out a movie every year, they should actually spend time on them. But of course, Pokemon movies are just for marketing and advertising as some people would say and have no heart or creativity (and from the way Miyazaki and other giants talk, it would seem that way).
