Showing posts with label My Neighbors The Yamadas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Neighbors The Yamadas. Show all posts

Thursday, May 29, 2014

My Neighbors The Yamadas

My Neighbors The Yamadas (Isao Takahata, 1999)
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Rating: Q=6, P=5 / Average OJ
Scale 1=3, Scale 2=3, Scale 3=3, Scale 4=2

Animation, Japan, Family, Light, Heartfelt, Comedy

What a fun little collection of tales! I loved the watercolor animation style, the poetry between stories, the cute and relate-able characters, and the quirky music. If you enjoy Studio Ghibli films you'll probably like this one. It is meant to be more like a collection of comics than a full-length drama. Is this the Japanese version of  such classic American comics as Foxtrot or For Better or For Worse? Maybe even Cul De Sac?

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