Studio Ghibli is a company that shines when it asks the question “What is it that makes us human?” This is shown in all of the movies I’ve enjoyed from Ghibli. Whispers of the Hea…
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Spirited Away, The Cat Returns, Lupin III, My Neighbor Totoro, Porco Rosso
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