You can see, perhaps, how much I am trying to understand what it is I love about these movies.. I’m trying to do the same

The music is phenomenal. Joe Hisaishi is a revelation. There’s something about the simplicity of his melodies, their playfulness, and their willingness to step to the side and give the film room to breathe.

There’s something about the stories, that always follow an individual discovering a world or overcoming a challenge.