I first came across Studio Ghibli after my family rented Kiki’s Delivery Service from a Blockbuster back in the ’90s. While I fell in love with that sweet film, I didn’t come across another Ghibli movie until Toonami’s Month of Miyazaki aired on Cartoon Network during the spring of 2006. At the time, I was deep in my Digimon and Sailor Moon era, an era I haven’t ever truly left, and the Miyazaki movie lineup blew me away. Four films had been chosen to play once a week for a month, including Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky, and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
When a Ghibli watch day arrived, I vividly remember stomping down the steps into our basement, sitting on the carpet a foot away from the TV, and getting completely absorbed into these emotional, magical, and awe-inspiring films. This was before streaming was a thing, so if I didn’t time it right, I risked missing part or all of the movi...
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