Introduction

[lynda tenter]

Out of curiosity, what Ghibli films have you all seen?  I'm fairly certain I
have almost all of Miyazaki's main films, except for Porco Roso, and all of
his Lupin III, but I only have Grave of The Fireflies from non-Miyazaki
Ghibli films.  If there's anything I have which you have not seen yet, I
might be able to make you a copy.  (Though there are probably people on this
list who could make better copies.)

-Jason Tenter


> Usually I prefer to lurk for a (possibly long) while before saying
anything on
> a new list, but in accordance with the instructions of the welcome
message, I
> hereby introduce myself.
>
> My name is Michael Kerpan.  I am a federal bureaucrat living in Boston.  I
am
> married and have three boys (15, 12 and 12).  Until the beginning of this
year
> I had no interest in Japanese films (I had seen some Kurosawa and didn't
much
> like it).  However, at the beginning of the year (January 1), in fact, we
made a
> family excursion to see Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke. This set off a wave
of
> Japanese mania throughout our household. We have now seen most of the
Ghibli
> films, some Ozu (Ohayo) and some Kitano (Kikujiro and Sonatine) -- all of
which
> we like very much (except the children have not yet seen Sonatine, too
violent
> for their taste).
>
> Now, I plan to settle in to lurking and asking occasional naive
questions --
> for a while.
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Michael Kerpan
> kerpan at attglobal.net
>