Manga/Anime and animated films

I was in the same position as you, and felt the same way about Girls und Panzer when I discovered it.

Azumanga Daioh

Oh my gah, I've also been watching recently, you might also like Non Non Biyori

Azumanga Daioh 25 years old today

Wow, just when I thought Netflix had fucked Baki up completely they outdo themselves. Baki Vs Kengan fking Ashura. WTF.

Ok let's see if this Spirited Away thing is any good

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Never seen it??

Now watch all the Ghibli movies.

It's the theatre adaptation isn't it

Yes, at the Coliseum. It's a production that's been running in Tokyo and follows the film pretty much exactly.
I enjoyed Totoro more but it's still good. The view from our seats wasn't great though.

watch all the Ghibli movies.

Already done that! As @Mukashi said, this is the stage show: https://www.spiritedawayuk.com/

Oh!!

Any good?

Yeah it's good. They basically act out the film, scene by scene but it's well done and they add a couple of songs too. It's in Japanese with all Japanese cast and subtitles. It's been running in Tokyo but has moved to London.

Still, if you can only see one, go see Totoro

I was so confused looking at that, took about 10 seconds for my eyes to figure out I wasn't looking at the maddest living room TV set up!

Ah wow. I’m so out of touch. We rewatched Totoro the other night and I still love it.

subtitles

How?

Screens above and to the sides of the stage

Get thee some tickets to the stage version. It's magical. One of the best things I've seen in a theatre

I suspected as much. I'm so used to the words being across the bottom of a screen. Was it easy to follow? How is your Japanese?

Had similar in theatre many years ago for Tosca. Unfortunately the subtitles were in Bulgarian so it was less than useful.

It was easy enough to follow without really knowing any Japanese. I recognise the odd word or two but having rewatched the film a couple of days earlier I knew pretty much every line anyway.

You can just about make out the screens in my photo

Cool Instagram account. Anime & fixed gear
https://www.instagram.com/fa_minor

BBC have licensed 1,000+ episodes of One Piece. 61 eps already on iPlayer