【Review】The World of Studio Ghibli Exhibition 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand

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Does anyone know about Studio Ghibli? Studio Ghibli is one of the Japanese animation studio that produce animation films and its artistry. The director of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, created many legendary films such as Spirits Away, My Neighbour Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, etc. Hayao Miyazaki managed to produce animated films since the year 1985 when he drew animated scenes by hand and paper without any advanced technology and he can produce high-quality animated films that make us feel impressive. However, we recommend people buy VIP tickets for the express track without queuing for each photo theme which costs around 1290 THB.

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This will be the entrance of going in the Studio Ghibli exhibition and you can take a picture here before you go in.

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There will be another queue after going in and you can check the animated film posters that are presented on the wall. We saw many of our favorite films like Spirits Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, etc.

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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind was released on March 11, 1984, in theaters affiliated with Toei Corporation in Japan. The film tells the story of a thousand years later, when the world’s industrial civilization reaches its peak, only to be destroyed by a war known as the Seven Days’ Fire. The world is covered by a new ecosystem made up of a fungus called the Sea of Decay, to which only giant insects have adapted, while humans live on the little land that remains, threatened by the threat of being surrounded by giant insects and the forests of the Sea of Decay, which emit a miasma.

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Welcome to Studio Ghibli World!

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As a fan of Howl’s Moving Castle, you should know that this is what Howl’s Moving Castle building looks like when Howl keeps traveling around without letting the witch know where he stayed.

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Sophie is the main character in Howl’s Moving Castle and she gets cursed by the witch that she becomes from young to old. Sophie is the one who is holding the broom and she cleans Howl’s castle as a return Howl accepts her to stay in his castle.

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Calcifer is the fire demon. Howl and Calcifer exchange deals with each other to support each other’s magic talent and survival.

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Oh My God! What happens to our handsome Howl? Lol

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Laputa Castle In The Sky is the first film featured by Hayao Miyazaki and it released on year 1986. Set in a steampunk fictional world in the late 19th century, “Castle in the Sky” is an adventure story about a young boy who is an apprentice mechanic, meets a young girl with a mysterious ore, and then competes with government forces, secret agents, and pirates in search of the fabled city in the sky called “Laputa”.

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The scene is so astonishing as they manage to create the 3D statues of the Laputa Castle in the Sky characters like you are really in the movie to see how the Pazu saved Sheeta.

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Kiki’s Delivery Service was initially released in 1989. It’s based on a novel of the same name by Eiko Kadono. The story revolves around a young witch named Kiki who, as part of her witch training, sets up a delivery service using her broomstick. She moves to a coastal town, where she faces various challenges and adventures while trying to find her place in the world.

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“Porco Rosso” is set in the Adriatic Sea in the 1920s and follows the adventures of an Italian World War I fighter pilot named Marco Pagot, who has been cursed and transformed into a pig. Now known as “Porco Rosso” (which means “Crimson Pig” in Italian), he works as a freelance bounty hunter, battling air pirates and searching for a cure to his condition.

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They even install a fan to create wind and moving shades to make the scene look more natural and we can even see that the red pilot is moving to the sky.

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Totoro, with his iconic appearance, including a wide grin and a leaf umbrella, has become a symbol of Studio Ghibli and is recognized worldwide.

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Remember the scene of Satsuki and Mei who moved to the countryside with their father and discovered that their new house was full of magical creatures from My Neighbour Totoro?

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Finally, we found Totoro’s shelter that is in the giant tree hole and they made it totally the same scene from the film.

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Another small cute little blue Totoro!

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The scene of the Cat bus brings these two sisters to visit their ill mom who is staying in the hospital and they bring corn as a gift to their mom.

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“Princess Mononoke” is known for its environmental and moral themes, exploring the consequences of human actions on nature and the struggle for coexistence between humans and the natural world.

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Ashitaka is the last prince of the Emishi tribe, and he plays a central role in the story. His character undergoes significant development throughout the film as he becomes cursed while defending his village from a boar god-turned-demon. This curse sets him on a journey to seek a cure and understand the conflicts between the human settlers and the creatures of the forest.

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Does anyone know about this scene in Spirited Away?

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Chihiro is a young girl who becomes the main character of Spirited Away. The film begins with her family moving to a new town and, by chance, discovering an abandoned amusement park. As events unfold, Chihiro’s parents are transformed into pigs after indulging in the park’s magical food. Chihiro is then drawn into a mysterious and otherworldly realm, where she must navigate a bathhouse for spirits and find a way to rescue her parents and return to the human world.

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Yubaba is a powerful and formidable witch who runs the bathhouse in the spirited world where the majority of the film’s events take place. She looks so scary when she is mad.

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No-Face is introduced as a lonely and enigmatic spirit who follows Chihiro into the bathhouse of the spirit world. This is one of the scenes in which he offers gold to get the attention and kindness of the bathhouse staff then becomes greedy.

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This one of the main iconic scenes in Spirited Away No-Face takes the train with Chihiro to visit Yubaba’s twin sister, Zeniba to return the seal and break the curse on her friend, Haku.

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Information

Date period: 1st of July to 30th of September 2023
Address: Central World Live at Central World
Price of Ticket: VIP 1290 THB | Walk-In Ticket 650 THB
More information: https://www.thaiticketmajor.com/the-world-of-studio-ghiblis/

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