My Neighbors the Yamadas

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The 1999 anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas was created by studio Ghibli, under the direction of Isao Takahata, and based on a comic strip by Hisaichi Ishii. The movie uses a distinctive animation style to tell a series of vignettes about the titular family. These vignettes vary from leaving the young girl behind at the mall to the father confronting a motorcycle gang for disturbing the peace. The "real" story is often interrupted by metaphorical interludes, featuring the husband and wife navigating the ship of their family through the sea of life to the father becoming a superhero to chase down the aforementioned delinquents. The film is a feel-good family drama that expresses various themes about living with fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, daughters and sons, and brothers and sisters. And sharp grandmas. (based on ANN synopsis)

The 1999 anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas was created by studio Ghibli, under the direction of Isao Takahata, and based on a comic strip by Hisaichi Ishii. The movie uses a distinctive animation style to tell a series of vignettes about the titular family. These vignettes vary from leaving the young girl behind at the mall to the father confronting a motorcycle gang for disturbing the peace. The "real" story is often interrupted by metaphorical interludes, featuring the...Full description »