7. Looking Up All Of The Secret Meanings Behind The Characters And Stories
Most Ghibli fans will be aware of a few of the fan theories and backstories to some of the Studios movies. This doesnt stop that feeling of satisfaction though, when you come across a new one or get to tell someone who was totally none the wiser. The most well known one being that My Neighbour Totoro was actually based on the murder and subsequent suicide of two young girls in Japan, this was known as the Sayama incident. A lot of evidence points to this event being the inspiration for Miyazaki, right down to the names of the girls and the time and place in which the film is set. Theories less well known are some of the more interesting ones to research, such as that Princess Mononoke is wearing the pelt of her dead sister, Yubabas bathhouse is actually a brothel and that many of Miyazakis films are set in the same universe and are actually leading to the apocalypse.
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