Lovely recommendations! I started a wonderful Japanese series called Witch Hat Atelier. The illustrations are so lush and gorgeous and remind me of the Miyazaki's lovingly created worlds. While the story centers on young children training to be witches it tackles difficult subjects of classism, ableism, and LGBTQIA+ identity.
Ahh this is such a great recommendation video! A book I got Ghibli vibes from was The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh - the underwater town, I just literally pictured in my head as a Ghibli setting! I loved Psalm for the Wild-Built and I can’t wait to read The Serviceberry! My favourite Ghibli movie is also Princess Mononoke ❤️
What a lovely video! Psalm for the Wild-Built was one of my favourite reads of last year! I have the house in the Cerulean sea as well and can't wait to get into it (: I would recommend Piranesi! I don't think I have a certain Ghibli movie in mind for it, but the sense of magic and discovery it gave me hit really close to what I felt by watching these movies for the first time
The last book I read that gave me seriously Ghibli vibes (and I'm sorry but it requires a bit of preparation) was Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett. I recently started reading the Discworld series and began with the Witches books, and while this CAN be read as the first in the series, having the understanding of the previous books would likely enhance the experience. It's the first in a series about a young witch in a fantasy world, where witchcraft is an essential folk "profession" that is very layered and nuanced and requires a deep level of perception and human understanding, as well as acts of service -- while also being a dark fantasy story about a girl, pixies, fairyland, her grandmother and the struggles of women throughout history. I just couldn't stop imagining the entire book as a Ghibli film, so I recommend it to anyone who wants to start a really unique series, it's like nothing I've ever read before. If you want to experience the full scope of the story, you can start with Equal Rites (the first of the Witches series) but really all the books in Discworld are standalone and can be read in any order...there's over 40 of them so...beware...(or enjoy?) It's very easy to become obsessed.
Thanks for the recommendation!! Really appreciate the breakdown of the Discworld series too, otherwise it can be overwhelming to see the size of the series haha. Been meaning to try out Terry Pratchett, so comparing one of the books to Ghibli really helps ☺️
A couple of books I've read that had Ghibli vibes: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Where the Dark Stands Still Half a Soul Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries Uprooted (This one wasn't my fav but the imagery is so Ghibli and so many people do love it that I can't not mention it)
Really enjoyed this video! A few more for my tbr 😅 I’ve just started reading Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao and I’m very much getting Ghibli vibes ❤
Personally I love the soft world building in a lot of Ghibli films. So I would recommend Alice in Wonderland or for something that hits the soft world building and has the silent moments that a lot of Ghibli films have I would recommend Blame!. (I know that one's a Manga)
In Miyazaki we trust 🙇🏻♀️
The Lonely Castle in the mirror gave me Ghibli vibes and Ive been chasing this ever since!! Thank u so much for the recs :)
The cover design is already everything!! Sounds like such an interesting premise, I'll definitely have to check it out ☺️
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Lovely recommendations! I started a wonderful Japanese series called Witch Hat Atelier. The illustrations are so lush and gorgeous and remind me of the Miyazaki's lovingly created worlds. While the story centers on young children training to be witches it tackles difficult subjects of classism, ableism, and LGBTQIA+ identity.
ahhh i love this manga so much too!! Agree :)
I cannot agree more, I absolutely love that series!✨
The covers already remind me of Ghibli! First time hearing about this series and I'll definitely have to check it out 🥰
Ahh this is such a great recommendation video! A book I got Ghibli vibes from was The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh - the underwater town, I just literally pictured in my head as a Ghibli setting!
I loved Psalm for the Wild-Built and I can’t wait to read The Serviceberry! My favourite Ghibli movie is also Princess Mononoke ❤️
I haven't heard of the book you recommended before, running straight to my tbr to add it in, thank you!!! 🩷
ahhhh you always have such a great content 🥰 loving the vibe since I love ghibli moviesss
Ghibli is truly the best 🥰
What a lovely video! Psalm for the Wild-Built was one of my favourite reads of last year! I have the house in the Cerulean sea as well and can't wait to get into it (:
I would recommend Piranesi! I don't think I have a certain Ghibli movie in mind for it, but the sense of magic and discovery it gave me hit really close to what I felt by watching these movies for the first time
Piranesi has been on my tbr for sooo long! Many of my friends have raved about it. I need to make sure I finally get to it this year 🙂
The last book I read that gave me seriously Ghibli vibes (and I'm sorry but it requires a bit of preparation) was Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett. I recently started reading the Discworld series and began with the Witches books, and while this CAN be read as the first in the series, having the understanding of the previous books would likely enhance the experience. It's the first in a series about a young witch in a fantasy world, where witchcraft is an essential folk "profession" that is very layered and nuanced and requires a deep level of perception and human understanding, as well as acts of service -- while also being a dark fantasy story about a girl, pixies, fairyland, her grandmother and the struggles of women throughout history.
I just couldn't stop imagining the entire book as a Ghibli film, so I recommend it to anyone who wants to start a really unique series, it's like nothing I've ever read before.
If you want to experience the full scope of the story, you can start with Equal Rites (the first of the Witches series) but really all the books in Discworld are standalone and can be read in any order...there's over 40 of them so...beware...(or enjoy?)
It's very easy to become obsessed.
Thanks for the recommendation!! Really appreciate the breakdown of the Discworld series too, otherwise it can be overwhelming to see the size of the series haha. Been meaning to try out Terry Pratchett, so comparing one of the books to Ghibli really helps ☺️
Thank you for the recs!!🥰
great video, truly love these types of books!! Got similar vibes from six crimson cranes, her radiant curse or basically anything by Elizabeth Lim lol
Just finished the Six Crimson Cranes series in December and I totally agree! Can't believe I forgot to include the books in my list 😅
A couple of books I've read that had Ghibli vibes:
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Where the Dark Stands Still
Half a Soul
Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries
Uprooted (This one wasn't my fav but the imagery is so Ghibli and so many people do love it that I can't not mention it)
Totally agree with Uprooted too! The rest are on my tbr so I'm very glad to hear you would compare them to the Ghibli vibes ☺️
Really loved this! Sharing the video!
Thanks for watching!! ☺️
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Really enjoyed this video! A few more for my tbr 😅 I’ve just started reading Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao and I’m very much getting Ghibli vibes ❤
Ahh thank you for the recommendation!! ✍️✍️✍️
Personally I love the soft world building in a lot of Ghibli films. So I would recommend Alice in Wonderland or for something that hits the soft world building and has the silent moments that a lot of Ghibli films have I would recommend Blame!. (I know that one's a Manga)
Amazing recommendations! I haven't read much manga in general, always excited to get recs in that genre ☺️
King Miyazaki ❤