Hayao Miyazaki

I've recently watched three of Hayao Miyazaki's films: Spirited Away, Castle In The Sky, and Princess Mononoke. Every one amazes me at its degree of gradiosity, you can't help but feel engrossed in the entire story. I can see a definite hinderance for some people to not get involved if they're are unable to get passed the jovial nature of the story; however, once you do (it doesn't take much convincing on my part), you get to see and hear dynamic characters and really amazing orchestral arrangments. Really, watching these movies takes you back to being a kid again and remembering why you loved all the classic Disney animations, whereas nowadays it seems those movies are just an hour and a half of cheap laughs drawn amid computer drawn illustrations.