The First Unofficial Ghibli Film | Horus Prince of the Sun

A Video Essay on the first unofficial Ghibli film known as Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) or The Little Norse Prince.
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Reference
Starting Point 1979-1996 pg 204
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A list of Films featured
1958: Panda and the Magic Serpent
1959: Magic Boy
1960: Alakazam the Great!
1962: The Adventures of Sinbad
1963: Ken the Wolf Boy
1963: Little Prince and the 8-Headed Dragon
1968: Horus, Prince of the Sun
1968:Jungle Book
1969: A Thousand and One Nights
1979: Castle of Cagliostro
1984: Nausicaa Valley of the Wind
2013:The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

[@Stevem]

GHIBLI PLAYLIST-kzbin.info/aero/PLyhSewr7iiMTT6OSZQ42oKR6MPIqOgwj9

[@--Paws--]

2:01 Now I understand why Mononoke-Hime/Princess Mononoke has so much Ainu culture invested in its story and why it was so beautifully told. They waited patiently when the time finally came.

[@mahugunnyproductions6676]

RIP Takahata

[@xt5916]

"Toei lost the sight of being Disney of the east they had in the past". This is so accurate.

[@montajedelespectador]

But toei is like the actual Disney, both lost the magic when become big mechacorps

[@therealfinnaspring8585]

I love Miyazaki but i hate that he completely overshadows the other talented directors in Ghibli to where a lot of people in the west think Ghibli just means Miyazaki

[@TequilaToothpick]

It makes me annoyed too. Takahata's movies are often more interesting, then there's Whisper of the Heart, From Up on Poppy Hill, When Marnie was There, The Secret World of Arietty etc which weren't directed by either.

[@bodhi_satfa]

Yo, love the channel! It’s good to see there are still fans out there whose love for anime goes beyond just Adult Swim. Respect.

[@PETBOY]

This is a representative Film influence by the Russian Snow Queen 1957.(From the eye drawing style that omits the line, Directing Technique, Character, hugely influenced the look of anime)

[@anharsalem6518]

I like to think of Hilda melancholy and its influence on Miyazaki female characters such as Nausicaä, Kiki, Chihiro and Sophie. Puka-san always knew how to build simple and complex emotional impact.

[@anharsalem6518]

and where is your video about mushi production? I've watched three of them

[@Stevem]

@@anharsalem6518 Maybe one day, I have a couple projects planned first but I'd like to talk about the animerama trilogy I own all three

[@DTM-Books]

Great video. Much thanks for the shout-out to the Horus Blu-Ray. I hope it was helpful for your research.

[@Stevem]

Unfortunately when I made this video I only had the Dvd, because the Bluray wasn't out in Europe yet , but I'm glad you liked the video. From what I've seen the Blu-ray looks great.

[@venturelord32]

Great video! Glad you sent the letter to Digi, or I wouldn't have found this. :D

[@Tadcat]

Great video, I love studio Ghibli so much, thanks for story of studio Ghibli, before becoming studio Ghibli

[@Leanimation_]

I love your video essays ! Awesome work!

[@--Paws--]

4:15 Samurai Jack's inspiration?

[@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697]

big fan of takahata and studio ghibli rip takahata

[@breechare]

I came here after googling "Japanese anime about Vikings," looking for Vinland Saga. Found this video somewhere in the search results. Gotta say I'm thankful for the watch though.

[@KartLife]

Thank you!!

[@filipesimoes8878]

That's one of the first animation I saw, in VHS. I was between 5 - 6 years old

[@artofpootan]

That kid with the sword ran harder than Forrest Gump.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

8:40 you may have already done 1001 NIGHTS (and BELLADONNA and CLEOPATRA), but it would be interesting to see a video (or 3) on those. Also: look for SON OF THE WHITE MARE. Interesting 1981 Nordic animation.

[@TequilaToothpick]

It's not Nordic, it's Hungarian.

[@pratyushjakka7347]

Nice video 👌

[@oshoucaps]

Where did you find the pictures of Miyazaki and Takahata doing reference for shoots that they would end up doing. And great video btw :)

[@Stevem]

I believe they can found in a couple documentaries about Ghibli including Kingdom of Dreams and Madness. I might of got the gif version off Tumblr though

[@AlSadiqCh]

Horus ♥

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

9:26 can someone please tell me the name of this anime?

[@Stevem]

If its the Blue haired anime girl its from Sailor Moon Crystal

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

thank you

[@shivasthong4924]

Blue Derp

[@FredMaverik]

You... didn't know Sailor Moon? Wtf

[@tarabletv]

If we want to get technical, Gulliver no Uchuu Ryokou was the first unofficial Ghibli film as Hayoa Miyazaki contributed story elements and animation to it in 1965.

[@Stevem]

I've seen that film and I kind of disagree,while the ending and one particular scene hold some elements of Miyazaki's style. I believe Ghibli is both the creative talents of Takahata and Miyazaki. Hols is the first film they both had heavy involvement within and resembles the themes/narrative we would see them tackle for the next several decades afterwards.

[@정지찬방송정지위원회]

Wow! what a good and useful video! How do you know japanese culture well?

[@Malik-Ibi]

Great video, one of very few that really analize this movie. Could you put spanish subtitles, please?

[@Stevem]

I don't speak Spanish but the community is open for people to add their own subtitles

[@Malik-Ibi]

@@Stevem Hi. I think you have to share a link in order to people could help putting subtitles.

[@Stevem]

@@Malik-Ibi Click the gear for subtitles at the top it should say add subtitle

[@Malik-Ibi]

@@Stevem Nop. Maybe in the PC (I'm using the phone).

[@Stevem]

@@Malik-Ibi kzbin.info_cs_panel?c=UCUCn-bkupQ9SMI6005R684A&tab=2

[@artiswilliams1472]

some of those films in the 60s look like the vector cut out stuff now like from moho....very weird...…….

[@Stevem]

it's a style of animation derived from modernism if I remember right it was pretty big at the time

[@davep6102]

What's the movie at 0:55

[@gyokudouragami6889]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpeZlKuhirCen6s

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

oh horus printed the son. my favorite of films

[@susanoo203]

Horus Prince of the Sun

[@gingganggoolie]

It's a bit strange that you refer to Takahata by his given name so much, but otherwise very interesting. i should really rewatch all my ghibli and pre ghibli dvds, you've convinced me this one is worth another try. Also please look up how to pronounce Isao

[@Stevem]

It's been a while since writing this, but if I had to guess I was using his forename more because it was less syllables. Although yeah maybe I should of spent more time looking up how to pronounce it whoops, ahahah I've been saying it wrong for a while ah well it happens.

[@Klonoa7H]

@@Stevem I like saying Paku-san, as it was Takahata's nickname.

[@FredMaverik]

You mention A Thousand One Nights, yet Horus predates it by one year... So maybe it is in fact the first adult film? Although it wasn't really made that way yeah

[@Stevem]

The point is A thousand and One Nights was targeted at adults where Horus is a family film

[@kens.2104]

This title is misleading. These men would take almost 20 years to form Studio Ghibli, and simply because this is the film where they first met and worked together does NOT make it a Studio Ghibli film, unofficial or not. They also worked together on multiple films at multiple studios in between the release of this film and the founding of Ghibli...so is it also an "unofficial first film" for all of those studios as well? C'mon...good content, misleading title...

[@Stevem]

The definition of Unofficial is not authorized or acknowledged by a government, group, class, or society. This is a Studio Ghibli film in structure, themes , tone and animation style. It was made by the same two directors who founded the company. This is not "where they met" they met many years before hand at the company and their vision for this film is where they developed such a strong bond and became a long standing working team. The early Toei Animation ethos defined the ethos of Ghibli. It was an idea that you could bring a bunch of like minded individuals and they could suggest how to progress the project with any idea being as good as another. That an animated film should be about more than just selling toys. That animation should be big and explosive in look rather than the astroboy style of the time. This film may have been the biggest influence in Miyazaki's directorial direction for the next 30 years too. So I believe it was the first unofficial Ghibli film. Ghibli was only made so they could keep making films like this one. I'd also say a film like Nausicaa is an unofficial Ghibli movie too.

[@eduardoalviggio5436]

this is misinformation at the time of this film miyazaki was just an animator assistant and this film was made completely by the toei animation company and the ghibli studio didn't even exist. why are you telling stupid?

Soft G, not a hard G, "Jibli"

[@Stevem]

Yeah I only noticed after the recording was done, force of habit. I'll try and pronounce correctly in later videos

[@sir_john_hammond]

@@Stevem I was just about to thank you for not saying "Jibbly" like everyone else does. It sounds retarded.

[@dusk1234567890]

This movie was terrible.