Love adoraballs :3 Folklore behind Princess Mononoke: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pJ6NudOQerWopKQ.html More info on "spiriting away": kzread.info/dash/bejne/anim16qmfbvOlco.html Please consider supporting the channel =) 🔸PATREON (blog, art): www.patreon.com/Linfamy 🔸MERCH: teespring.com/stores/linfamy (shirts, stickers, phone cases, and more!) 🔸DONATE: www.paypal.me/Linfamy

@LordRon

3 жыл бұрын

Lifamy: Is this channel a Kami? Well yes. Me: so I guess Everything is a kami which explains why the game Cuphead is based on Japanese Folklore about Yo-kai, Kami and other stuff.🙏

@Neku628

3 жыл бұрын

12:48 I recall hearing that Tara A. Devlin's channel.

@stewartmeetball3417

3 жыл бұрын

Am I just thick or did your channel gain over 100k in a little while. Please answer senpai linfamy..

@keishareginahoestiawan5834

2 жыл бұрын

Linfamy who's chihiro ogino?

@wfcoaker1398

Жыл бұрын

I thought this might interest you. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eX1h2cGLZ6bXgps.html

“You lost your child?!” “No... he uh- got taken away by a spirit!” Seems legit.

"Night Parade of 100 Demons" Damn, that name is metal af

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

ikr?

@412Shivangi

3 жыл бұрын

I heard this in an anime called Nurarihyon no Mago or Nura- Rise of the Yokai Clan.

@techrvl9406

2 жыл бұрын

@@412Shivangi same

@aggy8886

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Fee.1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy that’s called Mardi Gras in New Orleans

My mother-in-law tells the story of how my husband, as a little boy, told her that he was talking to his recemtly deceased grandfather at night, until one night he cried and told his mom tnat Grandpa said that they couldn't talk anymore.

@keishareginahoestiawan5834

2 жыл бұрын

Barbara. Who's chihiro?

@barbaramelone1043

2 жыл бұрын

@@keishareginahoestiawan5834 Um, why are you asking me?

@yYSilverFoxYy

Жыл бұрын

That sounds creepily similar to my experience when my grandmother died. I wasn’t a kid, it was two years ago. She kept “visiting” me at night, my dreams were almost like normal daily life. In the dreams said she came home from the hospital. The dreams went on for over a month. Then they started getting more strange, other family members not noticing her in the dream. The last time, the closer I was to her the sicker she looked. I asked “What are those wounds?” She said “Decay. I don’t belong here.” I hugged her and said “I’m sorry, I know.” And suddenly woke up. It was really, really traumatizing. I’m not much of a spiritual person, just very sensitive. Weird coping mechanism, I thought. Just my mind comforting me, then trying to tell me to move on. And that would be all, but... few days later, I saw a robin outside my window. I had NEVER seen a robin in our neighborhood, (and none since then) so like any freshly-gone-insane person, I looked up what seeing a robin means spiritually. Hope, rebirth, dead loved ones, moving on... That’s oddly specific. I considered it being a hallucination, but I didn’t know of the meaning of robins before so why would my mind make it up..? So I’d like to believe this all means something.

@franciscocarmonanoguera5856

Жыл бұрын

@@yYSilverFoxYy That's deep 😪

@taylortanner37

Жыл бұрын

@@yYSilverFoxYy I am fairly certain signs like that mean our dead loved ones are trying to comfort us. When I was little my mom told me if I stood really still butterflies would land on me so I would do my best statue imitation in the yard for hours but never had a butterfly land on me. After my mom died suddenly I was a butterfly magnate. I would be walking my dog or taking out the trash and butterflies would tag along for the ride damn near daily for weeks. I feel like its her way of comforting me since she can't hug me anymore. You aren't crazy or if you are then we both are and I am ok with that.

Linfamy : “Is this channel a kami? Yes and you must pray to it!” My prayers for this channel : May this channel flourish and chiah khì góa li siōn tè (eat well my Lord In Hokkien)

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I accept your offering.

@Gruntvc

3 жыл бұрын

Is this channel actually the God Emperor of Mankind?

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gruntvc yes

@sovannpanhahem4349

3 жыл бұрын

ohh your pfp is that sensei from Asobi Asobase XD

😅 😅 😂 "gods who haven't gained enough subscribers to qualify for a check mark, so they only get small shrines." your ability to explain is legendary, i am not ready to forget this one 😊

As a child weird things happened to me that lined up with Japanese folk lore, so I always enjoyed learning about the subject and that drew me to this channel

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

What weird things happened to you?

@angryshavige1020

3 жыл бұрын

Please tell us, you got our attention and just vanished!

@ambaka9411

3 жыл бұрын

He was just answering the question by demonstrating. Obviously he was taken by a god.

@arthurbowet9598

3 жыл бұрын

@@angryshavige1020 It was just a teaser trailer in case he ever wants to write a biography. He obviously won't spoil his story before it's published.

@Daniel.Liddicoat

Жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy In Australia the holding your breath near cemeteries has transferred across. I remember doing that as a kid. We also lifted our feet crossing railway tracks. I don't know if that's related.

WTF, I justed watched it yesterday and thought: "What we're the inspirations to this movie?" Perfect timing.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe I made it because I knew you watched it :O

@rheagutierrez7340

3 жыл бұрын

That is just creepy.

@lottaleissner497

3 жыл бұрын

The Channel-Kami heard you and answered! 0.o

Spirited Away made me feel an emotion I never knew I had.

@ravenbishop5232

3 жыл бұрын

The Anime HellGirl did that to me also.

I first watched Spirited Away as a late teen by checking out the dvd of it from my local library in my rural hometown. I sat with my mouth agape for the whole movie, genuinely not knowing what would happen next, and was spirited away myself, in a way, in watching it. It further got me interested into Japanese folklore and magic. Spirited Away never gets old no matter how many times I watch the film and takes me away to an enchanting place where, after watching it, you think spirits live all around you. Will you do a video on Hausu? Yubaba reminds me a lot of the aunt who lives in the old house that the protagonist and her friends go to visit!

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I like how watching the movie spirits you away too =)

You should also explain "My Neighbor Totorou" on the whole children thing

It's interesting how some underworld/spirit realm tropes seem to transcendent cultures. After all in Greek mythology the dead also have to cross a river (or several) to reach Hades and being trapped in an otherworld after you eat the food there is also a part of (at least) Greek and Celtic mythology, as is the idea that time passes differently between the human and spirit world (be in fairy land for a few days and come back to learn that centuries have passed and such)

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe some story ideas are just universally interesting.

@mfaizsyahmi

3 жыл бұрын

There could be some bleeding of cultural ideas. Greeks used to conquer parts of India (around the Indus Valley) and transmit aspects of Greek mythology to adjacent areas, all the while Buddhism is emerging from India.

@garthst.claire3459

3 жыл бұрын

@@mfaizsyahmi Yeah it's also interesting to note that modern depictions of the Buddha have elements that go back to the Indo-Greek kingdoms. Would be interesting to know when those elements entered Japanese mythology. Whether it was through the Indo-Greeks or whether it's something much older.

@kimarna

2 жыл бұрын

Common themes pop up in completely isolated peoples too Some think that all pantheons are the same gods through different lenses basically

@leonieromanes7265

2 жыл бұрын

Fairy's who were once God's in Irish mythology were always spiriting away children too. Replacing them with shapeshifters.

"is this channel a kami?? yes and you should pray it" youtube:- hold my adsense

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

cry

@theduck3109

3 жыл бұрын

pharaoh before:worship me or i will kill your family and torture u and rob your land pharoah now:is this channel a kami??yes and u should pray to it dont if its against your personal beliefs dont

Miyazaki is a masterful storyteller and everyone is chasing how he does it.

Yubaba remains Baba Yaga, The Wicked Witch of Slavic folklore but sweeter in appearance. Great video!

@doaimanariroll5121

3 жыл бұрын

Yubaba killed three people with a pencil. A fucking pencil.......by writing their names down.

Linfamy: "These heads seem like normal bouncing heads, though". Me: Of course.

It's so interesting the parallels in the West, like crossing the River Styx after you die and when I was growing up, we thought we had to hold our breath when walking or driving past a graveyard. I'm not sure what would happen if we didn't but it would be bad, lol. Thanks for this video!

6:44 reminded me of Austrian culture. We do have the Perchtenlauf and the Krampus. The prior has some hags and Oni-like creatures dressed in shabby clothes, at times straw-coats and they are driven through the town. The Krampus is a single demon, quite often depicted all black and with chains attached to him and occasionally a bundle of branches and a bag on his back. He'll use those branches for reminding children to obey their parents. The bag is for the lost causes, where the parents have given up... As a demon, he does eat humans after all... The chains symbolize that he's been enslaved and now serves the good guys (thank Christianity for that). Originally, he was however a servant of a hag/Witch named Perchta. She was someone like Baba Yaga, a powerful witch, but never a human, but more something akin to a Kami who could be described as chaotic neutral. When you're lost she may show you the way out of the forest and offer you a roof above your head, a warm fire, and some food, but when she doesn't like your character, she may punish you in any way she sees fit... and her morals don't necessarily align with human morals! Even many centuries after we Austrians have been forced to convert to Christianity, the belief in these two creatures held stubbornly in remote mountain villages, so much so that the Church gave in and adopted them as regional customs, but with a Christian slant... Another powerful witch worth mentioning would be Frau Holle, who ruled over the underworld and gave us the name Hell/Hölle for her realm, though it was originally not a penitentiary... Lastly, I'd like to point out that in our superstition we are highly discouraged from accepting gifts from spirits, or to follow them, as that would give them power over us so that they could possess us or spirit us away (not to fun places, but for eating us or enslaving our souls). The exception are mostly fairies, gnomes, and goblins, who are chaotic neutral. The scene in Spirited away with the river monster handing out gold also reminds me of a local legend. We have the story of a lesser noble who had riches beyond his status, but only a few servants and no remaining family. He was a greedy misanthrope and thus no-one wanted to stay at his small castle. Fate went against him when he installed one of the first tresor-rooms in our lands with a steel door that could only be opened from the outside and for some reason the heavy door swung shut and trapped him with his riches... As you all know you can't eat gold... Now, you may find an old guy dragging a huge chest on abandoned mountain paths. He may offer you gold coins, jewels, or the like, but most people are so scared of him that they just ran off, but legend has it that he can only find peace after he gave away the last of his worldly possessions... I'd gladly help him, but I fear that those trinkets would be cursed like him... and my life has been already hard enough...

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Nice, thanks for sharing this Austrian folklore. Krampus sounds terrifying for kids 😂

@edi9892

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Thanks. That's what he was meant to do! You know that Christian parenting was always about instilling terror and if all else failed, they would be punished physically in ways which would be considered white torture today... Both my parents went through it and it definitely left its marks on them... My mother was forced to kneel on a broom handle with her outstretched arms holding a bucket of water, or she was locked into a dark storage room, etc. When someone sexually harassed her she got beaten for reporting it, as she shouldn't make up such depraved lies! My father was likely molested by a priest, but he refuses to talk about it. That's typical catholicism! I've seen so much worse than that and that's why I left that organisation. If you want to really hear terrifying stories, look up how the catholic church handled adoptions inside the Franco-regime (I think thousands of parents are still searching for their stolen kids), or look up why the catholic orphanage in the 1960s of Vienna (my place of birth) was colloquially known as Vienna's biggest brothel (SPOILER: despite the catholic church being the richest organization and being paid with tax money, they made a little extra by renting the girls out to the high-society and using the ugly ducklings in medical experiments, cops were at least indirectly complicit as they returned those that fled and refused to believe the kids!) I forgot where it was, but in an English speaking place, an Orphanage had a long history of abusing children to the point that they were unfit to work or fit into society due to PTSD. After it shut down, they discovered an illegal graveyard with kids that had disappeared...

@aiko9393

3 жыл бұрын

@@edi9892 and here I thought Asian myths and occasional broomstick hit was hard 😅

@idlewaifu3286

7 ай бұрын

Do you play DnD at all? Because the old man who can only find peace by giving away his worldly possessions, is giving me flashbacks to a certain NPC in a certain Feywild Adventure.

@edi9892

7 ай бұрын

@@idlewaifu3286 No. DnD isn't popular in my country. AFAIK, it's something you play in a group, right? At least before it became a video game...

On this video I shall also comment: 1. I love your channel. 2. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE A JAPANESE SWEAR WORDS VIDEO? I'M WAITING FOR OVER A MONTH.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

hmm... 🤔

Not saying your actual name is still an ongoing tradition in Thailand though. Often their nicknames are something short or/ and has a literal meaning (objects, flowers, animals). But on the documents is of course their real name. For example, the teacher will call you by your actual name (that stands on your official documents) while your classmates call you by your nickname. Which make no sense at all! :D

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

That's interesting! I do know Japan seems to have kept some of this thinking, because only close friends and family call you by your first name, while everyone else calls you by your last name.

@diegocrusius

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing

To pray to the Linfamy kami, the ritual is to put a thumb up and ring a bell.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I accept these offerings.

@412Shivangi

3 жыл бұрын

And becoming a patreon? That must please you the most 🤔😜

Loving these videos and your channel. Would be interested to know if there's any folklore behind Castle in the Sky or Nausicaa.

@errorsans4308

3 жыл бұрын

Castle in the sky is my comfort film I love it so much 🥺💕

@aolanikunisan

2 жыл бұрын

I heard they got inspiration from Indian mythology and Ramayana

Some traditions really do transcend culture. In our tradition, the child turning 8 is celebrated because they 'escape' all disasters and misfortunes apparently more active when you're 1-7 years of age. When a child is below 7 or is 7 years old, people are more cautious around them because they're 'much more likely to die'.

@atsukorichards1675

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. In Japan of the past, so many children couldn't make it, so the children up to 7 years old were regarded as "not human yet" and "borrowed from Gods." "Kami-kakushi/sprited away by Gods" of children is "sent back to Gods." (Though the term is also used for anyone who is just missing without any trace.)

There’s also a lot of western stories of people entering the faerie realm for a few hours and returning to discover they’ve been away for days or even years.

I watched this movie for the first time a little over a week ago (how serendipitous). I know some about Shinto and Buddhism, so it made sense, but your video helped fill in many details. There is a similar concept to kamikashuki in European folklore involving faeries. In fact, the word "glamor" In English has its origins in reference to the faeries' magic, and their ability to enchant people (usually children or young people) and take them away into a magical realm.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting how different cultures come up with similar beliefs :)

I remember reading that the soot balls were supposed to be the explanation of the visual you can get when entering a dark house/room from outside during bright day.

in Latinamerica the movie was called "Chihiro´s journey".

@kamvas4803

3 жыл бұрын

yeeees xd

That's the first Ghibli movie I watched and bought on DVD for myself :3 Still love to watch it 🥰! That spiriting away of small children by gods/ God plays a part in European folklore, too, who knows, that's probably a a case of parallel evolution of story tropes with.the same reason of child mortality being higher in ye olden days. ..🤔 The night of 100 demons seems to be akin to the Grest Hunt in western story telling traditions, too :3 Oh and the Namahage remind me of Austrian/Southern German Perchten :)

Eating something on a place and having to remain there is part of so many mythologies and fairy tales around the world I wonder what core instinct this relates to :D

Me and my friend were watching horror movies and thought we needed to decompress, so we put this movie on. I usually don't like movies with symbolism, but Spirited Away is a major exception. I love this movie and love watching and rewatching it. As a random thought of my own, do you think Haku's river was what Chihiro's house was built on top of? She said that it was all apartments now.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

That'd be nice, if he was able to return to his river and meet her at her home.

Brilliant analysis with lots of folk background! More Ghibli, please! ***Further random thoughts: I've always wondered when will Chihiro and Haku meet again as well... Even if it's after Chihiro dies (snif), I don't know if she would go to Yubaba's land as it seems to me that only the 'kamis" are more common there. Alternatively, becoming one of those shadowy creatures doesn't seem to be an afterlife exciting prospect either... They will meet when she goes hiking and decides to swim in a river (?) :))

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it'd be nice if Haku was able to leave. He signed the contract though, so I don't know how he'd leave. A river reunion sounds awesome though ;)

@tatianasilva7133

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Right? It would be lovely :)) Indeed, I don't understand how the contract breaking works as well... But in the end, Haku says he'll be able to leave because Chihiro remembered his actual name. She remembered having been saved by him when she was a toddler (?) and almost drowned in Haku's river... So, maybe, she can meet him again when she returns to Haku's river some day (yay!) *** Sorry for further random thoughts :))

@scillaburton2965

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think Haku could return to the human world, because he said his river was filled in to build apartments. So imo they're probably talking about when she dies

I will pray to Linfamy's channel every time he uploads a video.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I hear your prayers.

I’m so glad you’re doing these! It’s nice to hear about the origins my childhood favorites. It satisfied my child self.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it :D

@Jobe-13

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy 👍

My grandma is 60 today! Wish her happy birthday 🎂

@lablimpet

3 жыл бұрын

Mine is 98. Happy birthday random persons grandma

@invictidomini6846

3 жыл бұрын

@@lablimpet Thank you! And wow your grandma is really old

@willday9316

3 жыл бұрын

The happy of the birthday!

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday to your grandma! 💗

Spirited Away *inspired* the Greatest Sith Force Ever created *Darth Nihilus* and I would be ever grateful for that(!) :^]

Aww. I’m being reminded of Nura series of 100 Yokai Night parade. Thank you for sharing this wonderful time together and I love you too.

The fact that I watch Nurarihiyon no Mago just makes this channel more interesting for me

Hayao Miyazaki is my spirit inspiration when I write my novel

@grantmathieson650

3 жыл бұрын

Ive a character in mine who forgets their name and who they are and needs to journey to recover what was lost. Happy accident that it has a basis in Japanese mythology.

There is a folklore about 'don't look back'. You can never return to the normal world from the spirit world if you look back.

I loved this video, as I really like Spirited Away. I just wanna mention one thing about the train: while it is true that the river represents a liminal space between worlds, the fact that the train moves on tracks in the river is also significant. When Westerners brought the first trains to Japan and the Meiji government began constructing railways, they were always built near water, as there was the belief that trains could catch fire spontaneously. I don't know the reason for this belief but you can see it, for instance, in some anime set in the Meiji Era (Rurouni Kenshin, for example). I think that the train running on water was a neat detail and it signals that the railway between worlds is very, very old indeed. Keep these videos coming, man. They are a treat. Also, thanks for coming to my TEDtalk.

I remember when watching this as a kid, alone. I was a little scared of the masked ghost, and the whole movie was weird and confusing at the same time. I don't understand a thing, but I was relieved at the end

Your description of おしら様 is so oddly accurate that I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

The depiction of the 'formless' Kami could have been used to show the viewer that 'yes the Kami are here and doing there thing" And our main character just reacting to the feeling of them. Basically a visual plot device to make showing the setting more easy.

I got a shoutout! That's so sweet. ❤️ I love No-Face and I don't know why. He's creepy and ambiguous, kind of like that eerie mask character named Satan in the Adventures of Mark Twain claymation.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

He's just wants some friends 🥺😄

I first saw this film when it was yet new - it immediately became my favorite film of any genre, and it still is. I have seen it many times and I love introducing it to those who haven’t yet seen it. Thanks for this exploration of the sources of its imagery. What an amazing creation this film is.

my mum absolutely adores this movie, because of her, i was able to witness such a masterpiece :’)

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Omg it's Chihiro. You witnessed it because you were there.

@chihiro6668

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy lmao

Its interesting to see the parallels that Japanese mythology has in common with that of the European fairy folk. Children being stolen away, or even replace with a mimic, not eating the foods offered to you, keeping your true name a secret, and "lost time" are all common motifs found in both myth cultures.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps because kids were dying all the time?

@robertdochter277

3 жыл бұрын

Oh they are definitely cautionary tales aimed at the young. I loved this and your accompanying Princess Mononoke videos. They were great!

Thank you for doing these! Love Miyazaki. Would love to see one of these for even more ghibli movies or even for Samurai Champloo!

In Japan today, "Kaonashi (No Face)" is a discriminatory slang that refers to otaku who donate to Virtual KZreadr. The reason for this is that the act of trying to attract young girls with money is similar to the bad-mouthed Kaonashi. It is also common to not show your face.

@Caesar88888

3 жыл бұрын

it fits well, if you do such stupid things you really look like a ghost. No life I would say.

@atsukorichards1675

3 жыл бұрын

なるほど。

@kimarna

2 жыл бұрын

Simps

I absolutely looooved this video and the other one on Mononoke ! I hope you will do other similar videos! Thank you for your awesome work !

I'm delighted to see you cover this! Thank you!

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I'm delighted that you're delighted ;)

This and your Princess Mononoke video are ur best videos, I really love this concept! Keep it up!!!!!!

I consider myself pretty blessed to have found your channel. Your narration is a perfect combination of fascinating facts, meticulous work and just the right amount of sarcasm and witty remarks. Highly entertaining. Thank you for the hard work.

Awesome video. Loved it.

True story; after too long I decided to re-hear Spirited Away soundtrack and while listening to "Always With Me" I decided to check my youtube notifications... And here pops up your video! Yokai and Kami are trying to tell us something! 0_0 XD

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Love that! 😂

@katerinaaqu

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy I know right!? XD

@katerinaaqu

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Also the story of the burry and the underworld story strongly resembles the mythology of Persephone and the lord of the underworld (Hades, Pluto, take your pick!). She was supposed not to eat anything from the underworld or she wouldn't be able to leave and she ate a few pomergranate seeds. Interestingly that could indicate some sort of connection between Greece and Japan! I wonder! 0_0 The idea of words having power also reminds me of ancient Egyptian tradition where everything need a name to exist or else they cannot come to existence. Name is one of the seven essential parts of existence for humans and that's why you can deny someone afterlife if you extract their name. More interesting coinsidences that might show some sort of passing information! 0_0 Last but not least I am actually fully agreeing with you on that name thing. Miyazaki doesn't leave things there by chance so Chihiro not signing properly could also mean how she didn't fully forget her name in the end. She says that she "almost forgot" but in reality probably Yubaba never truly had that much power over her. I cannot believe that Miyazaki or his animators would write the name wrongly by accident or just to show the character's naive or young age. I believe it could be a plot key there.

Miyazaki is one of the best anime creator of all time. His works always affect me and leave a huge mark in my hearth.

I have a story experience which sorta relates to The concept of kotodama. My grandmother tells me that when I was a few months old, I will cry nonstop whenever I hear others calls me using my birth name (the word means leader or ruler) and its was difficult to soot my crying. Then my grandmother thought of using a nickname (one that's is a common nickname & it rhymes with my big sister's name) he called me ATAN , which is a shorten name for the word 'man child' in Malaysian language. By then, I wasn't crying anymore. So yeah I could say that words can possess powerful aspects

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! That could also be called shaming 😂

@amirullfadzli5685

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy please don't think like that. The way I see it sorta like, leader are those who others expect to to do greats things, leads others etc. But too much expectation can make some people feel pressure or stress. Im very scared of being the center of attention, even now. so it's like from early infancy the weight of name was already scare me. Just like you said, some people believe names/ words have certain power on things and it sometime have effects in real life.

Great analysis of one of my favorite movies of all time!

Best Studio Ghibli film ever

This brings back so many memories of my childhood. Glad I know the inspiration for this anime now.

I'm watching this instead of sleeping, I'm gonna get spirited away

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

It's a positive spiriting away, not the kidnappie kind.

@meetaverma8372

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy still it's unhealthy 👀👀

I learn a lot from your videos : )

I’m glad your doing more of these and it is not just Mononoke

this is your best video by ver far. Id love to see more stuff like that

Great video! I watched several vids explaining the spirit world of Chihiro, but yours is the most accurate and most complete one. Very well done!

Hello everyone hope all if you have a great day

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Well I hope you have a great day

Thank you so much for these amazing videos!

Oh I'm excited to watch this! Interesting, and you do a great job of explaining and telling stories 🙂

I brushed off Spirited Away before even watching it. Shame on me because the movie was beautiful and magical. I’m a huge fan of his work and anime now.

I’ll check it out on Netflix . Mononoke was not bad. Yababa reminds me of Poland’s babayaga (re hellboy) even the names sounds alike.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Princess Mononoke =)

@MCorpReview

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy well it’s got English dub so not too much effort watching. Hopefully same case of spirit

@MCorpReview

3 жыл бұрын

Btw, I wonder if u hv done or will do some homework like this on ‘demon slayer’ it takes some effort bcuz it’s only subtitles no Thai or English dub like spirited away. But it’s highly ranked on both Netflix and viu. Watched around 5 episodes so far...feels ok

Really well made video, ty

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching ;)

I do love how you explain all the context for those new to your channel but not so boring for the ones that have watched all your vids. I'm even thinking of tattooing the Fujiwara daughters phrase in my lower back

@luislozano6073

Жыл бұрын

Where is Infamy enshrined so I can give a 1 yen coin every month

I am so serious when I say I NEVER knew why I held my breath when passing a cemetary but I've been doing it since elementary school.

Fascinating! Thank you

great episode! thank you for the video〜🥳

Don't know why, but the parts where you mentioned Chihiro's and Kohaku's names being taken by Yubaba made me tear up a little. Names really do have power, I guess. Also 16:01 made me want to cry like a little bitch.

@mfaizsyahmi

3 жыл бұрын

To me your name is one of the last things you leave behind on this world. Immediate friends and relatives would remember your personality, but later generations could only remember you by name, or the stories people wrote about you. Once enough generations pass on even your name will be forgotten, and with that you are truly gone from this world, with no remnants of you left behind (beside your bones of course).

@amatsu-ryu4067

3 жыл бұрын

@@mfaizsyahmi Well said, I agree.

Even thpugh I didnt know the cultural backround at all at the time, I really liked this film when I was young and hearing all this info is really nice. Thanks fir your work ^^

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I love your sneak-it-in-there sense of humor! Keep up your excellent work! 👏 I also am surprised at the many similarities to belief in the fae. (I have mostly Irish ancestry).

Thank you so much! Very enlightening!

@ProjectEnglishII

2 жыл бұрын

Have you read Taichi Yamada's "Strangers"? It's a ghost story about a man who starts entering the world of the dead after eating with his parents' ghosts. He doesn't realize that he's dying -- he's told about it by people who are still living. Your explanation helped me understand this book more deeply, so I am grateful!

I have loved this movie for so long and recently got to share it with both my mom and my son. My mom was asking about the demons/spirits and what they were, more in relation to Japanese folklore. I just have to thank you for this video as it explains better than I ever could.

thank yu for this video! I've always wanted to understand more about the cultural context of so many things in this movie!

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

:D

Thank you so much for making this video, you really give me interesting perspective about the movie that i love the most. When you mentioned about Chihiro and Haku promises to meet again, i thought that it's the most logic and reasonable explanation yet me still in denial. Why am i even crying a lil bit? I don't know :')

One of my favourite movies. Thank you.

That was interesting and entertaining, thank you 🙂

"what does 'spirited away' mean?" It means your pops better have a very specific set of skills

Could you please also do "my neighbor Totoro"?

New subscriber! I love your videos, going through them slowly because I want to learn more about the Japanese mythos.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy :)

@Freya0727

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy I stayed up because I got stuck binging he videos!!! Lol thank you for making them 😌

THANK YOU LINFAMY

@Linfamy

Жыл бұрын

YOURE WELCOME

I love your stuff Linfamy!!!!

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Well, thank you :D

Awesome 😍

11:10 Damn it Zeus, you're in the wrong story, stop messing around.

@inavdaev

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, classic Zeus, just going around impregnating everything that isn't on a tree on the count of three.

@Caesar88888

3 жыл бұрын

@@inavdaev not everything. only hot women.

I really enjoyed this film, but I do think Princess Mononoke is my favorite film from this studio. Did you see that new CGI Lupin The 3rd film? Any thoughts on the upcoming Inuyasha sequel anime?

How about talking about Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress sometime? There's plenty of history tied up in it, along with various ways one could interpret the plot.

What a great movie. A definite must watch if you haven't

you know what's funny? new orleans is one of the most haunted cities in america- there are so many stories of ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies, etc. a new orleans hyakki yagyo wouldn't be out of the question

Am I the only one who thinks Kamaji looks like Eggman?

The traditional-style play adds some interesting details. Ex. on the ghost train Chihiro sees and momentarily freezes face to face with the shadowy form of a young girl and mother exiting the train. The two end up bowing faintly to each other and the child and mother exit the train. Gave a nice chilling reminder that this world and new friends is means death for Chihiro. Kumaji and Zeniba both also fondly tease and remark about Chihiro and Haku being girlfriend and boyfriend. Sad I can't remember other details and I very much want to see the recording of the play again. They used traditional puppetry and scene dynamics.

I only have two questions 1.Why are you so good at describing yokai and kami (or just anything in general, no seriously love your content). 2. Is the enenra even a yokai? Because ive rarely seen it in any content revolving around japanese folklore. And all the research i can do leaves me confused. (Sorry if this question is random)

This movie reminds me of my ex because this was our favorite movie back in that days.

13:40 What happens if I sign my name but not in Kanji, Hiragana but in English on Yamauba's contract?