Ghibli films have such an ability to make me feel happy about life.
They showcase such saturation of the simple pleasures in life; dicing lettuce, mopping floors, the fulfillment of simple expectations.
To fully appreciate how difficult this type of animation is, just try to imagine how hard it would be to animate something as small as the movement of the skirt in this shot by hand:
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That would take me a month to get right, probably longer. And…