At last, a Brand New Day has dawned, and America has Spider-Fever! This week we're swinging into the latest Spider-Man and unpacking the biggest weekend in Box Office history! Are the movies back? Yes, we’re thinking they’re back. And movies aren’t the only thing that’s back this week!

Before you listen to this episode, please join us in reciting the Ghibli prayer: Oh nameless god of rage and hate, we bow before you! This week we contend with what is unquestionably one of the greatest films ever made, animation or otherwise – PRINCESS MONONOKE

Did you know: Shizuku in WHISPER OF THE HEART was the original Lo-Fi beats girl?? According to @knowyourmeme.com: the shot her writing with headphones on (likely) inspired the original illustration, and another shot of her sitting at the table with her parents was in the post that made it a meme

Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊: Princess Mononoke (1997) Dir. Hayao Miyazaki We cannot alter our fate, listeners… however, we can rise to meet it, if we choose.

When picking eye of the duck scenes, most movies we cover usually have a few solid options, and unanimous consensus is rare... But with Whisper of the Heart, it was *so* clearly the "Take Me Home, Country Roads" jam session that none of us even bothered considering alternatives

It’s finally time to unpack the biggest movie event of the year, listeners… Parth met Tom Cruise! That’s right, our dear researcher Parth Marathe (who also hosts the excellent Craft Services podcast) joins us this week to share his exhilarating experience working with Tom Cruise

Country roads, take us home! Of the many, many movies that use the famous John Denver song, who would've expected the DEFINITIVE one to be about about a couple kids in Western Tokyo who fall in love with a really cool cat statue??

The tanuki, they're just like us (Or, wait... is it that *we're* just like them??)

Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊: Whisper of the Heart (1995) Dir. Yoshifumi Kondō Brace yourselves: this movie about young love, trains, and the wondrous joys/pains of the creatives process may have our saddest production history yet Rest in peace, Kondō

All Cops Are 'Bagged

Eye of the Duck@eyeoftheduckpod.com · 2w ago

Pom Poko may seriously be the most unserious serious movie ever made

Pom Poko may seriously be the most unserious serious movie ever made

been digging into this podcast lately. really great stuff. truly in-depth, open-hearted, and insightful discussion of some of the best films ever made. it’s been a joy to watch many of them for the first time and have the series accompany me along the way

Eye of the Duck@eyeoftheduckpod.com · 3mo ago

Listeners, we’re finally learning to see with eyes unclouded. Our next series will celebrate Studio Ghibli, the animation collective that changed the game. And we couldn’t be more excited! Join us on Monday as we enter the Studio of Dreams and Madness.

We’re back! Joining us after our one week hiatus to talk POM POKO – hands down one of the wildest (and best) films in the Ghibli canon – is returning champion, the one, the only... Griffin Newman!

Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊: Pom Poko (1994) Dir. Isao Takahata @blankcheck.bsky.social own Griffin Newman helps us answer perhaps the most important question of our Studio Ghibli series: is the entry known for its raccoon balls secretly one of the greatest movies ever made??

They gave it the Penguin Classics gothic novel cover art aesthetic (complimentary)

Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com · 3w ago

Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN comes to Criterion Collection 4K UHD & Blu-ray this October. Releasing October 27. Includes 4K digital master of Frankenstein: The Reborn Cut, a new 158-minute extended director’s cut of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack.

It’s the end of an era, listeners. THE BEAR has wrapped its final season, which means we are entering the Fak-verse one last time. We're finally doing a deep, deep dive on the landmark FX series about chefs, families, ambition, and most of all, beef.

Hey listeners, due to some extenuating circumstances we have to postpone this week’s POM POKO episode until next Monday. However, our After Hours episode will still be dropping on Wednesday as scheduled 👁️ 🦆

You didn't seriously think we'd end Porco Rosso week without acknowledging the most banger line in animation history, did you?

Miyazaki's love of himbos remains undefeated

Eye of the Duck@eyeoftheduckpod.com · 2mo ago

Based on his movies, apparently there's nothing funnier to Miyazaki than having himbos square up

The teens are moody and the ocean does in fact have some waves! This week on After Hours, we're covering the lesser-known Studio Ghibli television movie, OCEAN WAVES, as well as running down a slew of new movies and shows!

Farewell to freedom in the Adriatic and days of wild abandon! We’re soaring back over the sea this week to hang out with our close personal friend, Porco Rosso! This is… the best movie ever made, right?

Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊: Porco Rosso (1992) Dir. Hayao Miyazaki "I'd Rather Be A Pig Than A Fascist."

As time went on, Miyazaki and Takahata grew to love and hate each other in equal measure, but one philosophy they always agreed on — the value of rejecting modernity, working collectively, and living in harmony with nature

"I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards" — Takahata, probably

Really good episode about one of the best Ghibli films

Eye of the Duck@eyeoftheduckpod.com · last mo.

Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊: Only Yesterday (1991) Dir. Isao Takahata A big city girl, single and dissatisfied in her corporate job, takes a vacation to a small, rural town where she falls in love with an organic farmer… wait, is Only Yesterday a Hallmark movie??

Get ready to reconnect with your 10-year-old self... because we’re about to face some of the most embarrassing (and transcendent) childhood memories in movie history as if they happened ONLY YESTERDAY!

Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊: Only Yesterday (1991) Dir. Isao Takahata A big city girl, single and dissatisfied in her corporate job, takes a vacation to a small, rural town where she falls in love with an organic farmer… wait, is Only Yesterday a Hallmark movie??

Oh, to be an artist just hanging with crows at a cabin in the woods

Woody’s hairline is receding, and so is ours! The toys are back and sadder than ever, baby – this week on After Hours we’re reveling in the joy (and misery) of the return of Disney’s greatest franchise with TOY STORY 5!

Finally, an animated film about how the gig economy is BAD but dirigibles are COOL! This week we hang out with the snarkiest cat around, Jiji, and his very cool familiar, a little witch who dreams of something better than eating pancakes for every meal — it’s KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE!