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My Neighbors the Yamadas

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My Neighbors the Yamadas	comment	A 1999 Studio Ghibli film directed by Isao Takahata, My Neighbors The Yamadas is based on a popular Japanese newspaper comic Nono Chan about a slightly off-kilter "typical" Japanese family composed of mother Matsuko, father Takashi, grandmother Shige, son Noboru, and daughter Nonoko.Something of a Creator's Oddball for both Takahata and the studio, it's an episodic Slice of Life comedy, and a Dom Com. The art has a very loose, caricatured style reminiscent of its newspaper comic origins, which made it stand out from the lush animation typical of Ghibli's films. It's also their first film to be animated entirely digitally.Like most Ghibli films, My Neighbors the Yamadas was dubbed into English by Disney Studios using an all-star cast (headed by James Belushi, but don't let that scare you).
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_236846ce	type	Too Smart for Strangers
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_236846ce	comment	Too Smart for Strangers: After the realization that Nonoko got left behind at the mall, Matsuko expresses hope that she will remember the advice the PTA gave: "Never, ever, ever talk to strangers." Shige calls it a stupid lesson. Indeed, Nonoko defies the mantra after meeting a lost boy who doesn't talk because of it. She gets him to say his name, then goes to a shoplady who then calls his mother. Sometimes, talking to strangers can be helpful!
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_263598db	type	Remote Control Ruckus
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_263598db	comment	Remote Control Ruckus: One skit in the movie involves the parents Matsuko and Takashi fighting over a show, as Matsuko wants to switch from Takashi's baseball game to a romance movie. Takashi starts blocking Matsuko's remote remote with his newspaper, and before long the two get more caught up with their fight than the TV itself. While their daughter Nonoko wonders how no one can watch TV anymore, grandmother Shige jokes that the overdramatic dueling is more entertaining. Matsuko wins with a fake out.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_32da91b8	type	Out of Focus
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_32da91b8	comment	Out of Focus: Despite Nonoko being a main character, she only stars in one segment (getting left behind at the mall), and for the rest of the film, barely appears and is only used as a background character. This is hilariously ironic given that in the original manga, she was such a Breakout Character that the manga would make her the main character and be renamed to Nono-Chan a year prior to this film.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_3ac583f4	type	SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_3ac583f4	comment	Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: For the most part, the film lies on the idealistic side.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_4c66466a	type	Honest Axe
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_4c66466a	comment	Honest Axe: Mostly played straight when Shige asks some kids if the ball they lost in the Yamada yard was the old worn-out one, or the new rubber one (the scene even briefly features a storybook drawing depicting the woodcutter and the nymph). However, after she gives away both balls and shares a lesson about honesty, some other kids ask her if she saw the new rubber ball they lost, prompting her to deny finding it.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_58970413	type	Coincidental Broadcast
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_58970413	comment	Coincidental Broadcast: When the family turn their car around and head back to the supermarket to find the missing Nonoko, a song about a lost kitten plays on their radio.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_813f4eec	type	Humble Pie
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_813f4eec	comment	Humble Pie: During the Biker arc, Takashi is sent to send the bikers away, and not only does he fail, but Matsuko and Shige also end up bailing him out. The whole affair leaves him dismayed and wistfully imagining himself as a superhero biker who could save his family. He ultimately redeems himself as a man when he personally improvs an entire best man speech to newlywed friends after his wife hands him a shopping list instead of his script.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_912b24c4	type	Art Shift
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_912b24c4	comment	Art Shift: The biker segment, which features a significantly more detailed and shaded style to match the serious tone. At least until Matsuko and Shige show up and restore normalcy.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_972aceef	type	Adaptation Displacement
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_972aceef	comment	Adaptation Displacement: The manga was never translated or released outside Japan.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_9acd7704	type	Dom Com
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_9acd7704	comment	Dom Com: The Japanese version.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_9e447c8c	type	Suspiciously Apropos Music
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_9e447c8c	comment	Suspiciously Apropos Music: As the family drives back to the mall to find their missing daughter, the car's radio plays a song about a lost kitten.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_a07afea2	type	Random Events Plot
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_a07afea2	comment	Random Events Plot: The film largely consists of a series of Slice of Life vignettes that have little connection to each other, as opposed to a cohesive narrative like Studio Ghibli's other films.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_a1a1491e	type	Homage
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_a1a1491e	comment	Homage: When Takashi daydreams about turning into Moonlight Mask (called "Moonlight Rider" in the dub) and rescuing Matsuko and Shige from kidnapping thugs.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: In one scene, Shige visits a friend who was suddenly hospitalized. The friend seems bright and cheerful, gossiping about the goings-on at the hospital and showing Shige around. Until Shige asks why she is in the hospital in the first place, and the friend starts to cry, unable to keep herself together any longer. Though nothing's outright said, it's pretty clear that she's dying.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_a7382a73	type	Imagine Spot
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_a7382a73	comment	Imagine Spot: At least half of the movie is made up of these.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_c2cedc1c	type	Big "NO!"
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_c2cedc1c	comment	Big "NO!": Noboru does one in the English dub as an army of Matsukos repeatedly command him to "study harder!"
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: In the surreal opening sequence, the newly married couple discover baby Noboru in a floating peach in the water and baby Nonoko in a bamboo tree in reference to two famous folktales.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_d6653787	type	Sudden Musical Ending
My Neighbors the Yamadas / int_d6653787	comment	Sudden Musical Ending: Around the end of the film, the characters start singing "Que Sera Sera".
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