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This is Umi Matsuzaki from Studio Ghibli's "From Up On Poppy Hill" godzilla713.deviantart.com/art… for Western Civilization Board Studio Ghibli Art Theme for July. westerncivilization.trifecta3.… Some films are timeless that the themes transcend the time that they were made. Films like From Up On Poppy Hill are time capsules about their times. It shows Japan as it going from being an occupied country to an Independent country World leader. It is a sweet little teem soap opera. Nothing Earth shaking or important goes on that any one would pay attention to. Still it is very sweet little film.

From Up on Poppy Hill (コクリコ坂から Kokuriko-zaka Kara, lit. "From Coquelicot Hill") is a 2011 Japanese animted drama film directed by Goro Miyazaki, scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, and produced by Studio Ghibli. It is based on the 1980 serialized Japanese comic of the same name illustrated by Chizuru Takahashi and written by Tetsurō Sayama. The film stars the voices of Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Jun Fubuki, Takashi Naito, Shunsuke Kazama, Nao Omori and Teruyuki Kagawa.

Set in 1963 Yokohama, Japan, the film tells the story of Umi Matsuzaki, a high school girl living in a boarding house, Coquelicot Manor. When Umi meets Shun Kazama, a member of the school's newspaper club, they decide to clean up the school's clubhouse, Quartier Latin. However, Tokumaru, the chairman of the local high school and a businessman, intends to demolish the building for redevelopment and Umi and Shun, along with Shirō Mizunuma, must persuade him to reconsider.

From Up on Poppy Hill premiered on July 16, 2011 in Japan. The film received positive reviews from most film critics and grossed $61 million worldwide. An English version of the film was distributed by GKIDS; it was released to theaters on March 15, 2013 in North America.

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This is Umi Matsuzaki from Studio Ghibli's "From Up On Poppy Hill" godzilla713.deviantart.com/art… for Western Civilization Board Studio Ghibli Art Theme for July. westerncivilization.trifecta3.… Some films are timeless that the themes transcend the time that they were made. Films like From Up On Poppy Hill are time capsules about their times. It shows Japan as it going from being an occupied country to an Independent country World leader. It is a sweet little teem soap opera. Nothing Earth shaking or important goes on that any one would pay attention to. Still it is very sweet little film.

From Up on Poppy Hill (コクリコ坂から Kokuriko-zaka Kara, lit. "From Coquelicot Hill") is a 2011 Japanese animted drama film directed by Goro Miyazaki, scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, and produced by Studio Ghibli. It is based on the 1980 serialized Japanese comic of the same name illustrated by Chizuru Takahashi and written by Tetsurō Sayama. The film stars the voices of Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Jun Fubuki, Takashi Naito, Shunsuke Kazama, Nao Omori and Teruyuki Kagawa.

Set in 1963 Yokohama, Japan, the film tells the story of Umi Matsuzaki, a high school girl living in a boarding house, Coquelicot Manor. When Umi meets Shun Kazama, a member of the school's newspaper club, they decide to clean up the school's clubhouse, Quartier Latin. However, Tokumaru, the chairman of the local high school and a businessman, intends to demolish the building for redevelopment and Umi and Shun, along with Shirō Mizunuma, must persuade him to reconsider.

From Up on Poppy Hill premiered on July 16, 2011 in Japan. The film received positive reviews from most film critics and grossed $61 million worldwide. An English version of the film was distributed by GKIDS; it was released to theaters on March 15, 2013 in North America.