If you’ve ever wondered why Studio Ghibli films feel so different than anything Hollywood makes, then the reason is a little known story structure called Kishotenketsu. Here’s what’s going on.

SEIZURE WARNING – Flashing yellow frames at 18:56. Apologies for that – I’ve missed this in one of the re-renderings of the video and due to the long, painful legal battle I had to go through to even make this video public, I cannot reupload at this point.

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