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	My Neighbors the Yamadas DVD Review
		My Neighbors the Yamadas unabashedly revels in depicting marriage struggles and the fears and woes that being a family entails in this age.
		My Neighbors the Yamadas is an anomaly, as it is the first Studio Ghibli film not to receive two-disc DVD treatment under the Walt Disney Home Entertainment banner.
		My Neighbors the Yamadas doesn't fit comfortably into expectations of a Ghibli picture, but that enables it to illustrate the staff's impressive and infrequently tapped range, for this family comedy is surprisingly endearing and especially relevant.
	www.ultimatedisney.com /myneighborstheyamadas.html (2503 words)

	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> My Neighbors The Yamadas
		The original release of My Neighbors the Yamadas was something that was highly anticipated back in 2000 since it was the first of the Ghibli movies to hit DVD through the "day and date" format.
		Yamadas is really all over the place with the humor and the cast all get a good amount of screentime with their own things as well as larger family items.
		My Neighbors the Yamadas is a bit hard to describe but what's here is very much a number of universal family stories.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/4537.php (1695 words)

	Animefringe: September 2005 - Features - My Neighbors the Yamadas
		My Neighbors the Yamadas, a very light-hearted, comical look at the typical Japanese family, was directed by Isao Takahata, who is better known for his extremely violent and sobering film Grave of the Fireflies.
		My Neighbors the Yamadas goes from the standard day with an agitated Japanese family to insane visualizations of childbearing and marriage "down the toboggan of life" (which is not said, but animated) around the wedding cake.
		My Neighbors the Yamadas is so original that it's hard to even try to compare it to anything else.
	www.animefringe.com /magazine/2005/09/feature/06.php (549 words)

	My Neighbors the Yamadas
		The stories concern the Yamada family: father and salaryman Takashi, motherly Matsuko, their two children Noboru and Nonoko, and Grandma.
		Of course, real life can be funny and poignant, and My Neighbors The Yamadas is an inside look at what a Japanese family is like...for the most part.
		My wife enjoyed it, and she's not an anime fan.
	www.theanimereview.com /reviews/yamadas.html (1005 words)

	Animetric.com >> Anime Reviews >> My Neighbors the Yamadas / Hohkekyo Tonarino Yamadakun
		As the title suggests, My Neighbors the Yamadas is a chronicle of the life and times of the Yamada family.
		One minute Takashi Yamada is stressing about an office envelope he thinks he left at home, the next minute Matsuko is frantically trying to remember what she needs from the store.
		My Neighbor the Yamadas would probably work nicely as a half-hour animated short, but stretching it to become a full-length film feature is just too much.
	www.animetric.com /klm2/yamadas.html (556 words)

	My Neighbors The Yamadas & Pom Poko \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		My Neighbors The Yamadas & Pom Poko
		The domestic humor is often too culture-specific to play for a non-Japanese audience, but Yamadas does have its accessible moments, particularly in the sweet extended opening flight of fantasy.
		Both films center on sweet, lively humor and contentious but enriching relationships between individuals, but their many traditional references and cultural assumptions are likely to lose American audiences—who, if nothing else, may boggle over the tanukis' visible dangling testicles, and their tendency to shape-shift them into offensive weaponry.
	www.theonion.com /content/node/40571 (571 words)

	Arthur: My Neighbors the Yamadas
		“My Neighbors the Yamadas” is a remarkable film in many ways, not the least of which is how carefully it guards its complexities.
		Yamada reflects upon his frustration and feeling of impotence after being bullied by a crowd of street toughs.
		Similar to old-time fables which conclude with a pearl of folk wisdom, each short in “My Neighbors the Yamadas” concludes with a haiku from one of the masters (mainly Basho, with the occasional piece by Busson and Santoka) that reflects upon the scene.
	www.trentarthur.info /archives/000614.html (872 words)

	My Neighbors the Yamadas - film reviews
		My Neighbors the Yamadas may be his greatest surprise of them all.
		Yamadas is an adaptation of a popular newspaper gag strip in Japan, one of those crudely-drawn comics that everyone swears they could do in their sleep if they really, really wanted to.
		There is also one segment where Yamadas becomes dead serious, and veers from tension to comedy to tragedy; the Aha music video, '60s pop culture and Kurosawa's Ikiru in in ten minutes or your money back.
	www.danielthomas.org /pop/film_reviews/yamadas.htm (1172 words)

	Amazon.com: My Neighbors the Yamadas: DVD: Toru Masuoka,Yukiji Asaoka,Masako Araki,Naomi Uno,Akiko Yano,Chocho ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The family consists of Takashi and Matsuko Yamada, the older child and boy Noboru and young daughter Nonoko, Matsuko's mother Shige, and Potchi the dog.
		Nevertheless, this is an enjoyable portrait of the Yamadas.
		As the Yamadas freely float off into the sky on umbrellas (dog included) the song and the visuals emphasize the fact that we are what we are, regardless of disappointments and frustrations, and that all remains okay regardless.
	www.amazon.com /My-Neighbors-Yamadas-Isao-Takahata/dp/B0009MAO3M (2799 words)

	My Neighbors the Yamadas
		My Neighbors the Yamadas is Takahata Isao's most irreverent anime to date...
		Through the eyes of the Yamada clan, even the most mundane tasks like buying bread, studying for school or watching television become a hilarious adventure that manages to poke fun and make a charming homage to families all over the world.
		My Neighbors the Yamadas is a movie for the whole family.
	www.animeacademy.com /finalrevdisplay.php?id=361 (659 words)

	GreenCine \| product main - My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
		During the film, the Yamadas wrestle for control of the TV remote and deal with a band of bikers who have invaded the neighborhood, while Noboru has fantasies about being born into a more interesting family.
		Yamada imagines himself as a superhero rescuing his wife and mother-in-law from crooks and the showclosing "Que Sara Sara", where the family floats through the sky on balloons.
		Yamada argue over who gets to watch the TV is delivered with dead-on comic timing and believability--making this moment one of the dub's best moments.
	www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=123834 (1031 words)

	My Neighbors the Yamadas DVD Review - www.impuslegamer.com -
		Dealt with like a sitcom, My Neighbours the Yamadas is a light hearted romp through the lives of the Yamada family that will have your funny bone tickled and heart warmed as you watch their everyday adventures.
		The Yamadas are slack, and amble through life just like us, which makes for some fun viewing, though you will find yourself identifying with different characters in the feature.
		A good fun piece of storytelling, My Neighbours the Yamadas is an enjoyable experience from the masters at Studio Ghibli.
	www.impulsegamer.com /dvdmyneighborstheyamadas.html (338 words)

	DVD Review: My Neighbors the Yamadas - DVD
		My Neighbors The Yamadas blends a distinct Japanese animation style to deliver laughs about the ups and downs of marriage, family, and life in general.
		My Neighbors the Yamadas is available for pre-order at Amazon for an Aug. 16th release.
		Join in the adventures of the quirky Yamada family -- from the hilarious to the touching -- brilliantly presented in a...
	dvd.monstersandcritics.com /reviews/article_9782.php (657 words)

	DVDtoons! Reviews - My Neighbors the Yamadas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Unfortunately, as excited as I was to sample My Neighbors the Yamadas, I was left with the impression that the studio should stick to eco-princesses and stories of magical transformations.
		The Yamadas are a typical Japanese family consisting of hard-working dad Takashi, his housekeeping-challenged wife Matsuko, disapproving son Noboru, noisy daughter Nonoko, and a blunt-speaking grandmother named Shige.
		The Yamadas actually come from a comic strip by Hisaichi Ischii (called Tonari no Yamada-kun), and you can tell that an attempt was made to recreate or at least emulate moments from the strip.
	www.dvdtoons.com /reviews/425/print (1893 words)

	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> My Neighbors the Yamadas
		Since My Neighbor The Yamadas and Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace are coming out the same weekend, they'd make a My Neighbor, Nono-chan movie and make lots of money.
		Despite all the little frustrations (like a light burning out, or forgetting items), panics (leaving a child behind accidentally), and annoyances (fighting over TV programs), there is a fondness for the characters and for the family.
		The Yamadas are suppose to be a typical Japanese family, and as such, are suppose to be easily recognizable to the Japanese viewer.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/1222.php (1320 words)

	Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		"My Neighbors the Yamadas" is based on the long-running comic strip of the same name by Japan's best-known comic strip writer and artist Ishii Hisaichi.
		"My Neighbors the Yamadas" offers a close look, often touching, and often humorous, at the kind of traditional family that may be disappearing in an increasingly modern, increasingly Westernized Japan.
		Directed by Isao Takahata, "My Neighbors the Yamadas" is Studio Ghibli's first since 1997 when "Princess Mononoke" (Mononoke Hime), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, became Japan's most successful film of all time.
	www.usc.edu /libraries/archives/asianfilm/japan/yamadas.html (463 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: My Neighbors The Yamadas Review
		It is also a substantial departure in visual style, inspired by the media from which it was derived.
		The Yamadas is an adaptation of a popular Japanese newspaper comic strip created and drawn by Hisaichi Ishii.
		The filmmakers convey the genuine underlying love in the Yamada household that is undiminished by the bickering and funny situations.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video_11/yamadas.html (1010 words)

	www.TheGline.com: DVD of the Week: (03-05-06): My Neighbors the Yamadas
		Yamadas is essentially an adaptation of Hisasichi Ishii’s comic strip, which runs in papers across Japan, and brings to mind the kind of family comedy that we seen in American strips like Zits.
		The Yamadas are a basically average nuclear family—father, mother, daughter, son, granny—living under one roof in modern Tokyo, and each of the character’s quirks provides endless comic fodder.
		Yamadas has the same problem, but if you’re willing to look past that—and many people are, I’m sure—then there’s a very good movie here.
	www.thegline.com /dvd-of-the-week/2006/03-05-2006.htm (952 words)

	dOc DVD Review: My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
		Yamadas, directed by the great Isao Takahata and based on a comic strip by Hisaichi Ishii, looks much like the original strip, but the film carries it a step further by making beautiful use of impressionistic backgrounds and pale, watercolor-like colors.
		I was very leery of the English track, given my general loathing for just about anything with Jim Belushi, but he does okay as Takashi.
		My Neighbors the Yamadas is just another example of Takahata's craftsmanship and varied output, and shouldn't be missed by fans of anime and film fans in general.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=7741 (1033 words)

	Screenings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Known in Japanese as Tonari no Yamada-kun, My Neighbors The Yamadas was based off a still-running short manga from the Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s leading newspapers.
		Instead of going for a consistent plot, the film follows the members of the Yamada family through their daily lives, as they deal with all the trials and tribulations of day-to-day existence.
		Dealing with experiences ranging from the humorous (such as battles over a remote control that devolve into kung fu maches) to the heartbreaking, My Neighbors The Yamadas is a testament to anime’s ability to capture the salient features of Japanese home life.
	www.yale.edu /anime/screenings-yamadas.html (540 words)

	My Neighbors, The Yamadas
		The third part is entitled "Marriage Yamada Style." It's various shorts about things going on in their married life with the funniest being when the father wants to watch baseball on the TV and the mother wants to watch a movie; she gets the remote, but he blocks it with a newspaper over and over.
		The next part is entitled "Male Bonding." As you can guess, this is a series of stories about the father and Noboru catching ball, etc.
		57 minutes have now passed, but my dedication to my pages is strong.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/janime/yamadas.html (622 words)

	UltimateDisney.com Forum :: View topic - Pom Poko / My Neighbors The Yamadas - DVDs Press Release
		My Neighbors the Yamadas and Howl are the only Ghibli films I don't have on DVD so I'm still happy.
		Yamadas is based on a newspaper comic strip that is why it has sketchy characters and water color type coloring.
		To me the silly thing is my kids watch animal Planet and other tv shows all the time in which they see much more questionable material.
	www.ultimatedisney.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=8959 (2225 words)

	Anime´ - Pom Poko & My Neighbors The Yamadas - More Great Studio Ghibli Releases From Disney \| eclipsemagazine.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Yamadas are a family of five, plus a dog – Father Takashi [James Belushi], mother Matsuko [Molly Shannon], son Nobaru [Daryl Sabara], daughter Nonoko [Liliana Mumy], and grandmother Shige [Tress MacNeille].
		The character designs are also more cartoonishly exaggerated.The movie works because these toon representations of a family go through experiences we have all been through – the humor and drama arise naturally from the realistic situations.
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	www.eclipsemagazine.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=1474 (541 words)

	POM POKO + MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS - DVDs
		Two films by the other guy at Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata's Pom Poko and My Neighbors the Yamadas have the director deviating extravagantly from his masterpiece Grave of the Fireflies--one of the bona fide classics of the anime medium--by hopping from that film's heartbreaking war idyll to these films' anthropomorphic mysticism and broad slapstick.
		It's not even instructive (in fact, it's counterproductive in a lot of ways) to note that the film looks great and is animated with Studio Ghibli's typical focus on quality and detail.
		Less alien but almost as vacuous is Takahata's My Neighbors the Yamadas, an animated, watercolour evocation of a popular Japanese comic strip that takes on the cadence of bound collections of comic strips.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/ghiblitwofer.htm (806 words)

	My Neighbors The Yamadas
		Matsuko Yamada ~ Yukiji Asaoka (singing ~ "Damatte Oreni Tsuitekoi" and "Ke Sera, Sera"); Molly Shannon
		Noboru Yamada ~ Hayato Isohata (singing ~ "Damatte Oreni Tsuitekoi" and "Ke Sera, Sera"); Daryl Sabara
		Nonoko Yamada ~ Liliana Mumy; Naomi Uno (singing ~ "Damatte Oreni Tsuitekoi" and "Ke Sera, Sera")
	homepage.usask.ca /~jjs142/myneighborstheyamadas.htm (290 words)

	My Neighbors the Yamadas - Anime Recommendations Database
		My Neighbors the Yamadas is a realistic, fun look at a typical (or are they?) Japanese family.
		The movie is presented in a series of shorts which illustrate how functional (or dysfunctional!) a family can truly be.
		Layouts for the themes (and compilation of theme images) may not be used on any site.
	www.anime-planet.com /animerec/486.html (318 words)

	My Neighbors the Yamadas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		My Neighbors the Yamadas (ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん, Houhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun
		The wave and artistic impression is a reference to the famous Japanese painting, The Great Wave.
		My Neighbors the Yamadas on Nausicaa.net - detailed information on a fan site
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/My_Neighbors_the_Yamadas (300 words)

	Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		I like to see just how bland and unfunny they are.
		My Neigbors the Yamadas isn't entirely bland, but it is often enough that the film disappoints overall.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0206013 (463 words)

	My Neighbors the Yamadas DVD Reviews - MovieWeb
		My Neighbors the Yamadas DVD Reviews - MovieWeb
		DVD > My Neighbors the Yamadas: Standard Release DVD > DVD/UMD Reviews
		While this is lighthearted in nature, I don’t know that My Neighbors the Yamadas is necessarily children’s material...."
	www.movieweb.com /dvd/release/90/60390/reviews.php (109 words)

	Amazon.com: My Neighbors the Yamadas: DVD: Toru Masuoka,Yukiji Asaoka,Masako Araki,Naomi Uno,Akiko Yano,Chocho ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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