Loved this take by @/twitchyhoshi on Twitter and wanted to share! I’ve seen stuff that says Turning Red is just about puberty and while that’s a layer to the film I really enjoyed peeling back the film to the deeper layers.
Something I noticed on my second watch of Turning Red: look at the move Tyler makes when Mei is “keeping her mom busy” in the climax.
That is absolutely either a Kamehameha or a Hadouken. Tyler is a goddamn weeb. Unsurprising, considering the anime influences in Turning Red go all the way to to the top. Thank you Domee Shi for this blessing.
“Many
of my movies have strong female leads - brave, self-sufficient girls
that don’t think twice about fighting for what they believe in with all
their heart. They’ll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a saviour.
Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.” -Hayao Miyazaki
