CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Miyazaki almost always uses a female protagonist in his movies. But which one do you like best? I excluded the main characters in Whisper of the Heart and Only Yesterday because those characters don't face any real dangers.

I really like Kiki (and her friend Ursula). Nausicaa comes in a close second.

i really really cant pick..

i like them all for so many reasons. I like chihiro because she really evovled in the movie. she went from being stuck up and whatnot to caring less about herself. she really grew up. but then i like San because she is a very headstrong, tough character and cares alot about nature like i do. Shes afraid of almost nothing. Sheeta and her world was just very magical.

I dunno... i would expand on the other characters, but im lazy. XD

i just like all of them. i cant pick just one. Hayao Miyazaki is ah-may-zing.

((have you noticed that almost all of his girl characters have short hair, also?))

Actually, the reason he uses women so much is that he's a feminist. I found that out in the documentary on the Nausicaa DVD.

Feminist, maybe, but I have a hard time telling them all apart. They're very derivative of one another.

And, quite frankly, my favorite Studio Ghibli 'heroine' is Taeko from Omohide Poro Poro. I think she's quite real -- cut out of the same cloth as the others, but definitely more of a 'person' than a construct.

though I love them all! I really really love Sophie She is so much like me... (except for the fact that I am not 90 years old and love to clean..XD;;

my next would have to be Chihiro though.

I had to go with Kiki.

san ^-^ long time mononoke fan

NAUSICAA!!! Especially in the manga. Fujiko didn't make the cut? I guess she's not techniquely a Miyazaki original heroine...or a heroine of any kind for that matter.

I voted for San even though my favorite character in the movie is the woman who leads Iron Town.I think they both qualify as being genuine heroines,each in her own way.