# The Wind Rises

6 Hacker News commenters recommended The Wind Rises and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its emotional pull and carefully drawn scenes, with one scene noted for taking a year to animate. No critical complaints were recorded.

## Why people recommend it

- Emotional pull that draws viewers in (2 comments): "The Wind Rises is my favorite Ghibli, something about it just draws me in like no other." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46253760)) "Please, don’t make me cry like that." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46253137))
- Beautiful, painstakingly drawn scenes (2 comments): "the way I wrote this sentence mirrors this beautiful scene from The Wind Rises" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46676728)) "There's the famous 4 second crowd scene which took a year to draw." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117531))
- Regarded as a great film (2 comments): "The Wind Rises is my favorite Ghibli, something about it just draws me in like no other." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46253760)) "which IMO is one of the ways to tell it's a great film" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48268858))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ghost in the Shell](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ghost-in-the-shell.md): 22 recommend
- [Spirited Away](https://hackerapproved.com/p/spirited-away.md): 14 recommend
- [Who Framed Roger Rabbit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/who-framed-roger-rabbit.md): 11 recommend
- [Princess Mononoke](https://hackerapproved.com/p/princess-mononoke.md): 9 recommend
- [Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nausica-of-the-valley-of-the-wind.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Wind Rises", https://hackerapproved.com/p/wind-rises/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).