The Wind Rises
Shares rank 11 of 19 animated films by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Emotional pull that draws viewers in
“The Wind Rises is my favorite Ghibli, something about it just draws me in like no other.”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “1300 Still Images from the Animated Films of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli (2023)” “Please, don’t make me cry like that.”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “1300 Still Images from the Animated Films of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli (2023)” Beautiful, painstakingly drawn scenes
“the way I wrote this sentence mirrors this beautiful scene from The Wind Rises”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: 1 year from today what will have been the worst behavior from AI corps?” “There's the famous 4 second crowd scene which took a year to draw.”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: Is there a reliable way to tell if an image is AI generated?” Regarded as a great film
“The Wind Rises is my favorite Ghibli, something about it just draws me in like no other.”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “1300 Still Images from the Animated Films of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli (2023)” “which IMO is one of the ways to tell it's a great film”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Magnifica Humanitas (Encyclical Letter)”
Other animated films people recommend
The four most recommended other animated films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost in the Shell | 22 | 5 | 81% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Spirited Away | 14 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 11 | 1 | 92% | 3 | — | — |
| Princess Mononoke | 9 | 2 | 82% | 3 | — | — |
| The Wind RisesThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“which IMO is one of the ways to tell it's a great film”
“There's the famous 4 second crowd scene which took a year to draw.”
“the way I wrote this sentence mirrors this beautiful scene from The Wind Rises”
“I think The Wind Rises should speak well to any tech worker these days”
“The Wind Rises is my favorite Ghibli, something about it just draws me in like no other.”
“Please, don’t make me cry like that.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.