My Neighbors the Yamadas
My Neighbors the Yamadas streams on Max and Netflix, so both big-library subscriptions have you covered. It's the odd one out in the Studio Ghibli catalog — a watercolor comic-strip comedy directed by Isao Takahata — and that's exactly why it's worth your evening: no other Ghibli film feels this loose, this funny, or this true about family life.
About
The Yamadas are a gloriously ordinary household: a salaryman dad, a mom with zero enthusiasm for housework, a grandmother with a razor tongue, a teenage son embarrassed by all of them, and a small daughter with a very big voice. Instead of one plot, the film strings together vignettes of their daily life — arguments over the TV remote, forgotten kids at department stores, marriage advice delivered sideways — each sketch drawn in a soft watercolor style that looks like a newspaper comic come to life. It's episodic, gentle, and quietly wise about what keeps a family stuck together.
Information
- Japanese
- ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん
- Premiered
- July 17, 1999
- Episodes
- 1
- Duration
- 104 min per ep.
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studio
- studio ghibli inc.
- Source
- Manga
- Themes
- angst, japanese production, present, family friendly, kids, slice of life
FAQ
It streams on Max and Netflix, alongside most of the Studio Ghibli library.
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