This rarely seen gem is a considerable departure for Ghibli in terms of both style and story: its comic strip-style animation (distinctly different from the traditional Ghibli style) was also created entirely on computers, making it the first Ghibli film to be made without traditional hand-drawn animation. In a series of titled vignettes such as A Family Crisis, Marriage Yamada-Style, and Patriarchal Supremacy Restored, Takahata explores the daily lives of the Yamada family. Interweaving the family’s everyday life lessons with whimsical fantasy sequences, My Neighbors the Yamadas is a delightfully offbeat example of Ghibli’s focus on the intricacies of human relationships and the intersections of past and present.