Similarites Between Hayao Miyazaki Films

They all obviously had to do with spirits and gods. One thing I noticed between Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke were the huge blob-like creatures. Whenever the spirits went mad, they turned into the creature that took over and left gunk everywhere. Another similarity was the main character usually did something heroic. They saved someone or someplace. Like Ms. Chiang said, they like to pull things out of some nasty substance. In Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, the spirits was kind of misjudged. People thought they were bad, but they were usually just possessed or misguided. The main character revealed that they were good. The animals/spirits always gave help to the characters. In all three films, there are basically two main characters that help out each other. And obviously, they were all good movies.