Haven't watched the other miyazaki movies so I'm not the person to recommend them.
And Rebecca is very obviously not a child. She's just short. She literally gave a dude a blow job barely off screen no way would that shit fly if she was a minor. Lol.
I find that if you want good anime recommendations, the recommendation must come from someone that doesn't like anime. Anime fans tend to be really out of touch with certain baselines... like not being an open pervert.(I've seen that hentai hoodie, don't lie.) Also people who don't like anime can distinguish between "good for an anime" and "good".
So I offer mine: Cyberpunk Edgerunners and Spirited Away.
It really does seem the wealthy are locking in people's current economic class right now.
I want to grind out an online Bachelor's because that's the only way to get above minimum wage anymore, but it still feels hard as fuck. I'm still going to try because I'm not dead yet but still...
Because capitalism has beaten every last will I have.
It won't get better because we are, in fact, waiting to die.
Dear other countries: don't let the bastards win. They already have here.
Edit: I'm depressed as fuck, please don't let my doomsaying hurt you. Sorry.
In these days I can appreciate a headline that actually makes me laugh.
Most religions "ask" you to not be a dick head, while constantly psychologically encouraging you to be a turbo dick head, even promoting you if you're a big enough dick.