I will only be making and eating foods

from Studio Ghibli films for 24 hours.

Since I did the Disney princess cooking challenge

from last time I have read all your comments

and received a lot of amazing follow-up requests,

but this is one of those that got me really excited

because I love Studio Ghibli films.

I grew up with them.

I even worked at a store that sold Studio Ghibli products.

It's so incredible how they are able

to build these magical worlds from scratch.

Also, the food in every single film of theirs

just looks incredible.

Maybe it's just something to do with anime food,

they always look even better than they do in real life.

Because there's so many films to choose from

I am going to try and pack in as much as I can

within these 24 hours.

I am truly very looking forward to this

because this is something that I've been wanting

to do for such a long time

and now I get to do it with you guys.

So with that being said let's get to the kitchen

and start cooking.

Good morning everyone.

It is the beginning of a brand new day

and I am so pumped to test out all these new recipes

and also really looking forward

to being able to eat all of them.

I feel like for breakfast the most classic one

that we immediately think of is the one

from "Howl's Moving Castle", big strips of bacon

and eggs, but because I feel like

it's a dish that has also been done

so many times already what I'm gonna be making instead

is the ramen from "Ponyo".

I actually grew up eating ramen for breakfast,

it's fairly popular in Hong Kong.

So to me it kinda makes sense,

just that I might be treating myself a little bit.

So with that being said let me show you guys

the ingredients I have.

There's only four ingredients required for this ramen.

The most important thing is this ramen.

The reason I bought this one specifically

is that it actually doesn't require cooking

over the stove top, all you really need to do

is pour hot water and then cover it with a lid

and wait for three minutes.

That's actually exactly what they did in "Ponyo".

Remember how the mom came in, she poured hot water,

so we'll be able to recreate that scene almost exactly.

Ramen aside there's also some scallions

as garnish, as well as a hard boiled egg

and some ham, which Ponyo was obsessed with,

so I had to make sure I got some good ham.

So I think breakfast will be pretty straight forward.

I'm gonna cook the egg really quick,

chop up my scallions, slice the ham

and then we can get the ramen going.

My egg has been boiled, it's all peeled now,

so we're gonna slice it in half.

Nice.

I have all my ingredients ready

it is time to cook the ramen.

This is what the ramen looks like on the inside.

You can see that it's already been flavored.

There's no extra broth packets,

so I'm just going to go ahead and put all this in here.

The instructions say to put 400 milliliters of water.

Then we're just gonna cover it up.

My bowl didn't come with a lid so I'm just using my pot lid,

but I'm setting it now for three minutes on my phone

and I'll probably add the rest of the toppings

around two and a half minutes in.

It is done.

Ta-da.

I love how this looks.

And the noodles are definitely cooked.

It also just smells really good.

I can totally see why Ponyo would love this.

Also, before I start digging in

I'm just gonna make a quick drink.

You guys remember in the film the mom made

this honey drink for both of them

and look at that.

I just remember this scene being so satisfying in the movie.

Pretty much just adding some honey

to a little bit of milk and hot water.

On a cold winter night this is perfect.

Now let me dig into the ramen.

You can see that the noodles are a little flatter.

Oh, I should also try the broth.

Broth is also really good.

It's very much just like chicken soup

with I think some soy sauce.

The texture of this noodle is also I think

more similar to that of cup noodles,

which is probably why it cooks so fast.

I'm almost gonna have a piece of ham.

Ponyo when she saw this she was like, ham!

This is for Ponyo.

As you guys can see just like in the film

this meal is so, so straightforward.

Everybody when we think of "Ponyo" now

we think of this bowl of ramen exactly

and it really is as comforting as it looks.

So I'm gonna finish the rest of this now

before we move on to the next meal.

It is lunchtime and I am ready

to make some more food and eat again.

So for this meal I am thinking of making

the bento box from Totoro.

I remember being amazed by just how much

the older sister, Satsuki could cook.

She was still just a kid,

but she was making these amazing meals

for her family and also these beautiful bento boxes.

So yeah I thought I would give it a try.

I love making bento boxes normally.

I once made a really, really cute one.

I do have a bento box here.

I'll be packing lunch in this tiny little box.

Let me show you guys the ingredients I have.

So again for this meal there are that many ingredients.

Some edamame beans and then I have some fish here,

I believe their called Capelin.

I know my grandma actually just grills these

and eats them with a little bit of salt,

so that's probably what I'm gonna do with that.

Some umeboshi, which is just pickled plums.

This I know is very, very common in Japanese cuisine

people genuinely enjoy this with rice,

which is what we'll be doing today.

And then for the pink portion I have these salmon flakes.

I believe in the film they actually used

another ingredient, sakura denbu,

which I actually used in my pink foods

cooking challenge before, it's basically this

seasoned codfish condiment.

But since I couldn't find it this time

I'm going with this instead.

And then of course over here I have my beautiful rice.

Based on what we see of the ingredients

this is actually a fairly traditional Japanese bento box,

so I am excited to put it together.

Because I don't have a grill at home

I am just going to cook the fish over the stove top.

I'm gonna add some salt and I'm going to let it slowly cook.

In the meantime I going to open this.

This is pretty much already cooked

I just need to microwave them a little bit.

I have all my ingredients ready to go.

Now for my favorite part assembling the bento box.

First up is the rice and there's gonna be a lot of it.

Making bento boxes is one of the most therapeutic things.

Lay our fish right on there, fish flakes,

it's a very fishy bento and then the peas.

Last but not least just half a plum.

There we go.

Ta-da.

That's kinda what it looks like.

What do you think?

Isn't this just so cute?

Really packed with protein.

There's a lot of rice.

If I just packed it up.

This is my little bento box.

I would totally take this to work.

I love this so much.

There's like a considerable amount of weight in this

because of all the rice.

Just the idea of having somebody

pack you a lunch like this.

No wonder the younger sister was so excited.

I would be excited if somebody made me this.

I'm going to dig in.

So this is the fish.

There's a lot of roe on this side.

It definitely reminds me of my grandma's cooking.

She can eat like 10 of these in one meal.

The fish smell is definitely strong, but I like it

and it's perfectly salty,

so we can get a good big bite of rice.

I actually eat this a lot normally

just salmon flakes with the rice.

I knew going there that was gonna be great.

I'm gonna try this pickled plum.

It has a very, very strong flavor

that's like both sweet and savory

with like kind of sourness to it.

It's meant to be eaten with rice

because of the amount of flavor it packs into one bite.

This is very, very enjoyable.

It's so well balanced and it's so convenient.

For those of you who haven't tried making a bento box

before though you should definitely give it a shot.

Another meal down, time for me to do some more work

before we eat some more food I guess.

So it hasn't been that long after lunch,

it's still fairly early in the day.

I just uploaded a cut of my video.

I'm just waiting for notes and I'm craving something sweet

so I think now is a good time to take a mini-break.

I don't know how many of you

actually recognize the character here,

but this is Setsuko, the little girl

from "Grave of The Fireflies".

"Grave of The Fireflies" is my most favorite

Studio Ghibli film.

It is also probably the most depressing,

every time I watch it I cry.

This candy is known as Sakuma drops,

they're these hard candies

that are made with real fruit juice.

This was Setsuko's favorite thing.

Every time she was sad or upset or tired

her brother would give her one of these.

And I think for me because of how young I was

when I first watched the film,

I've always had a fondness for this.

It actually says, since 1908.

And I know for as long as I've been here too

that this packaging has stayed the same.

This is super nostalgic for me.

So this is what it looks like,

it's like the flavors that we see on here.

Already it smells kind of fruity.

It's definitely very sweet but I feel like you do get

a lot more of those natural fruit flavors.

All right I'm gonna continue working now,

but I'm glad to have this by my side.

It is not quite dinner time yet,

it's actually I think around like 4:00pm-ish,

but I thought I would pop into the kitchen for a snack.

Honestly, usually for snacks I'd just grab something light

like saltine crackers or fruits,

but today I am in for a treat because I have

the steamed buns from "Spirited Away".

In the film I believe Chihiro gets these from her friends.

They're just like these giant steamed buns

that I guess is very popular in the bathhouse.

I actually just went ahead and made my own.

I have my own steamed bun recipe

that I shared awhile ago and then I bought

some red bean paste and essentially what I did

was wrap a big chunk of dough around

an equally big chunk of red bean paste