#GhibliBracket results:

in 1st place, with an incredible 91 out of 92 possible points, is @JuliePosselt 🥇, who donated to the Pilgrim School https://www.pilgrim-school.org

Check out Julie's books on equity in STEM & graduate admissions—I'm a fan.

Congratulations Julie! Thanks to everyone for playing along!

The losing movies all still exist, & in the US almost all are on HBO Max.

Those who pledged to donate to one of the top bracketeers' charities: please do! They're all in this thread.

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#GhibliBracket results:

in 2nd place, with 80 points, is
@jefowlerjr 🥈, who donated to The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/fundraise/

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#GhibliBracket results:

In 5th place with 73 points is me! I gave to the Equal Justice Initiative https://eji.org/ and so should you 💗

And now for the medalists' podium:
Tied for 3rd place, with 78 points, are Bill @wjrl 🥉 , who donated to the West Seattle Food Bank https://westseattlefoodbank.org/

and @writerethink 🥉, who gave to Foodlink https://foodlinkny.org/

Equal Justice Initiative

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Equal Justice Initiative

#GhibliBracket results:

In 8th place with 42 points is @valen, who gave to FUSP Food Pantry

In 7th place with 54 points is @sgrella's "brain bracket"; Stephanie gave to the Canadian Cancer Society https://cancer.ca/en

In 6th place with 63 points is @geyserite; Mara gave to The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

#GhibliBracket results:

Tied for 9th place, with 32 points each, are:

@sgrella, who donated to the National Alliance on Mental Illness https://www.nami.org

@Justin_Lind, who donated to GiveWell: Malaria Consortium's Seasonal Malaria Prevention https://www.givewell.org/charities/malaria-consortium

and Joe Martin, who gave to Feeding America https://www.feedingamerica.org/

Home | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

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#GhibliBracket results:

In 13th place with 28 points is Liza Fowler, who donated to the Humane Society https://www.humanesociety.org/

In 12th place with 29 points is @Irmeliten who donated to Médecins Sans Frontières https://www.msf.org/

The Humane Society of The United States

Humane Society is the nation's most effective animal protection and animal welfare charity working to end suffering for all animals.

The Humane Society of the United States

The #GhibliBracket is over!

Champion: SPIRITED AWAY
2nd Place: PRINCESS MONONOKE
3rd Place: MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
4th Place: HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

In the rest of this thread I will count down the top bracketeers & name the charities to which they donated a total of US$687.00!
Who had their finger on the pulse of Mastodonian anime preferences??

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I can't take this Howl's Moving Castle slander in @sbarolo #GhibliBracket 🫣
I was hoping Howl’s Moving Castle would make it to the top, but this is not too shabby. Princess Mononoke is not half bad, either. #GhibliBracket