While not my favorite, Ghibli is still Ghibli. I'm not sure what is it that makes a movie a "Ghibli movie". I know the effect - it makes me care about characters and instead of talking about emotions, it induces them, which in turn makes time spent on watching it meaningful and memorable - but I have no idea what causes that effect. The only Ghibli movie that didn't have that effect was Tales from Earthsea (and that is the only Ghibli movie I'd not recommend).