Hayao Miyazaki

To Whom It May Concern: The merits of Fantasy class are just as important as other classic literature classes at a university level. The literature of fantasy read in this class teaches important lessons much like in other famous literatures. For example, a classic American literature class might read Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mocking Bird. A famous story that teaches the importance of empathy. Fantasy works can expand on the idea of empathy and draw a reader in. The story Neverwhere by Neil…

Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki, or Wolf Children in english, is a Japanese animation film created by Studio Chizu and Madhouse. Mamoru Hosoda directed this film, coming from a major success and widely beloved movie that was The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Wolf Children presents the viewer a heart warming tale of a single mother and her journey to raise her children. Meant for a family and general audience, Wolf Children definitely delivers a film for the average movie watcher: an accessible…

Who Do You Think Is The Hero In The Movie "Spirited Away"? by Jenny Vue Many people believe Chihiro is the hero in the movie, but personally, Haku is the main hero even though he doesn't have screen time as much as Chihiro. He was the one who found Chihiro in the spirit world, he was the one who gave her something to eat so she wouldn't disappear, and he was the one who helped her get a job in the bathhouse. The first reason why Haku is the main hero is because when Haku first saw Chihiro, he…

One of the features of the Death Note is an organic fusion of realism with fantasy, with the apparent superiority of realism. Despite of that fact, Shinigami is acting along with people, and the intrigue revolves around the notebook for the murders. Shinigami Ryuk purposely dropped his notebook on Earth, which gives the power to kill people. As he explains it later, he was bored with life in the world of Shinigami and decided to have some fun. Eventually, the notebook quickly finds its owner…

The challenges change Chiyo to a methodical adult entertainer who now embraces her new life after realizing changes are inevitable; she even dreams of finding love despite her predicament. Chiyo left the village a naïve virgin girl who is not very familiar of matters of love. After joining the okiya, she is fast in catching up with the urban ways and even puts her virginity on sale in themizuage ceremony, just like the other ‘civilized’ geishas. Thereafter, she is encounters other men and even a…

Introduction Hayao Miyazaki was born in Tokyo, Japan on January 5, 1941. His early career begin in 1963 as an animator at the studio Toei Douga . Hayao has involved in many early classis of Japanese animation. In 1971, he moved to A Pro with Isao Takahata, then to Nippon Animation in 1973, which Hayao was heavily involved in the World Masterpiece Theater TV animation series for the next five years. Hayao get his first TV series directed in 1978, the series is called Conan, The Boy in Future.…

Criticisms of Japan Among the films in FCLT 306, The Wind Rises & The Grave of the Fireflies were my favorites to watch. Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata created masterpieces of animation, films that promote the beauty of life and examine the effects of war. In the aftermath of World War II, Japan had entered a new era, a time of American occupation and westernization. It was in this time that Japan created a new identity for itself. During the late 1980s, Japan had become one of the largest…

Fairytales, Femininity and Film: Feminine Ideals in American and Japanese Children’s Animation The nature of social expectations evident in children’s animated films is compelling. Socialization structures, values, morals, spirituality, gender expectations, and national culture and identity are all expressed through animated media and marketed toward children. Animation is more than entertainment, it is a major means by which children assimilate culture. Film is one of the most useful sets of…

Spirited Away is an animated film directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki. In this animated feature, Chihiro a 10-year-old girl disapproves of the choice of her parents to move to a new house, especially when she notices that the bouquet of flowers her friend gave her as a good-bye gift is wilting. Chihiro and her parents stumble upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park while searching for their new house. At the abandoned amusement park her mother and father are turned into giant pigs. Chihiro…

named Totoro. Hayao Miyazaki said “My Neighbor Totoro” depicts “two completely different stories” - the fantastic scenes where Totoro is depicted and the ordinary, everyday scenes. Totoro appears for only one third of the…