Hayao Miyazaki

original Toy Story is referenced in every Pixar film at least once. With this, many meticulously watched Toy Story 3 browsing every scene for the “Easter Eggs,” and were shocked to discover a plush Totoro doll: Totoro, a character from the 1988 Hayao Miyazaki movie, My Neighbor Totoro (Fujiki 152–157). This astonished viewers because…

started enjoying the cuisine, visited China town in Chicago multiple times where a fairly large Hmong community resides and became a fan of anime movies directed by Hayao Miyazaki. A close friend of mine is a Hmong-American and she shares stories and facts about the lifestyle from time to time; a combination of the movies by Hayao show a glimpse of customs that are foreign to me. As a result, I’ve been curious about the different traditions and values in that particular region of Asia for a…

curious to know how when the characters grow up will be like, what will happen, ... very few movie was made in the heyday of Disney derived from the real-life stories. Miyazaki is different, he often based on stories from real-life and created new characters of his movie. Next, the different transmissions massages: The movies of Miyazaki always carry the message about ecological environment protection ( like "Princess Mononoke", "My neighbors Totoro", ...) but the transmission messages in his…

Hello, I am Selena Yuan. My birth name is Xiaoya Yuan. Since it is hard for most people to pronounce my name, my parents changed it to Selena. Therefore, Selena is my English name. I have a family of four people: my parents, my younger brother who is nine years old and me. We have a dog, his name is Milky, 11 months old, the breed is Samoyed. My family and I came from China. We immigrated to the US one and half years ago. Back in China, we lived in Beijing. We left China in the middle of my…

calling Totoro a ‘God of Death’ and a ‘grim reaper’. Could the friendly guardian Totoro actually be a spirit of death or simply a curious forest spirit who wishes only well for the two girls he finds? Many people have wondered if the movie’s creator Hayao Miyazaki was purposefully using the Sayama incident…

the normal to make a film that is close to those who create it. Directors that have made various films have been known to reiterate topics within their films, but be told through a different narrative and bring forth beliefs through their creation. Hayao Miyazaki’s films critique certain themes such as having strong female characters,…

Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli, is one of the most widely acclaimed animation directors of all time. While Studio Ghibli is often nicknamed, “The Disney of Japan”, it more than stands on its own and, in my opinion, is superior in terms of storytelling and visuals. He is most known for his movie, My Neighbor Totoro, whose titular creature has become the mascot for the studio and an icon in Japanese media. While most reviews you would find for this movie are overwhelmingly positive…

alive during this time, and though it was popular in Japan, it hadn’t reached an American audience yet. It was not until the mid 1980’s that anime become more mainstream in America. This is due in a large part to the popularity of the films of Hayao Miyazaki including My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service. Anime really hit off it in the U.S. during 1990’s. This is when Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, and other anime began airing on Cartoon Network’s Toonami, which allowed it to reach a…

This English course has turned out quite better than what I would expect it to be for an online student. There was few difficult times for me in this course; however, it was not because of the assignments themselves. It was because of me having to have surgery the last week of this class. Which resulted in having to turn in my assignments earlier than my peers. There were many things that I did learn about the course as well as my thoughts on how a course may be different than what you would…

Fantasy is a beloved and popular genre from books to movies. Lots of cartoons consist of fantasy characteristics. In 1997 famous cartoonist, Hayao Miyazaki, released a historical fantasy anime film titled Princess Mononoke. It was released in Japan on July 12, 1997 and then on October 29, 1999 in the United States. Princess Mononoke is a movie about a prince who gets involved in the struggle between the forest gods, a mining colony, and the wolf princess, San. Ashitaka, the prince, was cursed…