Tsutomu Miyazaki

Living a life of routine where everything is planned down to the minute, including her sex life. Chihiro begins to grow bored of the regimented life outlined by her husband, causing her to begin an affair with an ex co-worker. Still holding onto admiration for her husband, Chihiro struggles with her life choices, once believing that the lifestyle of a house wife would bring her happiness, she becomes resentful of her existence and longs for something more from life. While contemplating her…

Spirited Away takes place in Japan. In the movie there is a human world and a spirit world. In order to get to the spirit world, one must arrive at an abandoned theme park and walk through it. When it gets dark, the spirits come out, and one is stuck in the spirit world until they find a way to get out. In the spirit world there is a bathhouse; this is where spirits are cleaned. The main character in Spirited Away is Chihiro, or Sen. At the beginning of the movie, Chihiro is shy and easily…

Everyone knows about the American movie business. Millions of dollars go into financing big movie projects just to entertain ourselves away from the real world, and millions of dollars are sent back in tickets to go see these films. Certainly, this business has been booming for the past one-hundred years, and we keep on fueling the fire. Movies aren’t just about entertainment only. Many films have become part of the American culture, and many films from the US show how Americans think and…

(anime), by Hayao Miyazaki, he “has made many famous films including; Laputa: The Castle in The Sky (1986) and Princess Mononoke (1997) and his excellent work has earned him the title of ‘Walt Disney of Japan’” (Dugdale). Even though the film maker decided to retire in 1997, he decided to create Spirited Away after noticing that young girls don’t have much to look out to in the media other that romance, he wanted to create a film “in which they could be heroines” explains Miyazaki. “The film was…

Japanese Animator Miyazaki Miyazaki commonly referred to as "The Japanese Walt Disney" often expresses how much he hates the reference. Miyazaki never wanted to produce or created anything to achieve success, but to continue to make and do what he wanted, what made him happy. Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli from just producing good films. Miyazaki’s career did not start with Studio Ghibli, however. Miyazaki was born in 1941 and began his animation career in 1963 by joining Toei Animation, and…

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…

she takes away the girl’s real name, giver her the new name of Sen. Here, the name change represents a Sen’s initiation into the first stage of adulthood. Sen is introduced to the adult world, a world of new rules, etiquette and most of all, work. Miyazaki, of course, takes this chance to draw a parallel between the Japanese world and the fictitious spirit work. “Sen” literally means one-thousand and certainly seems like an alien name. However, this is exactly how workers are treated in any…

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…

Hayao Miyazaki was born in the Bunkyo-ho district of Tokyo on January 5, 1941. His father, Katsuji Miyazaki, was employed as an aeronautical engineer at a factory owned by Miyazaki’s uncle that manufactured and constructed parts of Japanese fighter planes that were to be deployed in World War II (Cavallaro 29). At the ripe age of three, the Miyazaki family was evacuated from Tokyo, returning four years later. His mother was a strong, courageous, and determined woman, but despite this, she…