Really Cool Talk Work of Hayao Miyazaki

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Really Cool Talk Work of Hayao Miyazaki

• David Powell Jenny Song

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Hayao Miyazaki

• Writer, director, animator
• Co-founder of Studio Ghibli
• Comparable to American animator, Walt Disney
• Hands on in all animation projects
• Considered one of the greatest animators of all
  time

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Films

• Kikis Delivery Service (1989)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

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• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• At the time, highest grossing film in Japan
• Brought him worldwide attention

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• Spirited Away (2001)
• Won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• Highest grossing film in Japan

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• Ponyo on a Cliff
• 9th film at Studio Ghibli
• Final Film (?)
• Release Summer 2008

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Character

• Dynamic characters, neither wholly good nor
  wholly evil
• The protagonists of his films are often strong,
  independent girls or young women the villains,
  when present, are often morally ambiguous
  characters with redeeming qualities.

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Themes

• humanity's relationship to nature and
  technology, and the difficulty of maintaining a
  pacifist ethic.
• Miyazaki holds the view that "to be successful,
  companies have to make it possible for their
  female employees to succeed."
• Flight is a recurring theme

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The End

• Hayao Miyazaki is my hero!