Hayao Miyazaki Reflection

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Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most renowned figures in the world of anime, and animation in general. In his capacities as director, producer, scriptwriter, animator, author, manga artist, and Studio Ghibli 's co-owner, he has shaped the field, as he brought anime to the attention of the world audience, for something more than a genre simply directed to teenagers.
"Spirited Away", his magnum opus, became the highest grossing film in the history of Japanese cinema, and was the first anime to win an Oscar. In 2014 he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his impact in cinema and animation, being only the second Japanese to win this award, after Akira Kurosawa.
Considered one of the greatest storytellers of our time, he has been presenting titles of …show more content…

According to Miyazaki, and in direct connection with his environmentalism, nature, almost always finds the way to restore balance with mankind
Once more, though, Miyazaki is disillusioned about reality and his optimism is kind of "tempered", since, in the majority of his films a lot of awful things also happen, before the redemption offered by the ending.
6. Scripts that look like fairytales but are actually quite complex
Despite the fact that, “I don 't have the story finished and ready when we start work on a film. I usually don 't have the time. So the story develops when I start drawing storyboards. The production starts very soon thereafter, while the storyboards are still developing,” as Miyazaki has stated, and the fact that they look like fairytales, his stories are quite complex and meaningful.
This trait appears in all his films, but the most distinct example derives from "Spirited Away," which uses an utterly fantastic setting to portray the psychology and thoughts of ten year olds, while making a sharp remark for the current generation.
Through similar settings, Miyazaki presents his view on ecology, war, the dark side of people, violence, politics and many more, by artfully using a plethora

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