Miyazakiworld : a life in art / Susan Napier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Napier, Susan Jolliffe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941---Criticism and interpretation.

Miyazaki, Hayao.

Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941-.

Animators--Japan--Biography.

Animators.

Animation (Cinematography)--Japan.

Animation (Cinematography).

Criticism and interpretation.

Japan.

Animated films.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Miyazaki world

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]

Summary:

The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world.

"A thirtieth-century toxic jungle, a bathhouse for tired gods, a red-haired fish girl, and a furry woodland spirit--what do these have in common? They all spring from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki, one of the greatest living animators, known worldwide for films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and The Wind Rises. Japanese culture and animation scholar Susan Napier explores the life and art of this extraordinary Japanese filmmaker to provide a definitive account of his oeuvre. Napier insightfully illuminates the multiple themes crisscrossing his work, from empowered women to environmental nightmares to utopian dreams, creating an unforgettable portrait of a man whose art challenged Hollywood dominance and ushered in a new chapter of global popular culture"--Dust jacket.

Contents:

Prologue: In search of Miyazakiworld

Hametsu

Constructing an animator

The joy of movement

Ups and downs : Castle of Cagliostro

Nausicaä and "the feminine principle"

Orphans of the sky : Castle in the Sky

Umbrellas in the haunted forest : transcending national and personal trauma in My Neighbor Totoro

The witch and the city : time, space, and gender in Kiki's Delivery Service

Porco Rosso lands in Casablanca

From messiah to shaman : the Nausicaä manga seeks light in the darkness

The faces of others : boundary crossing in Princess Mononoke

The intimate apocalypse of Spirited Away

The castle, the curse, and the collectivity : Howl's Moving Castle

Rich and strange : the apocalypse of the innocents in Ponyo

"A terrible wind" : The Wind Rises

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-288) and index.

ISBN:

0300226853

9780300226850

OCLC:

1024157524