Miyazaki's animism abroad : the reception of Japanese religious themes by American and German audiences / Eriko Ogihara-Schuck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogihara-Schuck, Eriko, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Miyazaki, Hayao.

Motion picture audiences--United States.

Motion picture audiences.

Motion picture audiences--Germany.

Motion pictures, Japanese--United States.

Motion pictures, Japanese.

Motion pictures, Japanese--Germany.

Religion in motion pictures.

Animism--Japan.

Animism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After winning an Oscar for Spirited Away, the Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's animated films were dubbed into many languages. Some of the films are saturated with religious themes distinctive to Japanese culture. How were these themes, or what Miyazaki describes as ""animism,"" received abroad, especially considering that they are challenging to translate? This book examines how American and German audiences, grounded on Judeo-Christian traditions, responded to the animism in Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Anime as a Medium of Inter-Religious Dialogue; Introduction: Animism, Religion and Medium as Contested Terms; One. Animism Challenges Monotheism: Disasters and Japanese Reception of Hayao Miyazaki's Films; Two. Does Monotheism Challenge Animism? Transitions of American and German Adapters' Approaches; Three. Animism and Visuals: Religious and Non- Religious Reviewers' Responses; Conclusion; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1395-8