Studio Ghibli

Globalization has changed and shaped how we perceive the world for the past centuries. With the emerging trends of technological advancement, humans nowadays live in much more convenient lives as a results of benefitting from it. From the ability to order foods online, call an Uber through smartphones to communication face-to-face from the other side of the world, everything is within reach and thus implement our digital-active lifestyle. However, with great power comes great responsibilities,…

Throughout the progression of human history, technological advancements have always been made at the expense of altering and harming the environment; so much so that one of the five types of conflict highlighted in literary writing is human vs. nature. One such story that addresses this conflict is Princess Mononoke by Japanese storyteller Hiyao Miyazaki. Although appearing to be a simple animated children’s tale of a boy thrown into a fight between spiritual beings and the human civilization…

Hayou Miyazaki’s film “Spirited Away” is immersed on the transformation and empowerment of the protagonist, a 10-year-old girl named Chihiro, while confined in a supernatural realm once her parents are placed under an evil spell and transformed into pigs. Miyazaki’s film takes a jab at our society by digging into what mankind has produced, and what a woman has to offer it, eliminating violence and encouraging empathy. Miyazaki exposes themes of feminism and human impact on the environment…

The film Beasts of the Southern Wild is a fantasy drama film set in America, which involves two main characters, Wink and Hushpuppy. Hushpuppy is Wink’s daughter and they both overtake many obstacles together. Spirited away is an animation film whose main characters are a family of three: Chihiro and her parents. The family is moving to another Japanese town when they come across a hidden spirit world that seems like an abandoned theme park. The films Beast of the Southern Wild and Spirited Away…

InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass is my all-time favorite movie. It is an anime (short for Japanese animation) with romance, action, and fantasy. The second movie in the InuYasha series, yet this movie is animated from the manga not the television show. It holds so dear to me because it helped cultivate my love of anime. InuYasha tackles feelings of uncertainty about the future, healing after family wounds, how to move on from family addictions and loneliness. InuYasha…

female who understands the injustice of the women 's positions in society”(studio-ghibli.wikia.com). “While she 's definitely the antagonist of the film, she 's not exactly a typical villain; she gets a number of moments of praise. While she blows off the heads of samurai, and uses apes for target practice, she also frees prostitutes from brothels, takes in lepers, into her society… Nevertheless, she 's a grey character” (studio-ghibli.wikia.com). Lady Eboshi, is like a modern human who accepts…

Animators have the best inspirational believe for many people to see life in another perspective. Animation is created for everyone to view the different experiences life experiences based on genres. Similarly, it depends on how the animators show their personal perceptions and experiences in their storylines. Meanwhile, the audience can see the animators’ point of view or have another perspective towards the animators’ goal. A successful animator is able to create a captivating storyline and…

Hayao Miyazaki is not your typical contemporary artist. He doesn’t focus his art in creating paintings nor sculptures, he does something else in a way where he can capture the eye of people from different demographics. Miyazaki is the kind of artist who’s not afraid to speak up his mind when creating his works. He’s certainly known for his boldness when it comes to tackling grave issues in our society. In his movies, he had referred to issues like war, environmental depletion, the inequities…

In Miyazaki’s Spirited Away the role of memory allows a person, river or spirit to leave the spirit world and assume one’s original identity and name in which Youbaba takes from you. Throughout the story Haku reminds Sen to remember that her true name is Chihiro. If Sen forgets that she is Chihio, then she will never be able to leave and Haku is in that position. Also Chihiro’s memory also keeps her attached to her parents because if she forgets which pigs are parents, then she will not be able…

Hayao Miyazaki is considered as one of the greatest animated filmmaker of his time. Studio Ghibli’s works are a breakthrough in modern animation, bringing both reality and fantasy together in a whole other level and give the audience something that they can keep with them long after they have seen the films. It’s more than a moral to the story, and more than a lesson that we must learn from the protagonist’s adventure(s). Miyazaki’s movies are not black and white, but actually rather more…