Hayao Miyazaki Research Paper

Miyazaki’s childhood was short as he was born January 5, 1941 during World War II, thus without exception, his films main characters are children, deal with growing up and often consist of one young female lead and one young male lead. This is evident in My Neighbor Totoro (1988) as the two main characters are young girls who, unlike adults, can see and befriend the spirits of the spirit world. In Spirited Away (2001), the leading character Chihiro is a young girl who must deal with growing up, similarly to Kiki in Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989). Princess Mononoke (1997) also features these stock characters in the form of young San, adopted daughter of the wolf goddess Moro and Prince Ashitaka, a young girl and boy. Hayao Miyazaki has expressed strong feelings about childhood, saying that it's a paradisiacal time when, "you're protected by your parents and unaware of the problems around you". Miyazaki’s upbringing during World War II would explain another unique mark of his films, that being his interest in flight.

In many people’s opinions, animation means funny and humor and designed for children. The content of the animation is nothing more than fairy tales, legends, fables, etc. Animation even becomes a symbol of Disney cartoon. However, if we re-examine the animation from another point of view, we will find that it has grown out of a single commercial mode constraints. Some of the animations are complicated, obscure and abstract. Variety kinds of visual images in it stimulate the audience's optic nerves. This is the salient features of experimental animation. Experimental animation belongs to the field which between film and pure art. Innovation is the soul of it. In the production process, the

As a young student Morimura loved to draw in the traditional Western style. He copied Western masters largely because his school, like most art schools in Japan, taught Western art and art history. As a young, emerging, talented artist, he had trouble deciding how much his style would reflect the Western influence of his education and how much would draw from his native heritage. He settled on an aspect of Japanese performance, using "psychological makeup," to jumble and redefine the common texts of Western culture, especially movie stars, who he was inspired by.

Hello, my name is Mariko Makishi. I am a second year student in Linn Benton Community College.

It was March 13, 1942. Yoshiko Imamoto was arrested by a pair of FBI agents because, like many other Japanese Americans during WWII, she was suspected of being a Japanese spy.

Japan is been always known for their unique artstyle, but none is more influential on both Japanese and western cultural than Katsushika Hokusai. Many consider his paintings the pinnacle of art in the Edo period. The old man of many names is a true part of both japanese and art culture.

The director Miyazaki utilizes both physical and visual elements as represented by the characters, in order to communicate and individualize unique character traits and contrasting personalities. Miyazaki’s placing emphasis on character development is a significant aspect of not only the narrative, but also asserts how each gender is represented in a different way.

(May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music. With his ever-changing directions in music, Davis was at the forefront of a number of major stylistic developments in jazz over his five-decade career.[1]

Questioning the correlation of commercial success and true artistry began in the light of mainstream music. Mainstream music has been given a negative connotation due to the supposed lack of originality of the artists. Repetitive chord progressions and meaningless lyrics compose the majority of “mainstream music,” making each song sound like the next . Despite these patterns in music, artists still ventured outside of what was societally normal and created music that was unheard of. Despite the potential risks in being an individual in the music industry, several groups achieved high success and maintain the popularity in the present. Creativity and commercial success can definitely exist alongside one another, and this paper will prove that through the music of the Beatles, the performance styles of David Bowie, and the grunge movement in Seattle which was fueled by Nirvana.

For longer than anyone can remember, we have created and performed stories for each other. Plays, puppet shows, and other forms of moving stories. Something to pass the time. But then there came the world of animation; pictures, presented one after another, so that it looks like a moving picture.

Our sculpture is titled Insensatez- meaning that acting with ignorance will only bring problems. After looking at a photo of an albatross that had its stomach cut open to reveal the insides are full of trash inspired us to create a sculpture representing the same effect that pollution in the ocean has on humans. We wanted to keep our sculpture as simplistic as possible so that the message of our sculpture would impact our audience much more. In order to emphasize the effect of bioaccumulation, in our sculpture, we began to paint the board of the sculpture black and using black plastic bags, as ripples, to represent an oil spill. Then we created a human, from the waist up, out of chicken wire and paper mache which we painted

Giovanni di Mone Cassai, also know as Massacio, was an artist who really embodied the artistic themes seen during the renaissance in quattrocento Italy. Massacio “epitomizes the innovative spirit of the early-15th-century Florentine painting.” (Kliener 461) While most young artists of the 15th century partook in the normal practice of imitating their master’s style, Massacio broke from this trend, which ultimately allowed him to develop an incredibly original style of painting that played a massive role in influencing artists of his time and many generations to come. Though Massacio died at the age of 27, works like Tribute Money (ca. 1424-1427) showcase his masterful artistic talents.

Post-war Japanese society is a world where High and Low art is blurred together by otaku, such as anime, and social class. However, Takashi Murakami straddles the line. Murakami spills a mix of Nihanga and Otaku into the canvases, plastic toys, handbags, shoes, etc; endorsing his own theory/style named “Superflat”. Using strategical subject matter such as popular Japanese comic figures combined with ukiyo-e(traditional Japanese block prints), and addressing these contrasting qualities to outside cultures; Murakami intensifies what Pop Art accomplished, art versus material. On other feelings, one could argue that “Superflat” isn’t a unique, Japan-identified style, that “Superflat” is a humiliation to the Contemporary Art world because of its commercialism. Lastly, that is a continuation of the already well developed Pop Art. On the supporting side, Murakami’s “Superflat” is a high-energy, cross-culture style that serves as a new way to represent the high and low of art that is considerably unique to Japan. To support this, Murakami’s past and present artwork will have to be established chronologically to illustrate how the timeline affects his work.

In a world where technology is rapidly developing and evolving, it is sometimes hard to keep up with the changes that are made. When looking back on changes that are made it is particularly interesting to look at the development of animation over history. Today when one thinks about animation it is impossible not to think of Disney and their major motion pictures. The Shreck films, Finding Nemo, and Happy Feet, to name just some of the dozens of animated films Disney has produced, raked in million upon millions of dollars at the box office, and have been hit films with people in all age groups.

When one thinks about the cartoons of the past, like TigerSharks, ThunderCats, and G.I. Joe, one will remember the rich story lines, the wild character profiles, and the inspiring battle cries of "Yo Joe" and "Thunder, Thunder, ThunderCats, Ho!!" With technology changing every day, a new form of animation has arisen. This new form is called "Japanimation" or "Anime." It is slowly becoming a part of this culture just as much as hamburgers and pizza. It still has a long way to go, but it is slowly creeping into the American genre of animation.