Joe Hisaishi

Biography Joe Hisaishi was born on December 6, 1950 in Nagano, Japan under the name Mamoru Fujisawa. His musical training started early on, when he began to take violin lessons at age five. It was around this time that he first discovered his passion for music. Fujisawa truly began to explore this passion in the 70’s, during which, a cultural menagerie of Japanese popular music, new-age, and early electronic music flourished. Inevitably, those genres influenced Fujisawa's early compositions. (Wikipedia)

Hayao Miyazaki’s oscar award winning Spirited Away was the first Japanese anime film to win an Oscar. To see how this animated feature film won this grand award, this paper will talk about the writing, music, and sound design of this film. Hayao Miyazaki was born on January 5, 1941 in a town called Akebono-cho in Bunkyō, Tokyo. His father ran a business that manufactured plane rudders during World War II. At the age of 3, Miyazaki’s family had to evacuate numerous times to escape bombings in their

When do we truly grow up? In most modern day societies, there is a legal age where young people legally become adults, in this country it is once the clock strikes 12 on the 18th birthday. In popular science, becoming mature means your prefrontal cortex has finally fully developed around 24 or 25 years of age for important decision making moments. Others perceive being all grown up when they move out and are no longer dependent on their parents any longer. In, Hayao Miyazaki’s most acclaimed animation

I selected the film Princess Mononoke from director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. The animated film consists of the genres action, adventure, fantasy, drama, and historical. Mamoru Fujisawa, also known professionally as Joe Hisaishi, is the sole composer of the film Princess Mononoke. The music pinpointed the battles that would take place in the film and even introductions of some integral characters that would have an affect on the story. The music even highlighted and enhanced the climax of

Studio Ghibli is probably one of my most preferred animation studios out there. Their best movies typically contain powerful female lead characters, which is awesome since you don’t really see that in animation. It's difficult to find female characters who take the situation in their own hands without waiting for a prince charming to come save the day. Miyazaki, the lead animator is a genius for coming up with many creative storylines and significant illustrations. Princess Mononoke (1997) Princess

Director Miyazaki illustrated in “Spirited Away” and “Ponyo” how love, identity, perseverance, and adversity can conquer anything. At the beginning of the movies, we see how food and water set Chihiro, Sosuke, and Ponyo’s entire adventures, and the conflict they endure and how they were perceived in the spirit and human worlds. The spirit world was less tolerant of anything different whereas the human world was more welcoming; however, they both illustrated the same message about how people should

Hayao Miyazaki’s film, Spirited Away, depicts the journey of a young girl, Chihiro, into the spirit world and the struggle to escape back into the real world with her parents. Chihiro is the protagonist in Spirited Away. She is a ten year old girl moving to a new house in a new town. While travelling to the new house, her parents take a wrong shortcut which end up in front of a tunnel. After entering into tunnel they found it was the entrance to abandoned theme park which was closed a long time ago

Spirited Away, titled Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi in Japan, follows a young girl named Chihiro on an adventurous, yet threatening journey into a magical realm after her parents are turned into pigs. She forms relationships with people that will help her find her way back home such as Haku, Zeniba, and Mr. Kamaji. She also encounters those like Yubaba who try to make her time in the realm of spirits difficult. Spirited Away quickly became Japan’s highest grossing film of all time. It received many

Exemplar: Spirited Away Spirited Away is the story of a young hero named Chihiro. When making the journey to her new home, a detour into a sketchy amusement park sends Chihiro away from her world and into the spirit world. Our hero is suddenly faced with a dilemma; her parents are pigs (both literally and metaphorically), and the tunnel connecting the human world and the spirit world has been blocked. In order to return to her world safely alongside her parents, Chihiro must survive in the spirit

“Give 110%” this quote is usually uttered to athletes who are struggling to find motivation or to push through a workout. It is pretty obviously a hyperbole. We usually over emphasize what we want our children to learn. It seems that Miyazaki followed this pattern in his film Spirited Away, specifically in his character Chihiro. In the story Chihiro gives 110%. She is always humble and willing to do anything with very little personal gain involved. Chihiro is a very idealistic representation of