Miyazaki – Animation Studies

Robert Jones – ‘To become rich without limit’: Positioning the Miyazaki Antagonist within Technological Contexts of the Japanese Economic Miracle (runner-up)

Posted on September 13, 2020April 25, 2021 by Amy Ratelle, editor (2011-2021)

In the wake of its military defeat in World War II, Japan experienced a period of unprecedented economic change that stretched from 1946 to 1991. This period, referred to as “the Japanese economic miracle”, saw Japan experience huge economic growth and become ‘the world’s second largest capitalist economy’.[1] The economic miracle’s causes are still debated: […]

Cátia Peres – Liberated worlds: Construction of meaning in the universes of Hayao Miyazaki

Posted on May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 by Amy Ratelle, editor (2011-2021)

Making sense of the real world and creating a fictional world I like the expression “lost possibilities.” To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, and a life. To exist here, now means to lose the possibility of being countless other potential selves. (Miyazaki 1996, p. 306) From a cognitive […]

Cátia Peres – Out of Gravity: Physics in animation and in the films of Hayao Miyazaki

Posted on December 27, 2017January 5, 2018 by Amy Ratelle, editor (2011-2021)

Historical context on physics, physicality and behaviour From an historical point of view, physics played a role in animation when defying the laws of physics and physicality since its inception. When Émile Cohl brought Fantasmagorie (1908) to the screen, the world witnessed a figure on a black screen transforming its shape and its physicality, floating […]

Daisuke Akimoto – A Pig, the State, and War: Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta)

Posted on October 1, 2014December 13, 2014 by Amy Ratelle, editor (2011-2021)

Introduction Historically, animated cartoons and movies have been used as ‘propaganda’ in war (Roffat 2011). Some animated films, however, contribute to conveying an anti-war pacifist point of view (Takai 2011). As such, the film Porco Rosso (1992) can be categorized as “anti-war propaganda” (Okuda 2003, p. 144). Although Miyazaki has been attracted by seaplanes designed […]

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Robert Jones – ‘To become rich without limit’: Positioning the Miyazaki Antagonist within Technological Contexts of the Japanese Economic Miracle (runner-up)

Cátia Peres – Liberated worlds: Construction of meaning in the universes of Hayao Miyazaki

Cátia Peres – Out of Gravity: Physics in animation and in the films of Hayao Miyazaki

Daisuke Akimoto – A Pig, the State, and War: Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta)