‘Animation & Manga’ Archives
TOTORO is a symbol of our heart
My Neighbor Totoro is a imaginary story which is based on Japanese time of 1958. That time, Japan was still trying hard to recover from the damage of the war in both economy and spirit of people. Although the material world in Japan is not at all as enough as present time, some kind of pure hope and dream for the future filled the hearts of the [...]
Laputa as No.1
LAPUTA of the sky castle is the Japanese original title. "Castle in the sky" is a good conversion in English. This story was based on the imaginary castle in the sky which was casted in 19th century of Wales, UK. Miyazaki went to Wales England some years before this movies production started, so maybe the image of the trip influenced his basic [...]
Meiji University Manga Library will open
Meiji University announced they will open a new Manga and Animation ( Anime) Library in the university and they will start preparing for the opening in 5 years. The library will have over 2 million items, which will be the biggest collection in Japan. Now Manga or animation is a kind of new culture for world youngster. This library will [...]
Anime or Animation becomes Global Standard
// Japanese animation is becoming more popular in the world. Animation is called ANIME in Japan just like a nickname, but this nickname is also becoming world wide standard when fans mean Japanese animation. Among Japanese animation works, there are some very high quality works as Hayao Miyazaki's works, who won many prizes in the world [...]
Castle in the Sky changed my mind
Laputa, or the English title, Castle in the Sky, is probably my most favourite work of Hayao Miyazaki. First of all, I watched this movie when I was young, maybe in the middle 20's, so all the impression I got was fresh and unforgettable. Timing was good to see this for me. Of course this movie still tells me a lot, but the first impression was [...]
Yakushima & Mononoke Hime (Princes Mononoke)
Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece, Princess Mnonoke ( Mononoke Hime) was released in 1997. That's 10 years ago but the quality of the film still remains the same without getting old. Pricess Mononoke was really a total masterpiece in plot, art, and fusion of the talent. Staff of Hayao Miyazaki film team went to Yakushima island situated [...]
Lupin the 3rd, Castle of Cagliostro 1
Lupin the 3rd is a very famous and popular Japanese manga or animation series. First of all it started as Manga books but later it expanded into films as the popularity becomes high. Among the films, the most famous and popular one is " Lupin the 3rd, Castle of the Cagliostro". Some may know that this was the first work by the director [...]
Joe Hisaishi works for business
// Joe Hisaishi is a renowned composer of Japan. He produced many splendid music works with Hayao Miayazaki, Takeshi Kitano and more film makers and many of them got international prizes at contests. His ability is arguably the god-sent talent and we still expect his new works to come out. Recently I read his book. He explained in the book [...]
Princess Mononoke by Hayao Miyazaki & Joe Hisaishi
// Well, this ultimate beauty needs no explanation. Its beyond words. Again this music is composed by Joe Hisaishi for the amazingly great movie, Princess Mononoke directed by master director, Hayao Miyazaki. I have no word for this movie. It's just a Japanese culture and it's a complete form of talent realized by the collaboration of [...]
Tetsuwan Atom is reborn as Astroboy
// Tetsuwan Atom is a Japanese animation character. I do think all the Japanese know this animation even if some didn't see the TV series in 1960's. Atom is a national animation, national hero and national idol when Japan was in the mood of postwar. Japan wanted to recover from waste and deserted cities. They worked hard for the dream of [...]
