‘Animation & Manga’ Archives
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 [...]
Ghibli Museum in Tokyo for Hayao Miyazaki Anime Fans
// Hayao Miyazaki fans or Studio Ghibli fans maybe know that there is a Ghibli museum in Tokyo, Japan. It's a very very popular attraction in Tokyo which gathers a lot of people every day from all the parts of Japan and from the world. If you have a chance to visit Tokyo, this place is one of the top recommendation to visit for [...]
Spirited Away / Itsumo Nandodemo
When I first listened to this song at the end of the fantastic movie by Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away, I felt like I was melting into the memory of my childhood. Spirited Away is an Academy Award wining movie, that's why this became the most famous anime movie in the USA. Some American firends asked me about this song. They say this [...]
