Archive for 11月, 2009
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 [...]
Translation of Yukio Mishima
If we try to find a worldwide famous Japanese novelist, there wouldn't be many. Maybe Yukio Mishima is one of the few. I've never read the translated books of Yukio Mishima. But I can imagine how it would be a hard work to translate his idea in the different language. His stories are expressed by using very special words in Japanese, which [...]
