Really Cool Talk –
Work of Hayao
Miyazaki
David Powell & Jenny Song
Hayao Miyazaki
 Writer, director, animator
 Co-founder of Studio Ghibli
 Comparable to American animator, Walt
Disney
 Hands on in all animation projects
 Considered one of the greatest animators
of all time
Films
 Kiki’s Delivery
Service (1989)
 My Neighbor Totoro
(1988)
 Princess Mononoke
(1997)
 At the time, highest
grossing film in
Japan
 Brought him
worldwide attention
 Spirited Away (2001)
 Won the Academy
Award for Best
Animated Feature
 Highest grossing film
in Japan
 Ponyo on a Cliff
 9th film at Studio
Ghibli
 “Final Film” (?)
 Release Summer
2008
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Character
 Dynamic characters, neither wholly good
nor wholly evil
 “The protagonists of his films are often
strong, independent girls or young
women; the villains, when present, are
often morally ambiguous characters with
redeeming qualities.”
Themes
 “…humanity's relationship to nature and
technology, and the difficulty of
maintaining a pacifist ethic.”
 Miyazaki holds the view that "to be
successful, companies have to make it
possible for their female employees to
succeed."
 Flight is a recurring theme
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The End
Hayao Miyazaki is my
hero!