Talk:Styles and themes of Hayao Miyazaki

Curses and Change
I have no citations, but many Miyazaki films involve a curse as a central plot device, sometimes even upon the protagonist (Howl, Porco Rosso). I was wondering if anyone could expand on this?ProfNax (talk) 02:56, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Page creation
This page contains text previously living on the main Miyazaki bio page. I created this new page and moved everything over here. This was to tidy the bio page up to standards. I could not find any other creator bio on wikipedia with a themes section, not even a creator as analysed as Shakespeare or Kafka, and I found it was too long and contained too much sideways detail on the films to belong on his bio. I modelled this new page on a similar one for Jane Austen as this seemed the best guide. Please feel free to contact me if you want to work on this page together or if you have any ideas to improve it. Silverwood (talk) 14:35, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Original research
As soon as I can get a copy of the Miyazaki interview book I will add some more references but in the meantime I think the page now has quite a range of sources. Does anybody object if I remove the "original research" tag? I'll leave it up to encourage more work for now. Silverwood (talk) 14:46, 14 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Which interview book? I may have it. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:20, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I was thinking of a book called Starting Point: 1979-1996. I'll be getting it in a few months. I hoped it might help me to validate some of the sections on this page that appear to be original research. I didn't write most of this page myself but I'm happy with most of the content, it just needs sourcing. Silverwood (talk) 14:13, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I stumbled accross this article by accident and do not have the time right now but can be interresting. Google Scholar actually gives a lot of sources, some freely available . --Anneyh (talk) 09:56, 5 June 2010 (UTC)


 * A lot of OR and dubious claims here. Like distinct good vs evil. Contradicted by Nau/Mononoke interpretations, even Lupin doesn't have an "evil" character. The fragile Earth in the environmentalism section is really dubious, because Miyazaki repeatedly stresses the spirituality and healing powers of nature, in several films he shows its ability to withstand great harm and still repair itself. Love... yeah, but its more complex. Pacifism is fine. Flight, fine. Politics... needs expansion. Feminism is missing a lot of content. Children and childhood, yes, but its not just that. Water needs more citations.... they all do. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 21:12, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Eyes
This article needs a section to explain why his films are set in Japan but have American/European-looking characters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.23.51.52 (talk) 19:00, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Why exactly? That does not contribute relevant information; this article is about the styles and theme of Hayao Miyazaki. Style here does not refer to how it is drawn. Beside, most American/Europeans (i.e. caucasian) have prominent nose that the characters lack, and it is more apparent if you observe caucasian designated characters in Miyazaki's film. In addition, not all Japanese people have small eyes and dark skin, and that is not a rare thing either. The characters may or may not be Japanese-looking depending on your bias, ignorance, or perception (mostly ethnocentrism). 50.175.0.171 (talk) 21:29, 20 January 2014 (UTC)


 * It is not a big deal and there is no need to include it in this page unless you have something against Japanese artists. The godfather of anime was Osamu Tezuka who was heavily influenced by Disney and his way of drawing characters. Elements of what is sometimes called his "large eye style" persist in modern anime and manga, giving what some consider a western appearance to characters. You'll also notice it in American cartoons to... Silverwood (talk) 17:26, 27 January 2014 (UTC)