Common Thought of Sir Rantsalot

When most people think animation, they automatically think kid’s stuff and can’t seem to move past the fact that a lot of animated features have amazing stories.

In Japan, anime (Japanese animation) is key. Among one of the best hailed animators is Hayao Miyazaki, and his Studio Ghibli.

Miyazaki (even though he doesn’t like it), is recognized as the Walt Disney of Japan. His film’s are masterpieces and I can’t think of one in particular that sucks. The lot of his films contain a magical background with hardly any explanation as well as a very imaginative plot.

Take note that his films are weird, but they do not scar, and don’t make you feel uncomfortable about certain scenes.

Even though his films nowadays are released in America by Disney they push past the Disney barrier, it’s hard to fathom by the likes of one that the Disney corporation would even touch something like these.

Key elements in his films contain children in trouble, an epic disaster, as well as random magic. A certain trademark of his includes flight, the way the air reflects off of the hair of a character, the flapping of the clothes, it’s actually quite interesting.

For the next few blogs, I shall be reviewing his works, for they aren’t recognized enough since mostly everybody is thinking that since it’s released by Disney, it’s kid’s stuff. His most recent film was aimed towards children, but that didn’t stop it from being good. To market stuff to children, one should think like a child, and no one captures that as skillfully as Miyazaki-sama. Bravo!

Catch ya on the flipside

Next 5 or 6 blogs will be reviews of my favorite films by him

PS For the record, Walt Disney himself was a genuine P.O.S.

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