My favorite animator who is Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki is a Japanese animation film director best known for his works at Studio Ghibli, which he co-founded in 1985 with Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata and Yasuyoshi Tokuma. His large body of works each contain several, but different messages that concern the world. These themes include nuclear power, the environment, war, morality, friendship, family, and self-identity. Miyazaki’s films are consistently made for children and a large body of those films portray young girl as the main character and hero. Among those works is Miyazaki’s representative film, Spirited Away, 2001. Spirited Away shows the journey of a young girl who feels like she has lost everything to find herself and protect the people important to her. Spirited Away is seen to be one of the greatest movies of the 21st century.
Eunhae Mary Park
ANIM223 - HISTORY OF ANIMATION - FALL 2019 