Title: Miyazakiworld : a life in art /
Authors: Napier, Susan Jolliffe
Year: 2018
Subjects: Miyazaki, Hayao, Criticism and interpretation.; Miyazaki, Hayao,; Animators Japan Biography.; Animation (Cinematography) Japan.; Animated films; Animators; Japan
Abstract: The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world.
Contents: Prologue: In search of Miyazakiworld -- Hametsu -- Constructing an animator -- The joy of movement -- Ups and downs : Castle of Cagliostro -- Nausicaä and "the feminine principle" -- Orphans of the sky : Castle in the Sky -- Umbrellas in the haunted forest : transcending national and personal trauma in My Neighbor Totoro -- The witch and the city : time, space, and gender in Kiki's Delivery Service -- Porco Rosso lands in Casablanca -- From messiah to shaman : the Nausicaä manga seeks light in the darkness -- The faces of others : boundary crossing in Princess Mononoke -- The intimate apocalypse of Spirited Away -- The castle, the curse, and the collectivity : Howl's Moving Castle -- Rich and strange : the apocalypse of the innocents in Ponyo -- "A terrible wind" : The Wind Rises -- Conclusion.