merryJim 1 Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Anyone seen the new Miyazaki animation? Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki's latest film has set a new Japanese box office record, with 1.5bn yen ($14.3m) in two days, according to reports. Howl's Moving Castle is the follow-up to Miyazaki's Spirited Away, which won best animation at last year's Oscars. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Im going this weekend!! Been dying to see it since I first saw the trailer for it. With his arthritis I dont know how many more he will be able to create... which is a shame - I love his works: Naoshika, Mononokehime, Totoro, Neko no Ongaeshi, Raputa are 100 times better than Disney. Link to post Share on other sites
brett_jackson 0 Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 100 times better than Disney Pixar productions?? (Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Nemo, Incredibles etc.) Or just 100 times better than mainstream Disney? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 voidhawk, better than mainstream Disney. I wouldnt compare Miyazaki and Pixar, like apples and oranges I think. The first is hand drawn while the latter is primarily CG. But, both are awesome Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Haven't Pixar and Disney now divorced? Link to post Share on other sites
brett_jackson 0 Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 I thought that's what you meant Yamakashi - just wanted to make sure. Indeed, Disney haven't even come close to Miyazaki in any aspect. Pixar on the other hand make a very slick film. Great story, great animation (albeit computer generated), and great sound/music. The new Miyazaki hasn't even been mentioned here in Aus (not surprising since Spirited Away didn't get much press either). I had a brief thought of seeing it when I get to Japan (less than 2 weeks). But alas, I doubt it will be showing anywhere with 'ego' subtitles. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 My local barman (an agricultural college graduate) was telling me that Miyazaki wanted to do a film about genetically modified (GM) crops - because GM rice is currently being tested in Hokkaido and is likely to 'escape' from there sometime soon. Being a late Friday night, I missed some of the details, but I think it was probably the distributors who let him know that he wouldn't be allowed to do anything 'political'. According to my informant, Miyazaki decided instead to spread the message over a number of films. So keep your eyes peeled! I think that the political/environmental content of Miyazaki's films is something that distinguishes them from the slick but otherwise shallow productions of Disney. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 The farmer in Hokkaido had contract with Monsanto and bouhgt GM seeds from them. Hokkaido officials and JA Hokkaido didn't know about that. I thought Hokkaido has regulation of growing GM crops, doesn't it? But Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry allows growing GM crops in Japan... I only watched Naushika. I liked it. I think I should watch more of his films. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 I had a feeling you'd add something to this slow. I was also told that the woman who 'owns' the rights to the basic Japanese rice type is from Ehime, and works very hard to make it available to other countries free of charge. Watching Miyazaki's films gave me a new appreciation of the movement of water. He clearly loves the stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 How was it Yamakashi, any good? - going tomorrow night... Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Orange, Actually didnt see it mate - ended up falling asleep and not going out Ill get out and see it this week sometime. Slow, Only Naoshika???? Thats it?? I agree his political messages are great. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Yes, only... Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I'll be seeing that tonight. Question - on the overseas version of the last one "Sen...", was there a Japanese version that had no subtitles available? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Has anybody seen Tales from Earthsea done by Miyazaki's son (I think it's his son) Watched it last night and am not sure... There seemed to be character overlaps from his pasts movies and this. There was a bloke in Mononokehime which had the same face - wonder if it was his son who drew it originally? And Yubaba from Sen to Chihiro was in it too. The theme of life/death and the cycle was interesting but it was also cheesy - the main bad guy I thought he was a cross dressing transvestite from thailand. Weird character. Would like to give it one more go before returning it. Link to post Share on other sites
i9i 0 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I heard Miyazaki Sr and his son had a big fall-out over this... but not heard that good things about the movie itself. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 it didnt seem to get much promotion - the Hayao has retired right? Maybe he thought it was rubbish? What did you hear? http://animatedfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/miyazaki_family_feud_redux that link has the info you mentioned - interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 yep, he didn't want his son to do that project and he now pretty much won't talk to him. Saw a doco about it on J TV a while back and he was pretty open in his criticism of his son. I haven't seen it btw. Link to post Share on other sites
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