Military profile of Hayao Miyazaki

Born: 1941

Birthplace: Tokyo

Major: Political Economy

Early masterpieces: TV series directed by Toei Company such as "Future Boy Conan", "Prince of the Sun", etc.

Studio: In 1985, GHIBLI Studio was established (logo: Totoro side pattern )

In order to escape the war, the Miyazaki family moved from Tokyo to the countryside of Tochigi Prefecture in the northeast. This period of rural life had a decisive influence on his future creations. In 1958, Japan's first animated film "White Snake" was released. The young Hayao Miyazaki decided to devote himself to the animation career.

Most of Hayao Miyazaki's works are imaginative and unrealistic, but they contain profound meanings. This moral actually stems from dissatisfaction with reality. Hayao Miyazaki once said that Tokyo (Japan) is full of money worshipers, and people are simply unwilling to give up the consciousness that "money talks". For this reason, Hayao Miyazaki said: "I hope to save the fallen soul of mankind through more in-depth works again." Therefore, although the themes of each of Hayao Miyazaki's works are different, they combine dreams, environmental protection, and life. , survival, these reflective messages are integrated into it. Hayao Miyazaki's persistence not only makes people around the world scream, but also makes Japanese animation attract attention from all over the world. Even the American animation kingdom Disney wants to introduce Hayao Miyazaki's animation film distribution rights (Asia except areas). Hayao Miyazaki is absolutely responsible for making Japanese animation famous all over the world.

Masterpiece

·1978 Future Boy Konan

·1984 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

·1986 Castle in the Sky

·1988 My Neighbor Totoro

·1988 Goodbye Fireflies (Grave of the Fireflies)

·1989 Kiki's Delivery Service

·1991 A Fairy Tale of Time

·1992 Porco Rosso

·1993 Hear the Sound of the Waves

·1994 Heisei Tanuki Battle

·1995 On your mark

·1995 Listen attentively (Dream Street Girls)

·1997 Princess Mononoke

·1999 Yamada-kun from the Neighbor

· 2001 Spirited Away: The Hidden God

·2002 The Cat's Repayment

·2004—Howl's Moving Castle (ハウルの动く城)

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The Lonely Master of Japanese Animation - Hayao Miyazaki

February 7, 2001 18 :30:26 NetEase report

When talking about Hayao Miyazaki, the first thing that comes to mind is not the willful and natural wind, the transparent and clear water, the ever-changing clouds, not flying, girls, magic, or even nature. and the eternal theme of mankind, but another person who can be called a master like Hayao Miyazaki: Jin Yong.

The same profound and vast knowledge, the same deep and profound support, the same unprecedented ability to make literary and artistic forms that are considered popular and naive or even low-level become classics, and the same dissecting of the world while dissecting oneself, and finally arrived at The level of a lonely master.

Just like Jin Yong's process from "martial arts" to "great chivalrous man" to "no martial arts" to "anti-martial arts", Miyazaki also reflects his own similar journey in the animation comics. The six animations personally supervised by Hayao Miyazaki are: "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", "Castle in the Sky", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Kiki's Delivery Service", "Porco Rosso" and "Princess Mononoke", plus the ones that best represent Miyazaki. "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", a masterpiece of comics about Miyazaki's transformation in thought, all leaves traces of Miyazaki's own interpretation of the world, universe, nature and human beings.

However, if we want to fully recall, let us slow down and start everything from the beginning...

Miyazaki Hayao, who was born in Tokyo in 1941, ranks among the four brothers. second. Miyazaki's mother was a strict and intelligent woman who had a great influence on Miyazaki's life. Those who have watched "Castle in the Sky" will probably never forget the cunning and cute pirate mother-in-law, right? Although the looks are different, the personality of the pirate mother-in-law is quite similar to Miyazaki's mother. In 1947, the gloomy and tragic family caused by the mother's tuberculosis also has a shadow in "My Neighbor Totoro". Miyazaki, who has been fond of comics since he was a child, often likes to draw things like warships and airplanes. However, the magical little boy who fantasized about flying on rough paper many years ago probably would not have thought that one day he could really become a pioneer. The master of the animation industry, right?

Speaking of the film that really ignited Miyazaki's interest in animation, maybe you will also remember an old film that describes the cruel ice queen, the little boy's ice heart and the girl's tears that dissolve the ice heart, right? That’s right, even now that I think about it, whether it’s the characters, the original paintings or the plot, it’s just an antique and childish Russian cartoon “The Snow Queen”! ! It was this animation that ignited the flame of creation in Miyazaki's heart. Even years later, he still recalled with reverence: "I saw how prudent and cherishable the production of animation is."

In the autumn of 1965, Hayao Miyazaki volunteered to help director Isao Takada's "Prince of the Sun" as scene design and original painting, thus embarking on the "point of no return" in animation production. Although if I look back now, everything in "Prince of the Sun" from production, characters to plot and music is almost ridiculous and childish, and it is comparable to our Prince of Hale, but, then After all, it is Miyazaki's "debut". After that, Miyazaki has been insisting on his animation career. Even with a meager monthly salary to pay for the increasing family expenses, he has no regrets.

In 1978, the first work "Future Boy Conan" fully supervised by Miyazaki Hayao was broadcast and was well received. Miyazaki's future boy adventure movie style was greatly demonstrated in this film. This is the period when Miyazaki's style and thoughts gradually formed, his romantic temperament and courage to take risks, his pure youth and his mood for growth... Miyazaki finally began to enter the fantasy world he had always dreamed of.

1982 is an important year in the minds of Miyazaki fans, because this is the moment when "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" began to be serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Animage magazine. This comic begins with Nausica?, the princess of the small border country of the Valley of the Wind, wandering in the Sea of ??Corruption forest thousands of years after the destruction of civilization, encountering the fateful Overlord Insect, and getting involved in a human war. It was serialized until 1994. . This 12-year, 7-volume comic masterpiece not only contains epic chapters, a journey spanning life and death, deep philosophical thinking about human beings and nature, but also Miyazaki's own commitment to environmental protection. The culmination of long-term and in-depth thinking on humanism. It can be said that we must realize that Miyazaki has changed from being concerned about the environment to doubting the justice of "environmental protection", from caring about human beings themselves, thinking about the growth process from youth to middle age, to thinking about the origin and meaning of human beings themselves. Questions and interpretations, and finally the "ultimate meaning" that "life is a flickering light in the darkness" put forward in the chaotic and dark moment, so no matter how difficult it is, you must "live on!", are all in this profound and magnificent comic. was reflected in. Therefore, to get a glimpse of the development process of Miyazaki's thoughts, the comic "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" is the easiest and most convenient way.

The theatrical animation "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" was released in March 1984. Although due to the limitations of the length and inclusion of the film, the content of the animation "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" is only a little more than the plot of the manga, and as a palace A representative production of Saki Animation's smooth period, the film's obviously sensational ending and religious complex were criticized by critics, but its rich imagination and profound content shocked the audience and the entire film industry. The image of the heroine Nausica? became the first popular heroine because of this, and it was not surpassed until more than ten years later. This has to be said to be a miracle.

"Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" embodies many of the characteristics of Miyazaki's animation production, such as beautiful and exquisite pictures, colorful characters, humorous dialogues, and a positive spirit... all of which make Miyazaki as a The reputation of the national animator is rising for all ages. The film reflects the backlash of nature due to human beings' ignorant wars and excessive plundering. The huge sea of ??rot composed of fungi exudes poisonous gas due to the toxins produced by humans. It is also cherished as a bible by environmentalists. Miyazaki This is how his identity as the leader of “environmentalism” was confirmed.

In 1985, Studio Ghibli, where Hayao Miyazaki worked, began producing "Castle in the Sky". The background is 19th-century Europe during the Industrial Revolution. The cute and innocent little girl Sheeta, accompanied by the kind and brave little boy Pazu, searches for her lost hometown. At the end of the journey, in the Sky City, she finally understands Regardless of the progress of science and technology and the development of mankind, people cannot leave the land. The theme of man and nature is further reflected here, and the final destruction of Laputa, the great city floating in the sky, seems to be warning the world that in the century of machinery and steel, we are actually facing an uncertain future.

"My Neighbor Totoro" in 1988 and "Kiki's Delivery Service" in 1990 can be regarded as transformational chapters in Miyazaki's works. On the one hand, Miyazaki's focus has gradually shifted from nature to humans. On the other hand, because his past works were all fantasy worlds full of visual impact, Miyazaki's world seems to be just a tense plot and illusory time and space. "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Kiki's Delivery Service" abandoned all exaggerated performances and complicated plots, focusing on ordinary humans and the world around them. The description of family love in "My Neighbor Totoro" and the nuanced description of a girl's growth in "Kiki's Delivery Service" both make people feel warm and touching.

In 1992, Miyazaki's "Porco Rosso" came out. This is a very important work of Miyazaki, but it is often easily ignored. In fact, both in terms of the work itself and its significance in Miyazaki's creative career, this is a work that cannot be ignored. Just as Jin Yong has reached the point where "The Swordsman" has entered "No Heroes", it has long been regarded as "describing simple people and simple stories, full of anti-urban complexes, emphasizing environmentalism, full of the depth and breadth of love, suitable for Hayao Miyazaki's animation "family viewing" began to change from this time on, not just in 1997. Although from the outside, this story is set in Italy in the 1920s. It describes the story of a pig called Porco Rosso, alluding to the growth process in middle age. Whether it is from the pictures of Meilun Meiyang, it is warm and heartwarming. The beautiful music or the light-hearted and humorous plot are all clearly marked by the special trademark of "Miyazaki's production must be high-quality." However, Miyazaki, who has always focused on teenagers, especially bright and bright girls, suddenly this time Replacing a middle-aged Ajisan with a pig face is a warning sign in itself. Although the red-haired girl Fei'e in the film plays the role of an encourager who brings light and hope to Porco Rosso, the so-called growth of middle-aged people is nothing more than, "Although many things cannot be changed, as long as you like yourself , you can also make your life different." The optimistic spirit that Miyazaki has always shown has actually changed at this time. In particular, although Miyazaki's films have been unsatisfactory since "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", it is the first time that an ending like "Porco Rosso" that can be said to be "unreasonable" has appeared. Therefore, it should be from this time that Miyazaki has entered into a reflection on all previous works, a deep reflection on "environmental protection", "humanities" and human nature, and the outcome of this reflection is directly reflected in 94 In the manga "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" that was announced in 2011. This is why Miyazaki himself said that if he was left to his own temperament, "Princess Mononoke" might become a movie about "You don't live to understand this, so there is no need for "Princess Mononoke" to appear after 5 years. Shocked.

Although it seems a bit stiff and obscure because it was shortened from the original 5 hours to more than 2 hours, and although too many emotional scenes were added for commercial purposes, and the character portrayal is not as good as Miyazaki's previous works, "Princess Mononoke" is still It must be said that it is Miyazaki's peak production. It is a work in which Miyazaki struggled to understand the relationship between nature and human beings. It is a work that Miyazaki, who has no answer himself, faces the only hope he can see in this era. . Therefore, it can be explained that this film is set in the Muromachi era when Japan began to invade the mountains and forests, and describes the war between two sacred realms, the materialized tribe in the mountains and the developing humans. At the end of the film, there is no usual happy ending, but the words "Let's live together" said by Ashitaka to Xiao Sang, who realizes that the war is far from over, can be truly understood. This is the helpless smile and expectation of Miyazaki who has overturned the ideals and doctrines he has been promoting even though he did not believe in them in the past. He has no answer. The nobility and dignity of life, the inviolability of nature, everything that was believed in before has been wiped out. Without any support, Miyazaki, who does not know what the future will be like, throws the question back to the audience. The theme of "survive" has also become a theme that runs throughout but is constantly changing, penetrating into everyone's heart.

Since 1984's "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" established Miyazaki's status as the master of animation, the 13-year mental journey and comprehensive recall of the past have finally reached the end. Miyazaki's world does not give the world clear answers. Are we a "cursed race"? Is evolving with nature our only way out? Are our hearts, our past and our future nothing but darkness? Perhaps, the so-called answer itself is unrealistic. However, there is only one thing that can be done. Just believe that life is the most important and beautiful.

So, no matter what, please live!

Main works of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli:

"Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" 1984 GHIBLI (Ghibli) Ten Years of History

"Sky of the Sky" City" 1986 GHIBLI (Ghibli) Ten Years' History (Part 2)

"My Neighbor Totoro" 1988 GHIBLI (Ghibli) Ten Years' History (Part 3)

"Grave of the Fireflies" 1988 GHIBLI (Ghibli) Ten Years of History (IV)

"Kiki's Delivery Service" 1989 GHIBLI (Ghibli) Ten Years of History (V)

"The Fairy Tale of Time" 1991

"On Your Mark" 1995

"Princess Mononoke" 1997