Soaring with Dreams - Hayao Miyazaki

Author: Yun Feng
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: When talking about Hayao Miyazaki, the first things that come to mind are not the natural wind, transparent and clear water, the ever-changing clouds, not flying, girls, magic, or even the eternal themes of nature and humanity. Instead, it is another person who can be called a master alongside Miyazaki: Jin Yong. The same profound and extensive knowledge, the same deep and heavy foundation, the same pioneering spirit that transformed what was once considered popular, childish, or even inferior artistic forms into classics, and also the same ability to dissect the world while dissecting oneself, ultimately reaching the state of a lonely master. Just as Jin Yong evolved from "wuxia" to "the greatest hero" to "no hero" to "anti-wuxia," Miyazaki also reflects a similar journey in his animated works. The six animated films personally supervised by Miyazaki—The Wind Rises, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Pigs in Paradise, and Princess Mononoke—as well as the comic masterpiece The Wind Rises, which best represents Miyazaki's ideological transformation, all leave traces of Miyazaki's own interpretations of the world, the universe, nature, and humanity.