Kiki's Delivery Service

animation, director Hayao Miyazaki is a pioneer in auteur. His specific directorial style is seen in many of his films in which he manages to make films enjoyable to adults of all ages. Kiki's Delivery Service was one of director Miyazaki's first major films. During the climax of the film Kiki’s Delivery Service, director Hayao Miyazaki illustrates his signature auteur style that makes his movies distinguished and enjoyable. There is a significant pattern that Hayao Miyazaki has in most of his animated

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese director and animator. He was born in Bunkyo-ho District of Tokyo, Japan on January 5th, 1941 to an affluent, liberal family. His father, Katsuji Miyazaki, and his uncle made parts used in Japanese Zero fighter planes during World War II. His mother, Dola, was a intelligent and strict woman. For nearly nine years, while Miyazaki was attending grade school, she suffered from spinal tuberculosis and had to spend two years in hospital care. She eventually recovered and lived

Biography Joe Hisaishi was born on December 6, 1950 in Nagano, Japan under the name Mamoru Fujisawa. His musical training started early on, when he began to take violin lessons at age five. It was around this time that he first discovered his passion for music. Fujisawa truly began to explore this passion in the 70’s, during which, a cultural menagerie of Japanese popular music, new-age, and early electronic music flourished. Inevitably, those genres influenced Fujisawa's early compositions. (Wikipedia)

When do we truly grow up? In most modern day societies, there is a legal age where young people legally become adults, in this country it is once the clock strikes 12 on the 18th birthday. In popular science, becoming mature means your prefrontal cortex has finally fully developed around 24 or 25 years of age for important decision making moments. Others perceive being all grown up when they move out and are no longer dependent on their parents any longer. In, Hayao Miyazaki’s most acclaimed animation

Perhaps the most obvious example of change as a positive influence in the film can be observed in Chihiro’s maturation. Prior to entering the spirit realm, Chihiro behaves as a typical, stubborn child unwilling to accept change; this can be observed in the way she responds to seeing her new school as she and her parents drive into town: sticking out her tongue as she says, “It’s gonna stink. I liked my old school.” During the same scene, Chihiro’s responses to her parents even slightly suggest that

Catherine Collazo Behind the Scenes Studio Ghibli Topic: Studio Ghibli Organization: Topical Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the art of anime and the history of Studio Ghibli. Introduction Attention getter: Miyazaki once said, “humans have both the urge to create and destroy.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.) Relevance: The ability to make great movies that makes a difference in people’s lives takes years of practice and it would seem that Studio Ghibli has mastered that art. Credibility statement:

I watched two different movies about Tricksters in which both films explore different trickster techniques while touching on different themes and protagonists. Spirited Away is a coming-of-age story about Chihiro, a young girl thrown in a completely different world filled with spirits and sorceresses, after she followed her parents through a mysterious tunnel and find an “abandoned themepark,” as her parents suggest. They wander for a while before stumbling into shops filled with delicious-smelling

not only cleanse the customers, but also perform additional services by selling sex to the customers. By extrapolating from this analysis, Chihiro’s interaction with the “stink spirit” and “No-Face” can be seen from an entirely different perspective. After the bathing sequence, Chihiro was awarded by the guardian spirit a magical emetic dumpling, however, this gesture can be interpreted as the guardian spirit paying Chihiro for her “services”. Likewise, “No-Face” persistence to give Chihiro its gold

Spirited Away, titled Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi in Japan, follows a young girl named Chihiro on an adventurous, yet threatening journey into a magical realm after her parents are turned into pigs. She forms relationships with people that will help her find her way back home such as Haku, Zeniba, and Mr. Kamaji. She also encounters those like Yubaba who try to make her time in the realm of spirits difficult. Spirited Away quickly became Japan’s highest grossing film of all time. It received many

“Give 110%” this quote is usually uttered to athletes who are struggling to find motivation or to push through a workout. It is pretty obviously a hyperbole. We usually over emphasize what we want our children to learn. It seems that Miyazaki followed this pattern in his film Spirited Away, specifically in his character Chihiro. In the story Chihiro gives 110%. She is always humble and willing to do anything with very little personal gain involved. Chihiro is a very idealistic representation of