Introduction 1. From Fan to Professional 2. Tall Mountains and Green Gables 3. Our Man, Lupin 4. To the Valley Below 5. Bringing it all Together: Studio Ghibli A Guide to Further Research Works Cited Index
Explores the early career of acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, showing how his early involvement in film, TV and manga contributed to the formation of his design and storytelling style
Raz Greenberg is a teaching fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He has published both academic and popular articles on animation, including Literature Film Quarterly, The Journal of Film and Video, Animated Views and ASIFA, among others.
Fans of Miyazaki will find much to interest them in this book …
there is a surprisingly robust amount of detail packed into this
slim volume that is likely to change the way readers watch and
reflect on one of the greatest animators of all time.
*Strange Horizons*
[A] fluid, concise treatment of animator Hayao Miyazaki's early
works ... a useful primer about the artist and his early
oeuvre.
*CHOICE*
Offers valuable insight into the work of animation as a force for
cultural impact ... this book allows both the seasoned scholar and
the mesmerized fan to find their form in the text. Reader-friendly,
the gravitas of the study is not compromised at any time. A timely
addition to the oeuvre of Animation Studies and useful text for
both undergraduate and graduate students, it should be recommended
reading for all scholars and aficionados of Japanese animation.
*Animation Studies*
The passionate strength of this book is that it presents a concise
survey of the formative development of Japan’s most renowned
animation director, Hayao Miyazaki. What were the sources of his
inspirations, how may we connect the associations and allusions of
his creative output? Raz Greenberg gives us a one-stop coverage of
the director’s career denoting the multi-faceted influences of his
collective works.
*Tze-yue G. Hu, Independent Educator and Author of Frames of Anime:
Culture and Image-Building and Co–Author of Japanese Animation:
East Asian Perspectives, Northern California, USA*
Raz Greenberg has produced a charming, thorough and accessible
book, useful for anime aficionados, film students and the general
reader. His overview of early works and exploration of influences
is detailed, and the footnotes and bibliography open the door to
further exploration. Most importantly, Greenberg anchors this
erudite, curious and passionate creative powerhouse in the
framework of world culture that informs and inspires his works as
fully as his environmental activism, political views and profound
love for the community in which he has lived and worked for eight
decades.
*Helen McCarthy, independent scholar and author of A Brief History
of Manga: The Essential Pocket Guide to the Japanese Pop Culture
Phenomenon (2015), UK*
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