#MIYAZAKI

[yuumei-art]

Trying out something different for the clouds~

[azertyrobaz]

風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind), 1984

天空の城ラピュタ (Castle in the Sky), 1986

となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro), 1988

千と千尋の神隠し (Spirited Away), 2001

ハウルの動く城 (Howl's Moving Castle), 2004

崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo), 2008

風立ちぬ (The Wind Rises), 2013

君たちはどう生きるか (The Boy and the Heron), 2023

[lucidloving]

Hayao Miyazaki // Rainer Maria Rilke, "Letters to a Young Poet" // @mounaks

[nevermelting]

Fellas, if something is truly inspiring, it is:

Hayao Miyazaki made an uncompromisingly personal, artsy movie that no one was supposed to get because it's too personal, too dark, too 'exotic' or whatever. And it actually became immensely successful and popular despite it (because of it???) And Disney made the safest, most backbone-less, most non-combative and soy and politically correct and soft and crowd-pleasing 'Wish' and it failed!!! It fucking failed, my friends! A historical moment! Should we finally throw away all those Hollywood seminars and workshops that try to sell us 'how to make the universally loved stories Disney style'???

There is nothing universal about any movie.

And the world is finally hungry for something different.

[kelogsloops]

'i hope we're friends in every universe'

#brbchasingdreams

prints | tutorials

[sabrinaofstars]

just thinking about * h e r *.

[hamable]

One concrete thought I have about The Boy and The Heron is that i believe the core of the story is Mahito overcoming the loss and grief of losing his mother and his home and life, and- after spending the latter half of the movie navigating a between space where souls exist before they’re born as well as other spirits- When Mahito re-emerges with his stepmother, they too are both reborn.

One other thing I’ll have to address later: so much of this film (and The Wind Rises as well!) resonates deeper after watching The Never Ending Man, the doc that came out in 2016 about Hayao Miyazaki. Knowing about losing his mother young, about looking up to strong women, about his father building airplanes and those filling him with wonder until WWII hit and they became tools of war. Knowing about how he views the world, used to view the world, and how he hopes to leave it; how he’s baffled death has not claimed him yet but taken everyone else- god, all of it informs so much of his movies especially his most recent ones. I’m so emo about this man.

[allonsybadwolf]

Spirited Away (2001)

[slowthypiglordblr]

"You always have a way of sneaking into peoples' hearts"

Toh x Spirited Away

commission by Amba_si

[misterzapata]

Feel free to steal.

[delulukittyy]

hands and everything they hold

[yuumei-art]

Contrary to popular belief, delivering flowers is a very dangerous job.

[azertyrobaz]

Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し), 2001

[stoovrs]

good grief

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Real Men don’t want lifted trucks and guns,

Real Men want

To have their tiny insignificant existence acknowledged by an ancient sea goddess of otherworldly power and indescribable beauty.