Shuna's Journey

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Miyazaki, Hayao (1996). Starting Point, 1979–1996. Translated by Cary, Beth; Schodt, Frederik L. (2009ed.). San Francisco: Viz Media. ISBN 978-1-4215-0594-7. The old man and the fire: During the night after meeting Thea and her sister, but before their rescue, an old man comes across Shuna at his camp. In exchange for sharing some food with him, the old man tells Shuna more about the god-men and their land in the west over a campfire amongst the ruins of an old house or settlement. At the same time, he warns Shuna of how the land to the west is mystical and that no man has ever returned

Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985. He directed numerous films with Ghibli, including Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), and Porco Rosso (1992). The films were met with critical and commercial success in Japan. Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke was the first animated film ever to win the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, and briefly became the highest-grossing film in Japan following its release in 1997; [a] its distribution to the Western world greatly increased Ghibli's popularity and influence outside Japan. His 2001 film Spirited Away became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, [b] winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and is frequently ranked among the greatest films of the 21st century. Miyazaki's later films— Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), and The Wind Rises (2013)—also enjoyed critical and commercial success. Following the release of The Wind Rises, Miyazaki announced his retirement from feature films, though he later returned to write and direct his twelfth feature film The Boy and the Heron (2023). Del Barco, Mandalit (October 2, 2021). "You can now enter Hayao Miyazaki's enchanting animated world at the Academy Museum". NPR. Archived from the original on October 2, 2021 . Retrieved April 18, 2022.Accomando, Beth (May 29, 2009). "Interview with Up Director Peter Docter". KPBS Public Media. San Diego State University. Archived from the original on February 12, 2017 . Retrieved May 22, 2017.

Lenburg, Jeff (2012). Hayao Miyazaki: Japan's Premier Anime Storyteller. New York City: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60413-841-2. Career [ edit ] Early career [ edit ] Miyazaki first worked with Isao Takahata in 1964, spawning a lifelong collaboration and friendship. [32] [33] [34]Rogers, Tim (March 27, 2006). "In Defense of Final Fantasy XII". Next Generation. Future US. p.2. Archived from the original on April 7, 2006 . Retrieved May 22, 2017. Dwivedi, Ram (June 29, 2017). "A Discourse on Modern Civilization: The Cinema of Miyazaki and Gandhi" (PDF). International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention. 6 (6): 63–68. Special Edition Hayao Miyazaki Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]. Comic Box (in Japanese). Fusion Products (3): 77–137. 1982. Bayle, Alfred (October 4, 2017). "Hayao Miyazaki modeled character in 'Laputa: Castle in the Sky' after his mom". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Inquirer Group of Companies . Retrieved September 11, 2019.

Earthsea: Hayao Miyazaki once told producer Toshio Suzuki that if Earthsea was to be made into film, the plots ought to be like Journey of Shuna. Suzuki passed on this message to Goro Miyazaki, who was directing Tales from Earthsea at the time, thus certain key features in Shuna also reappear in the Earthsea production. Miyazaki, Goro (July 3, 2006). "Goro Miyazaki's Blog Translation". Nausicaa.net. p.112. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017 . Retrieved March 25, 2017.

Miyazaki Hayao’s The Journey of Shuna

Goro worked at a landscape design firm before beginning to work at the Ghibli Museum; [2] [220] he designed the garden on its rooftop and eventually became its curator. [2] [221] Keisuke studied forestry at Shinshu University and works as a wood artist; [2] [220] [223] he designed a woodcut print that appears in Whisper of the Heart. [223] Miyazaki's niece, Mei Okuyama, who was the inspiration behind the character Mei in My Neighbor Totoro, is married to animation artist Daisuke Tsutsumi. [224] Legacy [ edit ] Toscano, Michael (August 18, 2014). "Bearing New Images". Curator. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017 . Retrieved May 6, 2017.

Toyama, Ryoko. "FAQ – Princess Mononoke". Nausicaa.net. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017 . Retrieved March 19, 2017. Kelts, Roland (2007). Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-8476-0.Nakamura, Karen; Matsuo, Hisako (November 17, 2002). "Female masculinity and fantasy spaces". In Roberson, James E.; Suzuki, Nobue (eds.). Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. pp. 58–76. ISBN 978-0-415-27147-9. Cavallaro, Dani (January 24, 2006). The Animé Art of Hayao Miyazaki. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2369-9. Napier, Susan J. (1998). "Vampires, Psychic Girls, Flying Women and Sailor Scouts: Four faces of the young female in Japanese popular culture". In Martinez, Dolores P. (ed.). The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 91–109. ISBN 978-0-521-63128-0. A dwindling population and a hostile land: This theme surfaces several times in Miyazaki's more serious works, including Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke, as well as here in Journey of Shuna. The main character in all of these stories comes from a small village with few young people, a low birth rate, and a dying royal bloodline. At the same time, the land that they inhabit is either barely hospitable or filled with countless dangers. In Journey of Shuna, Shuna leaves by choice in search of the grain, whereas in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Nausicaä is summoned to war, and in Princess Mononoke Ashitaka is sent into exile because of a fatal curse from a demon. Howe, Michael (April 15, 2003). "The Making of Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" – Part 2". Jim Hill Media. Archived from the original on September 3, 2018 . Retrieved March 24, 2017.