This is such a good documentation on his opinions on America. Miyazaki is such an interesting figure, nevertheless director, so seeing video this good talking about him is always cool. Insane that your second upload is this high quality
Thanks so much, I’m glad you liked it! Like you said, he’s such an interesting character whether you agree with all of his opinions or not. I had a blast making this so it’s great to see people enjoying it and continuing the conversation in the comments.
Speaking as an animator for Disney back then, the company was actually scared of Miyazaki seeing as how his work was blowing Disney out the water. That deal was partially made to control and profit off him.
Yeah he has a complicated relationship with Japan, that’s for sure. He definitely isn’t a fan of otaku culture and he has little patience for politicians -- I remember the time he called Shinzo Abe “despicable” when Abe was Prime Minister.
@@ArchieTalksAnime Abe was a raging NeoLiberal prick economically who is the reason Japan is printing the Yen at a negative interest rate now so I am not a fan myself.
Miyazaki also said this about japanese anime: “Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know.” “It’s produced by humans who can’t stand looking at other humans.” “And that’s why the industry is full of otaku!”
Thank god someone finally said that, when i was a bit younger, i always disliked and i always found strange how the characters were so unfitting, like if the Japanese didn’t know how society and interactions really worked, just by looking at other Japanese works that i could see the real density of their social relations, although they generally show themselves with a quite big amount of caricatures
@@briannalee1998 Many well-written works like Ashita no joe, Tokyo ghoul, Vagabond, etc, completely defy these statements. I'm saying this as not an Otaku, but somehow who explores and critically engages with all forms of fictional media, what they bring to the table, what they teach us, and how they enrich us. Some are deeper, more Complex and multifaceted , some more straightforward, one-dimensional, and larger than life, some more nuanced, intricate, and thematically rich, and well-executed, while some more archetypal, and static. I don't shy away from any form of fictional media, my only yearnings are for well-written worlds, be it mangas, movies, TV shows, comics, novels, shirt stories,etc. And let me tell you, Miyazaki's discontent towards America is more than justified, and understandable, for all they did, his own worldview, ideologies, and taking into account his experiences. But, most of his monologues, ideologies and perspectives are too reductive, lack nuance, understanding, and critical engagement with ideas, more dismissive. He loves to stay inside his bubble, in his one-dimensional echo chamber, and avoid any reasonings, or critical engagement with ideas, and diverse perspectives.
@@Warrior_x_vigilante100 "And let me tell you, Miyazaki's discontent towards America is more than justified, and understandable, for all they did, his own worldview, ideologies, and taking into account his experiences. " not really no, thats only because the country being hated is white filled US. the japs were laughably and astronomically worse than the americans could even dream of back in ww2.
without watching the video, nearly every ghibili film as been about how technology can be used for bad and america is a prime example of this. am i correct?
@@InamMaqondose-ny8zf IKR, animation is more precise than live action in storytelling. There isn't really much in the way of wasted footage or deleted scenes (unless you're Disney). That's how tight animation is, and that's why it makes no sense to try and edit a complete product like Miramax was handed.
And to think (or worse, be sure) that you could convince an auteur like Miyazaki that you know better than him what is best for his films is the height of arrogance. Of course, we are talking about Weinstein, so that's par for the course.
It’s funny. I first saw “ Warriors of the wind” on cable in 1985, and it was absolutely the most brilliant animated film had ever seen. The fact that it was what we then called “Japanimation” just made it that much more remarkable because the only anime we saw on the United States in those days was pretty sloppy and man stuff like battle of the planets and speed racer. And while I always watch those shows, I was conscious of their animation, being pretty weak, even as a kid. So seeing “warriors of the wind” blew me away, and I videotaped it and showed to some of my friends who had no interest in cartoons, and they all loved it too. A year or two later, I learned that the movie was massively, trimmed down from its original length, and I was super Duper excited to eventually track down the full film, but I have took me for freaking ever because anime is extremely niche and the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s. And while it is really popular to crap on “ warriors of the wind,” a horribly bastardized version of, “Nausicaa,” I have always been very grateful for the movie. Yes it is absolutely positively inferior to the *real* movie, But It was also my first exposure to something so brilliant. Had it not been for that mutilated version of the film I would never have heard of the guy, and I would never have sought out his other stuff. “A little of something is better than all of nothing,” after all. And I will be the first person to admit that the Warriors of the wind dub is pretty weak and inconsistent, but credit where credit is due: the people they hired to voice act in that version of the movie were professional voice actors. They didn’t have enough information to do a really good job, but they did at least bring a level of energy and distinction to it. I really do not think that the Disney dub is much better, and their choice to view people like Claire Danes, as the voice of the princess was really uninspired stuntcasting, as her performance is much more flat and boring than the character was in the shitty 80s version. Which is not so much me defending the 80s version as it is me insulting the Disney dub :)
Being against the Americanization of Japan isn't the same as being "anti-American." Being against the US military isn't the same as being "anti-American."
I think it’s pretty clear by his comments about Hollywood in general, and the fact that he refuses to even set foot in the country in order to accept an award, I think it goes a little beyond just disliking the US military, I’m sure that’s how it started but it certainly comes off as a general distaste for anything and everything American to me, not that I particularly care one way or another
I feel sorry for his son, that guy had it super rough, being disowned for not making a masterpiece movie. Of course he later retracted his disown statement towards his son. Can't imagine what the discussion was behind the scenes when his son did the 3D movie that was so bad, Miyazaki came back from retirement to save Ghiblis reputation. There's not living up to your parents expectations, there's not getting the acknowledgment and respect from your parents, then there is Miyazaki. a Lot of people can be thankful they aren't that guy's child.
Yeah, absolutely. The guy is a legend for all the amazing films he’s given us, but I wouldn’t want to be his son and have to follow in his footsteps, that’s for sure! Personally I think Tales From Earthsea gets too much hate -- it’s not on Hayao’s level, but there’s still a lot to like about it.
@@ArchieTalksAnimeactually it was because the movie wasn’t like the source material like the movie was based from the books and they made it so different it might as well been called a different film Miyazaki liked doing films with source material and not doing is to him like extremely bad
Father and son not being that close usually is not stuff of planetary drama. It's kind of cheap to cheesify it from the outside. Or use it for a completely different topic... (He also doesn't treat him less fairly, but perhaps more fairly, than he would another inexperienced newcomer director. And he is personally involved or affected by some of Goro's weird choice in the Earthsea movie... Which was probably one of many details which led the author of the Earthsea books to also be disappointed and in fact resentful that Hayao Miyazaki didn't direct it himself, as she'd hoped. I myself respect the Earthsea books and am not interested in the movie based on the vibes I'm getting.) And as far as I know, his son is actually the architect, or something, of the Ghibli museum (and he sounds smart in that area in some snippets). So take from that what you will, but it's not hate, much less "being disowned".
Miyazaki's philosophe is strongly stated in his movies, & they're on complete opposition with the American film industry. I don't think it's hate, but a complicated frustration that's hard to express.
He just doesn't like the destructive materialism, solipsism/narcissism, hedonism, individualism & lack of any deeper values of American culture. His films also show that. For example, in Spirited Away, when Chihiro's parents thought they arrived at some theme park (the American attitude to life) and started indulging in gluttony was a scathing repudiation of the American way of life. In Porco Rosso he also made fun of the American conception of love through that American pilot, Curtis, whose advances got rejected by two women.
@@SC-gw8np And what does he actually know about American culture? He'd probably take some umbrage at an American filmmaker depicting Japanese attitudes as masochistically self-sacrificing and collectivist to a fault, but it would be fair play, since it would be the same caricature he made of a culture he doesn't actually understand. Fuck him and his overrated movies.
@@SC-gw8np Trust me as a Canadian, I've run into a lot of unnecessary challenges, when talking about our big brother country. They're somethings that many Americans really don't like talking about. Those are fighting words, please be extremely careful. Somethings are best said through Art, especially the complicated things.
@@shada0 Yeah, trust me, I don’t express myself like this in real life, lol! I know better than to put myself in the direct line of fire of malignant ignorance.😅
@@SC-gw8np I am American. I agree that these issues are present within the culture. A few people here see these issues, but we are unpopular and silenced by powers that benefit from these issues. Thank you for saying this kind of criticism, honest informed observation. I prefer this over the typical "Americans are dumb" or "America should be more like my country" criticism.
I am Japanese. Miyazaki does not dislike America. He hates a consumer society where things are massively consumed for pleasure and the true value of human beings can be undermined. The reason he uses America as an example to express his critical opinion is because he has an analysis (or prejudice) that America = a representative example of mass consumer society. So while those who are criticized for his/her country may be offended, he is posing a question to the world. Why he criticized the iPad is because the way the interviewer used the iPad to take notes was, in his eyes, disrespectful. He wondered if our lives could be ended while reading comics on an iPad on the train. He said, "Don't be a consumer. Be a producer." I respect him for this. But I don't like his movies. I don't watch them because I like them. But I love "Totoro" and "Ponyo".
This is the best example. Living half my life in America and half in Japan, you definitely see consumerism in both places. America certainly does not have the market cornered on that. But I honestly think it’s just the evolution of human society, for good, bad, or both. I really think that Miyazaki uses America to make a broader point, but it is also seemingly true that neither he, nor most non-Americans, understand America nearly as well as they think they do. In most cases actually, I’ve found that they don’t really understand America at all.
I live in the caribbean. I'm a descendant of Africans who were taken away by western Colonial powers. Hate isn't the word I'd use, but I'm deeply dissatisfied, disturbed by, and disappointed with western culture. The way it has cut so violently and foolishly against the values of indigenous and traditional culture, rips me apart at the core. Our love and reverence for nature, our profound respect for our elders and ancestors, our willingness to exist as a community and not as individuals, frugality, hard work, genuine kindness, joy and matchless wisdom; have all been forced into the darkest corner of western thought. These are the reasons I've sought to distance myself from this malignant way of life, and this lead to my eventually learning Japanese (it was the only non-european language available at my University) as a way to de-colonize my mind and to catalyze a change in my way of thinking. For Miyazaki どの、本当どもありがとうございました。My respect for him has increased × 10000 after seeing this side of his soul. For Shinto, Za zen, Bushido and Kara Te; 日本、ありがとうございます。May I one day find my feet upon your shores.🙏🏾🙇🏾♂️
@@NeostormXLMAX He also hated the CCP, not just America. He, pretty much, hated any government that participated in any actions that disregarded human life. That includes His own nation. This is the first time I’ve seen someone describe him as a socialist.
Respect for a man who can boldly criticize his home and others on a basis of perspective and actual points. Would love to talk to him. His bold and honest criticism without cursing with actual insight is something I wish was possible to get in the industries.
Ever heard the saying “never meet your hero’s?” I think that applies very well to Miyazaki, dude does not seem like a nice person generally, and has some very strong opinions about both america and his own country. He seems to be filled with a lot of contempt and hate, which is sad to see.
@@samuraijosh1595 you can take what I said however you want, won’t change everything we’ve already seen from him in interviews and accounts of people who worked with him. He’s just not a very nice dude, but he makes amazing movies. I really could care less how he feels about america, and it’s sad that he hates much of Japan.
@@samuraijosh1595I’ve met and heard many people that interacted with the guy, let’s just say if you’re expecting a man with strong opinions on life expect an image of that one Simpsons meme “Old man yelling at cloud.”
Hope it didn't kill the presenter's enthusiasm for the tech and what he can accomplish with it one day. I'm guessing part of the hate from Miyazaki was that its technology that is taking away a human element in creation. The AI has to somewhat decide/guess what it would do. And being that it had a human form it seemed more of an abomination on the screen. If he would have animated such a thing it would have a human creating/animating everything about it. It would be just that, an animated object made with a purpose. The AI there had no real purpose other than to crawl. There is no feeling and purpose to it. A thing born to be an inferior to its creators and viewers. An object to crawl around and suffer on a screen. Or I'm just overthinking this and he just plain as day thinks its gross.
@@buster5661 No, surprisingly a lot of bizarre people out there like gross/deformed things like that. I'll never understand it, but it's popular. Especially in the anglo world.
I just made another video explaining why he hates AI and his brutal reaction to the AI zombie - it actually has something to do with leprosy! It’s right here if you wanna check it out: th-cam.com/video/qSyvGlL7o1Y/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
I like to think that the fact it offended Miyazaki meant the team is on the right track. Miyazaki breath life into his films and his characters. It is natural for him to feel disgusted to see something so grotesque and devoid of life and substance, and that he wish to have nothing to do with it. The team created a proper monster.
Miyazaki is a person who believes DEEPLY that art is an expression of human beings and a reflection of people who make it, to the point where the sound effects in his films are human voices, OF COURSE the idea software creating something divorced from human input would disgusts him.
@@aoeu256 This is nonsense. We think, we feel, we are sentient. Computers are not. Computers by themselves are incapable of making art. That hideous zombie thing crawling around by itself without any context expresses nothing creatively or says anything about anything. It's a soulless tech demo and looks awful. And I say this as a video game dev, so don't accuse me of being anti computer-graphics.
@@aoeu256 Brains are survival machines. Art is a form of disguise for living creatures. Computers do not do art. They crunch numbers. The difference is that there is a translator that turns numbers into frequencies in a screen. Unplug the electricity and the art is gone Even AI cannot create, it can only remix data sets. An artist does art in a different way. He/she physically create on a paper.
I don't think people understand fully WHY Miyazaki is so good at capturing childhood innocence the way he does in his movies. The man cares nothing of money, or fame, or governments, or war, or any other kind of ugly human behavior, which today can seem like society at large. He respects only the true freedom and bliss we all experience in life before we discover those thing. If someone really was dedicating their life to capturing that essence of peace and simplicity, what do you honestly think their opinions on most things in life would be?
@@TheMochan555 That's true for virtually every person ever, but you can see by how he values other things more than money too, like keeping certain things in his movie when others wanted to cut it for no reason. If ALL he cared about was money, he wouldn't care about the cuts.
@@TheMochan555 People need to eat. It's impossible to exist and stay alive in any "modern" country without having money. It's how you act around the money which shows your true nature.
I love it too. It is an emotional rollercoster. First the guy seems genuinely happy to show his prototype and miyazaki is completly out of touch too but his opinion seems to coldshower the guy so much I almost feared he would cry
@ricardohoang8452 that's true bro. I saw a video from a youtuber I like saying exactly that. AI doesn't exist but it's going to ruin everything anyway (by Angela Collier). Let's hope AI do some weird buggy shit and those managers got fired.
“I defeated him” I love that Miyazaki was able to put Weinstein back in his hole and his opinion of the AI animation as having no understanding of pain is spot on. Another great video! I remember importing the Ghibli VHS from America dubbed and released by 20th century Fox (which were better dubs in my opinion although generally I prefer subtitled) long time fan of Miyazaki since watching Laputa when it was shown on ITV when I was a wee lad.
The Totoro film definitely had the best dub@@ArchieTalksAnime when I watched the Disney version years later, it really jarred with me. It’s unfortunate I binned all of my VHS years ago when I moved to dvd and blu ray, I’d love to have them again.
Miyazaki is a true cynic. All the documentaries and interviews I've seen of him show a grumpy and curmudgeonly man. It stands in such contrast to his films, which are overflowing with passion and optimism. I can only imagine that is why he values his art so much, as a form of processing grief and personal escapism.
not sure what makes you label him as cynical. he's not someone who is distrustful of human nature and motives. he's a realist. his films are meant for the wider audience with several messages embedded in them, both on the surface as well as deeper inside. many such messages often run social commentary on various aspects of human nature in introspect. introspection reveals strengths and weaknesses in oneself. but introspection is not analogous with cynicism. cynical people are set to default state of being distrustful. introspection is a neutral state that weighs each case separately. its about amalgamation of the good and bad in a person. people are not black and white. and that's why to see it as "miyazaki movie optimistic, miyazaki pessimistic" is a very very skewed way of looking at the man. its a good thing you've seen all the documentaries and interviews as you claim. but I suppose this is a case of not being able to see the glimpse into the true nature of things even when one delves deeper into something.
@@blingbling2841I’m assuming they mean that he’s a cynic in the commonly used sense. He rarely ever has a good word to say about the real world openly at all.
everything good he has to say about humanity is in his work. that's y they r so beloved and that's what has prompted this exact video to be made. mbe he is cynical bcz everyone demands him to spell everything out for them and don't bother to make an effort to be a bigger person with an open heart to the wonders this life can offer 😂
@@youthoughtaboutit6946 I understand where you're coming from but I don't think that's what he meant. OP calls him a true cynic, so I don't think it means in the commonly used sense. Instead here's my understanding. He is a true optimist. And at the same time he's a realist. True optimism is hidden underneath realism. You have to dig into it, sometimes more sometimes a little, to find it. He celebrates life in his works. As @ghexaier said below, people demand him to spell everything out for them. Not just him of course. That is the default state with people. There are mainly two types of filmmakers. One that mainly seeks to make money. The lion's share of the pie. And there's the one that seeks for critical acclaim above everything. Miyazaki is definitely not the first. And one may claim that he is hardly the other type as well. He makes a film to arrange a story together that can be served as a dish to his audience. To teach people something subtly. Through the main theme and social commentary of the story as well as through the deeper hidden messages. To teach people about life. Life as in the concept of Life itself. The Organicity of Life itself. But also life as in daily life and the amusing, mundane yet impermanent nature of it. Omoide Poroporo (Only Yesterday) & Yamadas are perfect examples of this. And lastly Life as in the struggles of people and the state of the world we live in that constitutes our lives as indicated by the several anti-war films of his. So if he says one thing on camera and you find that harsh and cynical and you see him make a different kind of statement through his films, he isn't doing anything different in them. Why? Because you feel his movies are about optimism. Yes they are, and they aren't at the same time. Optimism doesn't shine in a vaccum. It shines the brightest against adversity. Without darkness, without overwhelming darkness it is hard to see optimism at its finest. You don't hold a diamond out in the sun to see the finesse, you place it against a dark velvety background and it is basically UV light that is usually used to screen real and synthetic/fake diamonds. What I mean to say is, we are all familiar with the saying "every dark cloud has a silver lining". This is what the optimism in Miyazaki's films looks like.
lol its kinda comical cause you wouldnt think zombies would be miyazakis thing, but at the same time i have found parts of miyazakies art kinda disturbing and grotesque. there are parts of it that a surreal.
@@SinHurr ai will win whether artists like it or not. people bout to get fucked hard. the second industrial age except this time the machines will replace humans.
Japanese people are not usually honest xD so that took all of them offguard. Honesty in Japan is a priviledge only reserved for high figures or top bosses. And even then not all of them are honest. It contrast heavily with Miyazaki which is TOO honest even for western standards.
for context on his reaction to the zombie animation, he explains that the way that zombie moves reminds him of his disabled neighbor who has difficulty moving around by himself and that it's very callous to take the movements of real life people and label them as disgusting and monstrous.
@easttowest7839 You missed the point: The issue he had wasn’t the way the zombie moved, but the way the team described said movement. I wouldn’t draw a comparison of him to those who complain about [insert your example], as he stated earlier in the video that he’s not the type to do that. 14:56. Personally I don’t think his perspective is wrong or right, nor did I see a problem in him being offended. It was very insightful. It says a lot about his character. In fact it’s on brand considering everything stated previously - He’s humanitarian.
His views on the US are widely shared in many parts of the world, in Europe also. His opinion stands out as very few public figures in Japan share their own, but they are not that uncommon among the general public.
He hates not only the United States, but also his home country, Japan, and he always says he hates humanity in the first place. He hates everything. He only likes craftsmanship, which has no borders. In other words, he is just very honest.
I can see where he's coming from, but humanity-hating is a dangerous path that leads to self-hating which is something I have little patience for. It's just not a healthy mindset in my opinion to focus on that hate, it's the worst form of hatred.
@@AmericanImperium1776 Given what he went through, it's not surprising that he thinks like that. Older people often tend to be stubborn, especially since honor was much more emphasized in his days. For example, he disowned his son because he didn't make a masterpiece movie. While being anti-war and all is great, his behavior can be quite bitter. Sure, his son made a mistake, but that was cruel.
@@SaulFavela-ld8kt Actually, Miyazaki does play both sides, just being anti-war while doing so. He acknowledges the bad stuff that his country did during the war. For example, he became infamous in Japan for a while because he *went on public record as acknowledging the existence of the "Comfort Women," the fact that it was an atrocious war crime, and saying that reparations should be made.* A statement that ENRAGED much of the nation of Japan because as we all know, they love to deny how that particular atrocity even happened at all. I think his viewpoint is just that two wrongs don't make a right. But he's also being stupidly overly idealistic, because there's no fucking way that his country was just going to be talked down to stop the war. They HAD to be crushed by a superior military force or they were going to conquer the entire Pacific Rim. This is the part that Miyazaki seems naive about, and it's due to idealism. He somehow thinks that you can stop a war without going to war with the people waging it, lol.
Your last point exactly, and that is becoming the major issue with people today, they are idealistic to the point of denying reality because they don’t agree with it.
@@SaulFavela-ld8kt If you like to go back, look into the history of mainland China before it became China and you will see more cruel episodes. The underlying cruelty of the Chinese people is what China is proving today.
In 2001 I was working for Bluesky Studios in NY. I had the opertunity with some other folks from Bluesky to vist studio Ghibli. When we first met with Miyazaki he seems very distrustful, but when he realized that we were just people who loved animation and film making he opened up and we had a truely wonderful afternoon talking about future projects and differeces in adittudes between US and Japanese estetics. My recollection of the man is that he was warm and deeply engaging, but but has little time for BS! I was 30 at the time and the meeting left a lasting impression!
Why does noone ever talk about the castle in the sky when talking about studio ghibli? It was the first of their films ive ever seen, after a friend showed it to me. And i was amazed. So much beauty, so much love for every frame, such a lovely story and such a beautiful way of telling it. I found myself loudly cheering, or clenching my teeth in excitement multiple times. The soundtrack is pure perfection too. I can without exaggeration say, that this film changed my life in ways i cant even describe. Watching it, by the time the credits rolled, it felt like i was shown a glimpse of heaven. Like i got to touch perfection. If someone asked me what i would think the best mivie ever made is, it would be, without a doubt be the castle in the sky. I watched it in german, and the dub is perfect too. I read that for the us version they added more soundtrack, as american audiences would probably not enjoy the scenes with no music, and im notnsure which one is used in the german version. But i can only encourage everyone to watch this masterpiece.
I agree, it’s an incredible film, very underrated. It’s beautiful and heartwarming but also makes you think. It made a lasting impression on me too. I’ve never seen the German dub but the French dub is also pretty good. If you want to know more about why they changed the score for the English dub you should check out my video about the life of Joe Hisaishi - there’s a full section about this. He explains why they decided it was necessary. (I’m pretty sure the German version has the original Japanese score by the way).
It's my favorite as well! I have even learned to play the primary theme ("Innocent") on a piano. Reading the sheet and learning. I have no musical education so you can imagine how motivated I was to learn and play it. It's a pure joy to my soul and it's not an exaggeration. Played this song almost daily to my pregnant wife and our son loves the music a lot.
NO... Hayao Miyazaki doesn't like "American {Business}" and Why is that... Corporations "In-General" just want to make easy Money, But People Like {Hayao Miyazaki} Just Want To Make "ART and Tell Complexing Storytelling"!
they dont understand that money is a by product not the end goal. the end goal is to create or produce the best you can. from movies, to building houses, to washing dishes, to playing video games.
You realize that Miyazaki's films have repeatedly broken Japanese box office records and are beloved by mainstream audiences, right? To suggest zero financial considerations go into his films is absurd.
@@Laissez-faire402well yeah of course money matters but an artist values art more than money corporations (especially American ones) on the other hand are the exact opposite which is why he doesn’t like them
I don’t agree with Miyazaki in everything. The man has his own faults but I appreciate his honesty. I mean I don’t cgi animation and to be honest that zombie was a worst example to show Miyazaki.
Miyazaki defeated Weinstien? Absolute boss. I imagine he casually took the sword off the wall after Harvy yelled at him and said "Perhaps you would like me to make the fist cut?" then unsheaved it and added "...to your face! BAAAANZAAIIII!!" then chased him around the office until he gave in.
Best grumpy director. Really curious if he's gonna be content with The Boy and the Heron as his final film, or if he's going to do another one already.
My head says it will be his last film, but my heart tells me he has another one in him! I was just reading an interview with Joe Hisaishi, and he said: “This is a completely personal opinion of mine, but I don’t think it’s his final film.” So, fingers crossed! I get the feeling he’d be even more grumpy if he had nothing to work on 😅
@@jamesdrake3651 Yeah, sad but true. And it’s not like he’s known for working fast. If he’s going to make another one he’ll have to get started on it ASAP.
@@jamesdrake3651 I mean he's 83, that's old byt there's other directors in the same age categort/older than him that are still making movies! Scorsese, Stephen Frears, Coppola, Ridley Scott... hell, Eastwood is 93 and has a movie coming out this year.
@@pasdepseudooriginal Wow I actually didn’t know that Eastwood had a new film coming out, I’ve just been reading about it. Great cast, I’m looking forward to that. But yeah you’re totally right, there’s a bunch of active filmmakers in that age bracket so you never know - if Miyazaki lives to Eastwood’s age then he might even have time for another two films yet 😂
As a US citizen - I appreciate the criticism. More importantly - I appreciate thoughtful criticism. I'm sure I embrace a lot of things that Miyazaki apparently abhors (tech, jeans, Coke, just list some named examples). But it is always worth listening to other perspectives and examining why those things would be points of criticism. To reflect on what we do or what we embrace and its impacts on others... or other options available to us instead. Just blind bashing (which I get a sense that Miyazaki isn't beyond doing in a more grumpy fit) isn't so interesting. But no human experience or endeavor is beyond critique.
I think the reason for the dislike of jeans, coke etc. is in parts due to americanisation and of course also because of his dislike of US politics. I like many of the things that come out of America (and dislike many others) but I feel it eroding my country's culture. This happens across the entire world. It's not so much that these things are bad, it's also about what is lost by accepting them.
@@ninototo1 100% this. I'm American but Miyazaki's view toward Americaization isn't that uncommon especially amongst older generations from Asia, Europe. A lot of older people remember a time before culture globalization, before mass media. They don't hate Americans, they just hate Americanization and the erasure of their old ways oc life. Miyazaki's old enough to remember a time before mass media, a time when many people in Japan still wore traditional clothes in the streets. I think he has every right to draw a funny doodle to express his frustration with jeans.
Miyazaki also expressed a strong dislike of Lord of the Rings, despite many wishing Studio Ghibli would make an adaptation of Tolkien’s work. Although, it should be noted that this Miyazaki’s distaste for Tolkien has been criticized, as he never actually read any of his books and was likely basing his opinions on a “Western War Movie = Bad” approach - after realizing the LOTR movies were Hollywood productions.
Ding ding ding. If you ever see Miyazaki criticize something, it's a short skip and a jump to figuring out what the American connection is. He hates smart devices-they were invented in the wrong country. If I'm being perfectly frank about it all, people are bending over backwards here to forgive him for being a rather terrible person who generalizes hate in an awful way, just because he also made some good movies. And I say that as someone who will forever consider _Nausicaa_ a top 5 favorite of all time.
@@Asterra2I don’t think that it’s a problem of the phone being invented in the United States, No face in Spirited Away is a good example of how Miyazaki has a strong dislike of modern industry in general, phones a part of that. I forget where it was from I just don’t really feel like explaining it, but basically No face is a representation of Japanese industry destructive and glutinous but when he goes to the witch’s house he just does some tailoring in a nice and calm. Modern industry bad cottage crafts good.
After this Im kinda viewing Miyazaki in a negative light, he kind of is like a child in a sense. Here you have Tolkien who fought in an actual war and even resented the negative view of the Germans after, someone who experienced death yet never put hate towards his enemy. Then you even have his father who truly lived through the war and after coincided with what he had been apart. Yes the bombs were a mistake but Miyazaki really only lived through the war after. He kinda lacks the understanding of what had been done and the repercussions of that which I dont blame him. But he is just coming off as some racist grumpy old man
Miyazaki is a real one-of-a-kind unique not just as a individual person, but truly unique by Japanese people standards, as some are closed off and not very open speaking out, but Miyazaki is not afraid to speak his mind and personal thoughts, which I can respect. He may be a grumpy old man set in his ways, but in the end he is down to earth and that's something you can't take away or not give credit for as he sticks to his guns.
in this case, miyazki words are a gun whose bullet is stronger than a nuke and also stronger than A greedy CEO's cannon whose power is an empty plastic bag
Cross cultural work will always be difficult. Ursula Leguin was not at all happy with what Ghibli did to her beloved Earthsea novels. Having read Howl's, I also feel that the movie is just a fanfic of the original, so idk why Miyazaki should be so strict about adaptation of his works
Because for as great of an artist Miazaki is, and for as much as I respect his work, he is also a very bitter man who often show a "my way or the highway" attitude. He wants to create art, and that is repepctable, but it has to be *his* art. And when it is *his* art it's great and with tons of fantastic themes and points to talk about, but when it's someone elses art it becomes frustrating because he has to make it *his* art. That's why he's so strict about it, because it's *his* art. Honestly, I'm a bit frustrated nobody else has brought this up. He's so idolized that it's hard to talk about him and mentioning his flaws or see people challenge his takes because he is held in such high regards. He is a true artist through and through, and I admire his dedication to art. But like I said, he's also very bitter and this bitterness can lead him to be elitist or even ignorant. He isn't this perfect wise man people tend to make him out to be, he's just human with flaws and everything.
@@sanada-sama8303 He is one of my prime argument for separating the art from the artist. His art is genuinly fantastic and I love it all. But as a person I can't stand him.
@@fnord4960its funny to me how you can see these contradictions everywhere. going off of my observations, people making happier, more hopeful works of art tend to act much more cynical and grumpy towards the people around them, whilst the ones who create horrible tragic tales or overly ridiculous horror tend to be much friendlier and easy to get along with. it's most likely a case where people use stories as an outlet for their bottled up emotions and then leave the other side of their personality open for everyone else around them
@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 And... also pretty much everywhere they were. I mean, if you wanna be honest- their war crimes list is significantly longer than the spicy windmill guys' list.
This video randomly popped up in my recommendations. I don't watch Anime or know much about Hayao Miyazaki, but I just wanted to let you know that your video is well made and kept me interested throughout - even though I can't speak to accuracy. Keep it up and you will be successful on this platform.
Hi! Various conflicts were happening leading up to WW2, but the war officially started on September 1st 1939. As for Japan, it formally entered WW2 on September 22nd 1940 (when it invaded former French Indochina as part of its operations in China). Miyazaki was then born in January 1941 and Pearl Harbor took place in December 1941.
I've only recently discovered his films and have enjoyed them very much and found them very interesting. This video makes me want to watch them all again.
@@CarlosLopez-wb2qnit’s a movie about understanding Americans. That’s the whole point of the movie. You see a horrible war through the eyes of Joker, a war journalist. It’s messed up and he sees horrible things that really weigh on his mind.
@@CarlosLopez-wb2qn Miyazaki was correct in a vague sense, about Vietnam movies featuring a theme of not understanding things. However, the thing being poorly understood is the war itself. The war occurring in Asia or anywhere else has nothing to do with the mental rejection. The US force was a mostly conscript army, the kids getting drafted have young-adult things on their minds, and the war is a big angry interruption. They're not the type to think like geopolitical strategists. And they definitely don't think their lives are worth the risk, either. So there is a mental block in them, where they don't want to get invested. The problem is that they got called up at all, and they will never care about why or for whom they got called. Whether the war was in Asia, Africa, Middle East, South America, ALL of it is equally irrelevant to their wishes. Nothing to do with Asians specifically.
@@CarlosLopez-wb2qnit had nothing to do with the Vietnam War and Asians other than the war is the setting and the people living there are Asians. These garbage takes are what happens when people stop reading books.
@@Benz7nI don’t think he had a problem with the animation I think he had a problem with the message/theme the animation was going for.He never sad the animation was bad he just said he doesn’t want to be a part of making horrific imagery.I don’t he’s a fan of body horror🙃
I want to hear Miyazaki's take on Don Bluth as I think they could do a fantastic movie together and it would be a fitting swan song for them both. There are some other Japanese animators who I would like to hear his take on as well.
@@UnLancheroMuyPenudo Miyazaki honestly comes off as a snobby supremacist and nationalistic traditionalist, and people seem to tolerate it because he's a great artist and interesting guy with some wisdom. I have a hard time taking his opinions/stances seriously when it's anything outside his wheelhouse of life-wisdom, nature, and art. And even for the last one, I'm not sure when he talks about non-Japanese art.
I'm sorry, but a nationalist? I'll need some more evidence for that one. He's not really a traditionalist either. Many of his films deal with the loss of traditions in the wake of inevitable modernity, which is a common theme in Japanese society with the arrival of Western Industrialism. You can trace this sentiment back to the beginning of the Meiji era if feeling inclined to. His films tend to reach a synthesis of accepting the new while salvaging what we can of the old. @@Noahthelasercop
That's usually the problem with war movies and I feel like that's how Howl's Moving Castle got it right. Saving Private Ryan can be an anti war movie, but the problem is it makes war look fucking cool. That's the problem with every war movie. Battle scenes are just fun to watch. The closest I've seen a war movie comes close to making war look dreary and terrible was All Quiet on the Western Front and even then the tank scene made it look scary and awesome. Hypothetically, if you were to make a war movie, it would have to be like Howl. You see the main cast (who are not soldiers) watch their home get bombed into the stone age and Howl (who does have a military role) is gradually ground down and dehumanized by the war machine until he almost looses the ability to become human again. And even then the weaponry of every military in a Ghibli movie looks cool. If you're doing a war movie you have to fund a way to make it look not cool.
@@whywhy8276 It looks cool to everyone. It's why war movies are popular and it's why it's nearly impossible to make a meaningful anti-war movie. If you make the combat scenes look cool and action packed, it's all anyone is going to remember about your anti war movie. Apocalypse Now was about the horrors and pointlessness of war, but all anyone remembers about it is "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"
@@62cky4powerthirstyou should check out the 1936 version of "All Quiet on the Western Front" this is a very antiwar film and in my opinion did a better job in showing its message than the modern version.
@@EpsilonKnight2 it's really not his fault to be completely fair, he's no animator, he's an architect, it's just that ghibli higher ups for some reason choose him to handle earwig and miyazaki being miyazaki, it became a complete fuckfest
@@oniplus4545I think Miyazaki tried to change now after Goro had his grandson. From what I've heard; He created Ponyo as an apology letter to Goro, this time giving him actual advice and helping him work on the movie instead of leaving him like how he did on "Tales from the sea"
@@toomuchclergy yeah no, miyazaki left goro once again to his own demise in earwig too and it's even worse than tales from the Earthsea tomfuckery because earwig flopped really badly, so much for ponyo being an apology, miyazaki is still miyazaki at the end of the day
They tried cutting a 135 minute film into 90 minutes? That's removing 1/3 of the content! They are insane. Imagine if you had to remove 1/3 of the ingredients from your favourite dish
That segment with the zombie and his response to that was so damn savage, haha. Minus his distaste for physical aspects of America like burgers and stuff like that, I feel his sentiment on other things like certain values or the excitement about going to war like some people have.
....Miyazaki doesn't understand why Coppola would make apocalypse now despite answering his own question?? Am I missing something? He made the movie because the Vietnam War was a massive fuck up an failure, and he wanted to express that in a different way from something like FMJ
As someone who've grown up in a country where dubs are exclusively for children's movies and everyone who can has mastered reading relies on subtitles instead, I get a sort of culture shock every time I encounter dubs in other context. I wish America would get away from dubs. It would make things so much easier too.
翻訳機能を使用して動画を視聴しました。日本人の私でも動画の内容を理解できる丁寧な翻訳で有難かったです。 動画を拝見して、ワインスタイン氏に日本刀を送った意味を理解した人がいた事に驚いています…（大喜利への理解が嬉しいです）。 また、宮崎氏がアメリカでうけたインタビューなどの記事を本動画で知れたことは大変有意義なものだと感嘆しました。 動画では触れられてはいませんが、アメリカと合作したアニメは「夢の国のリトルニモ」という作品で、本作は迷走し後に失敗作となりました… 原因はプロデューサーのゲイリー・カーツが理由もなく没を出していた事が迷走するきっかけとなり、宮崎氏は幻滅し最初にアニメ制作から抜けたと聞きます。 もしも、ゲイリーではなくジョージ・ルーカスがプロデューサーをやっていれば宮崎氏が もののけ姫を上映する20年早く世界から注目される監督に慣れたと 日本のアニメ評論家は残念がっていました。 最後に、誤解で悲しまれた方は気を悪くしないでください。彼は何にでも理不尽に怒っている人です… I watched the video using the translation function. I appreciated the careful translation that even a Japanese person like me could understand the content of the video. After watching the video, I was surprised that someone understood the meaning of sending a Japanese sword to Mr. Weinstein... . I was also amazed at how meaningful it was to learn about the interviews and other articles that Mr. Miyazaki had received in the US through this video. Although it is not mentioned in the video, the animation co-produced with the U.S. was called "Little Nemo in Dreamland," which lost its way and later became a failure.... The reason for this was that the producer, Gary Kurtz, had been absent from the project for no reason, which led to the film going astray, and I heard that Mr. Miyazaki became disillusioned and left the animation production first. If George Lucas had been the producer instead of Gary Kurtz, Mr. Miyazaki would have become a world-famous director 20 years before the screening of "Princess Mononoke. Japanese animation critics were disappointed. Finally, please don't be offended if you are saddened by the misunderstanding. Mr. Miyazaki is an unreasonably angry person about everything... (DeepL translation. Sorry if some characters are unreadable)
[Google Translate] 宮崎が怒る理由がたくさんあると思います。私は宗教的な教育を受けてアメリカに住んでいます。 宮崎駿はもっと自制心を示さず、不適切な怒りを持っていると言えるかもしれませんが、彼は彼の洞察力を求められ、それを彼らに与える勇気を持っていました。彼がしたことは珍しく、おそらくアメリカで私たちの注意を引く唯一の方法だ。私たちとコミュニケーションをとるためには、彼は率直で、特に何十年も誤解されてきた後では、自分の感情を使う必要がありました。 Apologies for any errors
@@jp9095 actress, Riho Yoshioka, YoshitakaYuriko have been violent and variously planned crimes since 2021 to 2024, and instantly arrest is desirable. It's so foolish them coming to France and induce crimes exceed times ...A tall Lithuanian Yakuza named Pijus Bacevicius (BOD1984/04/19, male,criminal,rately use fake name 'Ally') is a super-dreadnought liar who always pins the blame on harmless people and treats impersonators as the real person. I am now commenting to criticize this liar, cruel, incompetent, sex-addicted, trash zombie man with a perman face and a dumb man for encouraging the crimes of Japanese TV performers. My personal Gaccount has always been stolen without my permission, so there is no criticism that I would borrow it. It's a well-deserved punishment. 背の高いPijusBacevicius(1984/04/19,male)というヤクザのリトアニア人男は超弩級の嘘つきで、いつも無害な人間に罪を擦り付けたりなりすましを本人扱いしたりします。私は今その嘘つきで残忍無能セックス漬けゴミ屑ゾンビ男パーマン顔愚鈍な男が日本のテレビ出演者達の犯罪を助長していることを批難するためコメントしています。いつも勝手に私の個人利用Gaccountを盗用されてきたので私がこのゾンビ男のアカウントを借用するのは何ら批難に値しない。当然の報いだ。宮崎駿もきっと嫌うような男だ。
In 1988, Studio Ghibli produced the brutal “Grave of the Fireflies”, which depicts the lives of two orphans immediately following the Bombings of Kobe by America. It’s gut wrenching to watch because of it’s visually graphic and psychologically visceral and raw depictions of how Japanese bombing victims suffered before death, and how the collective society responded to the victims and their families who survived. While Miyazaki didn’t write or direct the film, as the studio head he definitely had close involvement in its production.
What many people outside of Japan don’t know is that Hayao Miyazaki’s generation is the most left wing(anti-American in the Japanese political sense) leaning out of all generations in Japan today. The post war baby boomers and the ones born during the war were very active during the 1960s-1970s participating in student protests and terrorism. This generation is really interesting because they are often stereotyped as being fond of American cultures(folk music, rock n roll, Hollywood movies, big American cars, rebellious spirit etc.) but at the same time very anti-US government. I think alot of foreigners that dont know much about the political dynamics in Japan tend to think that anti-US sentiment in Japan is associated with right wing nationalists or the ww2 generation. While that is true to some extent, the main group of anti-US sentiment today is left wing liberals which is dominated by the baby boomer generation. If you know a bit about the history of post war Japan and the different generation gaps, you’ll start to understand what and where Miyazaki’s beliefs come from.
War is stupid. My granpa used to say "Government make you believe that the war is inevitable to protect your important ones" He also said that there are too many people who believe those stupidity to fight against them
Thanks a lot, I'm glad you enjoyed it! If you liked this video, I just posted one about Joe Hisaishi's life and career that you'll probably enjoy, too!
Emphasis on for now. America is about to break into civil war due to the rise of far right fascism. Also, America is now fascilitating and enabling a genocide in Gaza backing the Isreal colinizers. Now they're sending an additional $14billion and weaopons to Israel while people over here are struggling pay check to pay check and thousands are homeless. I despise my country for this and because of their war crimes in the middle east up to now, for their the arrogance, hypocracy and hubris.
@@cpthardluck freedom? Really? You still think a capitalist shit hole that only serves the rich people wants any of that and you really think that isn't pure propaganda spewed by piece of shit? Sure thing, buddy. Whatever makes you feel better about a country that constantly attacks countries just for their resources while trying to shift the blame somewhere else. Keep on believing that propaganda and keep on liking them boots.
I feel like Miyazaki just doesn't really know how to convey his throughts through speech. It really does seem like art and animation are the only true ways he knows how to communicate through people. Possibly why he refuses to retire.
Americans always have this strange notion that the people they crush with violence or the allies they stab in the back should always love and admire them.
Great content. Miyazaki is the reason for my love of anime. I really respect his strong views. You know what you're getting with him at least. He definitely stands for something and I actually agree with a couple of his points
Yeah, that sounded like he was clumping the American people as a whole with the rest of the country. I would not be surprised to learn he hates Americans in general.
@@EugeneOneguine Yeah, that sounds like an important distinction, but not so much. No one can truly know anything, like 100%, for what it is. It's all just points of view. Each person you know sees you through their own eyes, from their own perspective. No one sees you the way you see yourself, and your own point of view of yourself is skewed as well. So, if we're going to discount people's feelings because they don't truly know the 'actual' object of their affection, then it's going to be a very lonely world.
@@stephenjenkins7971Right wingers are the hypocrites and the ones clearly don't care how many people they kill with their rhetoric. Just take a look at the ones in charge of the House right now😈...
@@stephenjenkins7971slaving away your entire life to make someone else richer (or be that asshole who exploits others) while you cant even afford dental is better?
Some of it is also likely unresolved internalized frustration of Imperial Japan’s actions. Seems like he spent good chunk of his younger years trying to get Japanese people around him to wake up to the horrors imperial Japan inflicted on others but felt like he wasn’t being listened to until he turned his frustrations towards the United States.
@@DeltaCain13 *The Empire of Japan I fundamentally disagree with your relief-oriented idea. I think Miyazaki is done with getting frustrated over what happened in the past, yet the reason why he might still dislike certain nations in the world, especially the U.S., is because the United States has never stopped ruining foreign nations just for the sake of their own geopolitical and capitalism-centered benefits
@@DeltaCain13 Isn't Miyazaki a former Marxist? Seems like what you describe would be less him turning his frustrations over and more him just not liking both period
I am Japanese. When I saw this title, I thought it was an exaggeration and started looking at it to refute it. I, of course, like America in some aspects and have some mixed feelings about it. I admire America's advancement of women, for example, which is more advanced than in Japan. However, the awareness of war that is often seen among Americans worries me. I have studied international politics for many years, and I have also studied history, especially attitudes toward war. Of course I have learned about the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers, as others have pointed out. I have seen the sexual assaults on women committed by soldiers, and I almost went insane because I empathized so much with the feelings of the women. Let me speak on that basis, and I hope you understand that I am not saying this point because I hate America. Americans love their heroes. I think there are so many stories where the oppressed people are always rewarded and there is a happy ending. However, when Japanese people start going to elementary school, they all watch Barefoot Gen together or go to the A-bombed cities and talk directly to the hibakusha. When children in their early teens watch Barefoot Gen, they realize that the atomic bomb did not choose people, but mercilessly inflicted burning heat and pain on everyone. Postwar Japanese education always makes you realize the callousness of what war inflicts (that the atomic bombs burned even American soldiers). That is where I think we differ a bit from the US. Americans may think of war as defeating the ''bad guys'' and calling it quits, but the Japanese learn that war itself is evil. Ah, I hope the translation app is working well!
There are a lot of ignorant people across the entire world. I think the reason a lot of people hate my country is because my country has a high population of ignorant people, but at the same time, if they just blindly hate how like they do in these comments; they are also ignorant. That’s just what I think anyway, not a response.
16:40 this guy tore into all of them in the most vicious yet subtle way possible. The shock on their faces is seriously palpable. HE MADE A GROWN ASS MAN CRY!!!!! Holy shit this dude is insane. Love some of his movies but holy shit i would not wanna be in the same room with him if i knew japanese.
Love his movies, wouldn’t care to meet him for one bit. You can love the stories and have a dislike for the artist; I do it all the time. Most of the characters I fall in love with in movies are played by actors. I wouldn’t give the time a day too.
The Artist will still always be connected to the Art. No one can take that away from them. Same with JK Rowling or Tolkien. No one can take those away. People can claim Separating the Art from the Artist but in practice that's not really Practical
@@silverhawkscape2677 It's not so much that he has "deep thoughts." He's fairly childish in his disdain for the US. Or the west in general. He dislikes Tolkien even though the Lord of the Rings share many of the themes his own movies do. (And are just better story telling and world building, so from an artists point of view it should be admired)
@@crusaderman4043I don’t think hating the US is a childish thing especially with all of its foreign involvements. Hating the US because of what they did in the Middle East is actually very sensible. Also hating the US doesn’t equal to hating Americans, Miyazaki also hates on his own country, Japan.
@@Stxrria Americans are too fucking sensitive, they freak out at the mildest criticism, or take critiques seriously and try to enter debate club mode when someone is clearly just making fun of them and taking the piss, the way Miyazaki was in his captions. And seriously I love Lotr but some Tolkien fanboys are insufferable when it comes to criticism.
He has a point - cultures so global now. It’s sad. You don’t get a unique little group outside of this. & everyone just follows the trends like a herd of sheep.
No lo culpo. Los Estados Unidos han hecho tantas atrocidades (invaciones, intervenciones, venta de armas, financiar conflicos, los discursos racistas y xenófobos más influyentes del mundo, etc.) que es difícil, sabiendo todo eso, no detestar esa nación.
I am so glad that you pointed out that Disney handled their end of the deal very badly. I have always maintained that their dubs are poor quality, and clearly lost interest in his films very early on. I am thankful to them that I was able to see most of his films, which I would not have been able to see otherwise, but I really feel like a half assed job, and it almost felt like they simply gobbled up his movies in order to prevent another studio from getting the distribution rights. Not so much something they believed in as something they simply wanted to deny others. If this is true or not, I have no idea, but members of the Disney called hallways insist that they did a brilliant job with his films, and I am thankful that they made it possible for me to see them, I feel like they did a merely adequate job at best
One of the best filmmakers of all time. As an American, I understand where he’s coming from. I agree with him that a lot of American war films tend to glorify war. It’s an awful and inconsiderate to those whose lives have been negatively affected by a war. Though I believe that’s starting to change with movies like 1917 which showed the horrors of war. I understand where he’s coming from on his criticisms of American culture. Our culture also has huge problems with hedonism, materialism, gluttony, self-obsession, etc. It doesn’t help that our mainstream media tends to focus on superficial things, rather than creating real news that informs citizens of real world issues.
For many years Apple's itunes store didnt show Ghibli movies. I think there were being blocked from accessing the US digital stream market, may be by Disney? idk
When Oppenheimer releases in Japan, I hope Miyazaki sees it. I would always love to know his thoughts on the movie as there are many parallels to The Wind Rises. I would argue both films are the two sides of the same coin and are both very similar in its anti-war message.
@@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq Majority of Americans supported Vietnam, Palestine and Iraq invasion. They're all evil in my eyes, at least the white European variant.
He hates militarism. So how could he love the country with the world's largest military? He condemned his own country too. Is his pacifism practical? Is pacifism ever practical, when practiced in a setting where the peaceful can be mowed down like chaff? His films are themselves often violent, proving he knows what sells. But he is fairly consistent in showing violence is not the answer to most of life's problems--more often the cause. I respect him for this. And I agree. I do not believe he hated Americans as people. Anymore than he hated the Japanese people, even though the nation of Japan, miltant for most of its history, sometimes repelled him.
As an American I don’t get offended when people hate this country. Hating the US is the past time of a lot of us. Plus, like the video said, Miyazaki is a grump. You should hear what he thinks of his own son’s work. He isn’t gonna win father of the year
4:08 And I dislike the Japan that confiscated the entirety of Vietnam’s rice harvest in 1945 causing the starvation of ~2 million Vietnamese. That was the nature of the totalitarian and colonialist empire into which Miyazaki was born and that the Americans defeated. Miyazaki chides the Americans for misunderstanding Asians, insinuating they are racists. Did the Japanese believe their colonial subjects to be their racial equals and treat them as brethren? Japan’s troubled relations with China and the Koreas to this day suggests not.
Japan’s war was a war of conquest that killed tens of millions of Asians (and not a few westerners) because his people believed it was the destiny of their race to rule their inferiors and it was (their) god’s will. America’s war was defensive and anti-colonial in nature. There is no moral equivalence.
@@elpito9326 He hates many things about American culture and society and its influence in Japan and the world and, apparently, has nothing good to say about America. He’s objectively anti-American.
Although I understand English, sometimes it’s hard for me to understand what you say because of your accent (I’m French Canadian, so usually I hear American accent when people around talk in English). So thank you for the subtitles! That being said, I loved your video, it’s so well elaborated! I just subscribed 😊
You're welcome! I actually just got back from Québec a few days ago (beautiful part of the world) and it was the same for me -- I'm used to hearing European French, so it was a bit of a struggle at times! But don't feel bad, I'm from the north of England and our accents are very different from the BBC English you might hear on TV/in movies. Sometimes we fellow Brits can't even understand each other haha. Thank you for commenting and subscribing, I really appreciate it!
If I would have to assume, it is probably because America is a Constitutional Republic we elect as leaders for crying out loud. If the people we elect are warhawks then I think people assume that the people in the United States want war. Which is a very stupid take, but I am willing to believe a few million believe it. Which is funny because a lot of other countries do the exact thing. As I have learned, good people really don't want power, and thus shy away from leading. Which is why all the bad people are in charge.
Miyazaki is a contrarian with a gifted talent. It’s not surprised to hear he critiques everyone, thing, place, and scenario. He does take the money from the countries he critiques, but won’t pay lip service. Like it or hate it, if you’re gonna call it blood money, stop putting it in your wallet. I am glad he defeated Harvey though. Best quote is at 15:30. He says it himself - I’m an angry person and I hate the righteousness of others. I have these thoughts too, but I start by the assumption everyone is foolish (ie more than me). Classic symptom of those who become famous and wealthy. I’d bet his isolating is correlated to his understanding he’s kinda hypocritical but cannot help become upset and kept self sabotaging his own success when confronted by upsetting things he doesn’t want to accept or conform to, according to him and his staffers.
Miyazaki is fantastic filmmaker without a doubt, but yeah, he's just as flawed of an individual like any other person in the world. Like everyone else in the comments section of this video, I do appreciate his honesty. Though I do think that sometimes he can be a little too brutally honest. Such as his dislike with Disney animation. There are many things about Disney we all like, but of course there also plenty of things about them we don't like. Mainly the corporate side to that company. It's honestly hard to believe that I along with a lot of other people used to have the opinion that Miyazaki was "the Walt Disney of anime". He also really needs to learn to make up his mind of whether he actually wants to be retired or not. Every 1 or 2 movies, he goes into retirement, only to then change his mind when he's got a new idea. All in all Miyazaki is a fantastic filmmaker, but as much as we all love him, he's definitely an old grump who's always got to have a chip on his shoulder about something.
@@natthekiwi7074 I mean, whenever he comes out of retirement, and puts out a movie or two, they’re fantastic pieces of work. What I mean to say is that because he’s been in and out of retirement many of f times, it just gives off the feeling that it’s something he can’t really make up his mind on.
Its odd that he couldnt understand Apocalypse Now. And the look on the animators face when he says that he wants nothing to do with his animation is really intense. He is deeply wounded!
This is such a good documentation on his opinions on America. Miyazaki is such an interesting figure, nevertheless director, so seeing video this good talking about him is always cool. Insane that your second upload is this high quality
Thanks so much, I’m glad you liked it! Like you said, he’s such an interesting character whether you agree with all of his opinions or not. I had a blast making this so it’s great to see people enjoying it and continuing the conversation in the comments.
@@ArchieTalksAnime Hell yeah! Keep it up with the videos man!
Speaking as an animator for Disney back then, the company was actually scared of Miyazaki seeing as how his work was blowing Disney out the water.
That deal was partially made to control and profit off him.
@@ArchieTalksAnimei really cant stop watching this video, compared to others ive seen about hayao's persona this is definitely the best.
7:29
If you hear him talk, he's honestly not that fond of his own country either.
Yeah he has a complicated relationship with Japan, that’s for sure. He definitely isn’t a fan of otaku culture and he has little patience for politicians -- I remember the time he called Shinzo Abe “despicable” when Abe was Prime Minister.
He hates all those politician
@@ArchieTalksAnime abe was though
@@ArchieTalksAnime Abe was a raging NeoLiberal prick economically who is the reason Japan is printing the Yen at a negative interest rate now so I am not a fan myself.
@@snoot6629Can you please tell me what were the despicable things done by Abe?
Miyazaki also said this about japanese anime:
“Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know.”
“It’s produced by humans who can’t stand looking at other humans.”
“And that’s why the industry is full of otaku!”
Thank god someone finally said that, when i was a bit younger, i always disliked and i always found strange how the characters were so unfitting, like if the Japanese didn’t know how society and interactions really worked, just by looking at other Japanese works that i could see the real density of their social relations, although they generally show themselves with a quite big amount of caricatures
Omg! 😂 he’s not wrong though
@@briannalee1998 Many well-written works like Ashita no joe, Tokyo ghoul, Vagabond, etc, completely defy these statements. I'm saying this as not an Otaku, but somehow who explores and critically engages with all forms of fictional media, what they bring to the table, what they teach us, and how they enrich us. Some are deeper, more Complex and multifaceted , some more straightforward, one-dimensional, and larger than life, some more nuanced, intricate, and thematically rich, and well-executed, while some more archetypal, and static.
I don't shy away from any form of fictional media, my only yearnings are for well-written worlds, be it mangas, movies, TV shows, comics, novels, shirt stories,etc.
And let me tell you, Miyazaki's discontent towards America is more than justified, and understandable, for all they did, his own worldview, ideologies, and taking into account his experiences.
But, most of his monologues, ideologies and perspectives are too reductive, lack nuance, understanding, and critical engagement with ideas, more dismissive.
He loves to stay inside his bubble, in his one-dimensional echo chamber, and avoid any reasonings, or critical engagement with ideas, and diverse perspectives.
@@Warrior_x_vigilante100 "And let me tell you, Miyazaki's discontent towards America is more than justified, and understandable, for all they did, his own worldview, ideologies, and taking into account his experiences. " not really no, thats only because the country being hated is white filled US. the japs were laughably and astronomically worse than the americans could even dream of back in ww2.
without watching the video, nearly every ghibili film as been about how technology can be used for bad and america is a prime example of this. am i correct?
That anyone would cut a film like Nausicaa or Princess Mononoke is mind boggling.
Like how do you even cut it, what was going to be excluded
@@InamMaqondose-ny8zf IKR, animation is more precise than live action in storytelling. There isn't really much in the way of wasted footage or deleted scenes (unless you're Disney). That's how tight animation is, and that's why it makes no sense to try and edit a complete product like Miramax was handed.
That’s because Harvey only cared about dominating other people, he didn’t give a shit about storytelling.
And to think (or worse, be sure) that you could convince an auteur like Miyazaki that you know better than him what is best for his films is the height of arrogance. Of course, we are talking about Weinstein, so that's par for the course.
It’s funny. I first saw “ Warriors of the wind” on cable in 1985, and it was absolutely the most brilliant animated film had ever seen. The fact that it was what we then called “Japanimation” just made it that much more remarkable because the only anime we saw on the United States in those days was pretty sloppy and man stuff like battle of the planets and speed racer. And while I always watch those shows, I was conscious of their animation, being pretty weak, even as a kid.
So seeing “warriors of the wind” blew me away, and I videotaped it and showed to some of my friends who had no interest in cartoons, and they all loved it too. A year or two later, I learned that the movie was massively, trimmed down from its original length, and I was super Duper excited to eventually track down the full film, but I have took me for freaking ever because anime is extremely niche and the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s.
And while it is really popular to crap on “ warriors of the wind,” a horribly bastardized version of, “Nausicaa,” I have always been very grateful for the movie. Yes it is absolutely positively inferior to the *real* movie, But It was also my first exposure to something so brilliant. Had it not been for that mutilated version of the film I would never have heard of the guy, and I would never have sought out his other stuff. “A little of something is better than all of nothing,” after all.
And I will be the first person to admit that the Warriors of the wind dub is pretty weak and inconsistent, but credit where credit is due: the people they hired to voice act in that version of the movie were professional voice actors. They didn’t have enough information to do a really good job, but they did at least bring a level of energy and distinction to it. I really do not think that the Disney dub is much better, and their choice to view people like Claire Danes, as the voice of the princess was really uninspired stuntcasting, as her performance is much more flat and boring than the character was in the shitty 80s version. Which is not so much me defending the 80s version as it is me insulting the Disney dub :)
Miyazaki meeting Weinstein was the worst possible thing to happen for improving relations with America.
It's almost comical. Man is finally willing to give usa a chance after decades - meets one of the worst people on the planet hahah
It's almost comical. Man is finally willing to give usa a chance - meets one of the worst people on the planet hahah
Nukes?
@@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200 pdfile
@@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200Harvey Weinsteins a rapist
Being against the Americanization of Japan isn't the same as being "anti-American."
Being against the US military isn't the same as being "anti-American."
America won the war. I don't think Miyazaki is in a position to complain about the 'Americanization' of Japan.
@@Laissez-faire402so much for Freedom, you hypocrite!
He's clearly all three
I think it’s pretty clear by his comments about Hollywood in general, and the fact that he refuses to even set foot in the country in order to accept an award, I think it goes a little beyond just disliking the US military, I’m sure that’s how it started but it certainly comes off as a general distaste for anything and everything American to me, not that I particularly care one way or another
@@yasminc7827 How is Japan less free?
I feel sorry for his son, that guy had it super rough, being disowned for not making a masterpiece movie. Of course he later retracted his disown statement towards his son. Can't imagine what the discussion was behind the scenes when his son did the 3D movie that was so bad, Miyazaki came back from retirement to save Ghiblis reputation. There's not living up to your parents expectations, there's not getting the acknowledgment and respect from your parents, then there is Miyazaki. a Lot of people can be thankful they aren't that guy's child.
Yeah, absolutely. The guy is a legend for all the amazing films he’s given us, but I wouldn’t want to be his son and have to follow in his footsteps, that’s for sure! Personally I think Tales From Earthsea gets too much hate -- it’s not on Hayao’s level, but there’s still a lot to like about it.
@@ArchieTalksAnimeactually it was because the movie wasn’t like the source material like the movie was based from the books and they made it so different it might as well been called a different film Miyazaki liked doing films with source material and not doing is to him like extremely bad
I appreciate that Miyazaki didn't want his son to gain a career through nepotism, but his words were pretty cruel.
As a producer
i can understand
Miyazaki sans disownment 😆
Wish I could take t/ challenge 😎
Father and son not being that close usually is not stuff of planetary drama. It's kind of cheap to cheesify it from the outside. Or use it for a completely different topic...
(He also doesn't treat him less fairly, but perhaps more fairly, than he would another inexperienced newcomer director. And he is personally involved or affected by some of Goro's weird choice in the Earthsea movie... Which was probably one of many details which led the author of the Earthsea books to also be disappointed and in fact resentful that Hayao Miyazaki didn't direct it himself, as she'd hoped. I myself respect the Earthsea books and am not interested in the movie based on the vibes I'm getting.)
And as far as I know, his son is actually the architect, or something, of the Ghibli museum (and he sounds smart in that area in some snippets). So take from that what you will, but it's not hate, much less "being disowned".
Miyazaki's philosophe is strongly stated in his movies, & they're on complete opposition with the American film industry.
I don't think it's hate, but a complicated frustration that's hard to express.
He just doesn't like the destructive materialism, solipsism/narcissism, hedonism, individualism & lack of any deeper values of American culture. His films also show that. For example, in Spirited Away, when Chihiro's parents thought they arrived at some theme park (the American attitude to life) and started indulging in gluttony was a scathing repudiation of the American way of life. In Porco Rosso he also made fun of the American conception of love through that American pilot, Curtis, whose advances got rejected by two women.
@@SC-gw8np And what does he actually know about American culture? He'd probably take some umbrage at an American filmmaker depicting Japanese attitudes as masochistically self-sacrificing and collectivist to a fault, but it would be fair play, since it would be the same caricature he made of a culture he doesn't actually understand. Fuck him and his overrated movies.
@@SC-gw8np Trust me as a Canadian, I've run into a lot of unnecessary challenges, when talking about our big brother country. They're somethings that many Americans really don't like talking about. Those are fighting words, please be extremely careful.
Somethings are best said through Art, especially the complicated things.
@@shada0 Yeah, trust me, I don’t express myself like this in real life, lol! I know better than to put myself in the direct line of fire of malignant ignorance.😅
@@SC-gw8np I am American. I agree that these issues are present within the culture. A few people here see these issues, but we are unpopular and silenced by powers that benefit from these issues. Thank you for saying this kind of criticism, honest informed observation. I prefer this over the typical "Americans are dumb" or "America should be more like my country" criticism.
I am Japanese. Miyazaki does not dislike America.
He hates a consumer society where things are massively consumed for pleasure and the true value of human beings can be undermined.
The reason he uses America as an example to express his critical opinion is because he has an analysis (or prejudice) that America = a representative example of mass consumer society.
So while those who are criticized for his/her country may be offended, he is posing a question to the world.
Why he criticized the iPad is because the way the interviewer used the iPad to take notes was, in his eyes, disrespectful. He wondered if our lives could be ended while reading comics on an iPad on the train.
He said, "Don't be a consumer. Be a producer." I respect him for this.
But I don't like his movies. I don't watch them because I like them. But I love "Totoro" and "Ponyo".
he thinks he is bigger than he is, he plays bully. and there is always a bigger bully, especially when you are 60 kg or however small he is.
@@solarydays okay ill reiterate, he is smug. But smug in the way the lame kid from high school becomes smug when there aren’t peers to pick on him.
@@solarydays you speak english, its quite likely you live in one of Americas vassal states. I understand that would be quite demeaning.
This is the best example. Living half my life in America and half in Japan, you definitely see consumerism in both places. America certainly does not have the market cornered on that. But I honestly think it’s just the evolution of human society, for good, bad, or both. I really think that Miyazaki uses America to make a broader point, but it is also seemingly true that neither he, nor most non-Americans, understand America nearly as well as they think they do. In most cases actually, I’ve found that they don’t really understand America at all.
I live in the caribbean. I'm a descendant of Africans who were taken away by western Colonial powers. Hate isn't the word I'd use, but I'm deeply dissatisfied, disturbed by, and disappointed with western culture. The way it has cut so violently and foolishly against the values of indigenous and traditional culture, rips me apart at the core. Our love and reverence for nature, our profound respect for our elders and ancestors, our willingness to exist as a community and not as individuals, frugality, hard work, genuine kindness, joy and matchless wisdom; have all been forced into the darkest corner of western thought. These are the reasons I've sought to distance myself from this malignant way of life, and this lead to my eventually learning Japanese (it was the only non-european language available at my University) as a way to de-colonize my mind and to catalyze a change in my way of thinking.
For Miyazaki どの、本当どもありがとうございました。My respect for him has increased × 10000 after seeing this side of his soul.
For Shinto, Za zen, Bushido and Kara Te; 日本、ありがとうございます。May I one day find my feet upon your shores.🙏🏾🙇🏾♂️
Damn. Miyazaki interacted with all of the wrong people in America - Hollywood. 😞
Funny that you think hollywood is "all of the wrong people in America" as if the rest of America is that much better.
And he defeated them :D
@@NeostormXLMAX He also hated the CCP, not just America. He, pretty much, hated any government that participated in any actions that disregarded human life. That includes His own nation. This is the first time I’ve seen someone describe him as a socialist.
Hollywood is ground zero for communism, progressive left, wokism etc.
@@JohnDoe-z2rcalm down kanye
Respect for a man who can boldly criticize his home and others on a basis of perspective and actual points.
Would love to talk to him. His bold and honest criticism without cursing with actual insight is something I wish was possible to get in the industries.
deserves respect as well
Ever heard the saying “never meet your hero’s?” I think that applies very well to Miyazaki, dude does not seem like a nice person generally, and has some very strong opinions about both america and his own country. He seems to be filled with a lot of contempt and hate, which is sad to see.
@@griffin1095 is he or do you phrase it that way to feel better about how bitter you feel knowing he's not saying what you want to hear?
@@samuraijosh1595 you can take what I said however you want, won’t change everything we’ve already seen from him in interviews and accounts of people who worked with him. He’s just not a very nice dude, but he makes amazing movies. I really could care less how he feels about america, and it’s sad that he hates much of Japan.
@@samuraijosh1595I’ve met and heard many people that interacted with the guy, let’s just say if you’re expecting a man with strong opinions on life expect an image of that one Simpsons meme “Old man yelling at cloud.”
imagine being the guy that was trying to pitch ai to miyazaki. man is RUTHLESS
To be fair, the use of AI in the case showcase to Hayao would be gross to anyone
Hope it didn't kill the presenter's enthusiasm for the tech and what he can accomplish with it one day. I'm guessing part of the hate from Miyazaki was that its technology that is taking away a human element in creation. The AI has to somewhat decide/guess what it would do. And being that it had a human form it seemed more of an abomination on the screen. If he would have animated such a thing it would have a human creating/animating everything about it. It would be just that, an animated object made with a purpose. The AI there had no real purpose other than to crawl. There is no feeling and purpose to it. A thing born to be an inferior to its creators and viewers. An object to crawl around and suffer on a screen. Or I'm just overthinking this and he just plain as day thinks its gross.
@@buster5661 No, surprisingly a lot of bizarre people out there like gross/deformed things like that. I'll never understand it, but it's popular. Especially in the anglo world.
@@shin-ishikiri-no well, that's why I refuse to watch some Ghibli movies, because of how gross they are
@@buster5661 I can understand why you think the movies are gross, your standard is Ai.
man was absolutely disgusted with that ai zombie
I just made another video explaining why he hates AI and his brutal reaction to the AI zombie - it actually has something to do with leprosy! It’s right here if you wanna check it out: th-cam.com/video/qSyvGlL7o1Y/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
@@frankhu8692 What? horror has been a genre since movies were invented, it's fiction, what are we talking about?
I like to think that the fact it offended Miyazaki meant the team is on the right track. Miyazaki breath life into his films and his characters. It is natural for him to feel disgusted to see something so grotesque and devoid of life and substance, and that he wish to have nothing to do with it. The team created a proper monster.
A man of taste
@@TheZephlol *breathe .... ffs !
The things Miyazaki hate about America are things many Americans dislike too.
exactly
Miyazaki only hates 1 of the 35 countries in America: USA
Ya don't burger????
@@r3tr0sp3ct3rhe’s just frustrated it’s not hate he didn’t like the ccp
I mean hus hate for gov and how American films kinds made him an asshole. The dude is dissing on what we eat and drink.
Miyazaki is a person who believes DEEPLY that art is an expression of human beings and a reflection of people who make it, to the point where the sound effects in his films are human voices, OF COURSE the idea software creating something divorced from human input would disgusts him.
A storyteller showing disgust with the lack of storytelling of USA and the lack of art of CGI.
@@aoeu256 This is nonsense. We think, we feel, we are sentient. Computers are not. Computers by themselves are incapable of making art. That hideous zombie thing crawling around by itself without any context expresses nothing creatively or says anything about anything. It's a soulless tech demo and looks awful. And I say this as a video game dev, so don't accuse me of being anti computer-graphics.
@@aquarius5719Which is hilarious since Muricans do far more art than most nations on Earth.
@@aoeu256 Brains are survival machines. Art is a form of disguise for living creatures.
Computers do not do art. They crunch numbers. The difference is that there is a translator that turns numbers into frequencies in a screen. Unplug the electricity and the art is gone
Even AI cannot create, it can only remix data sets.
An artist does art in a different way. He/she physically create on a paper.
Then what about introducing the idea, that proper AI that can think for themselves and have emotions can create their own art for themselves.
Finding out he grew up around aerospace makes since his depictions of aircraft and aviation are always so good
i just realized that hes 83 and i really dont want him to die
Me neither. 😢❤
SAMEE 😥
He’s going straight to hell anyways
I don't think people understand fully WHY Miyazaki is so good at capturing childhood innocence the way he does in his movies. The man cares nothing of money, or fame, or governments, or war, or any other kind of ugly human behavior, which today can seem like society at large. He respects only the true freedom and bliss we all experience in life before we discover those thing. If someone really was dedicating their life to capturing that essence of peace and simplicity, what do you honestly think their opinions on most things in life would be?
He cares for money. If he didn't, he wouldn't have made a deal with Disney to make money in America.
@@TheMochan555 That's true for virtually every person ever, but you can see by how he values other things more than money too, like keeping certain things in his movie when others wanted to cut it for no reason. If ALL he cared about was money, he wouldn't care about the cuts.
@@TheMochan555 Or maybe he wanted his movies to reach the audience across the sea?
@@TheMochan555 People need to eat. It's impossible to exist and stay alive in any "modern" country without having money. It's how you act around the money which shows your true nature.
@@TheMochan555 Disney is how he can reach western audiences to spread his anti-war message and human universalism.
I love his reaction to AI generated animation. He was absolutely horrified.
I love it too. It is an emotional rollercoster. First the guy seems genuinely happy to show his prototype and miyazaki is completly out of touch too but his opinion seems to coldshower the guy so much I almost feared he would cry
Even I know that AI generated is mostly a threat 😢
@ricardohoang8452 I'm not so afraid. Have you seen AI art? It's horrible, artists are safe.
@@ffelegal No, I’m so worried about companies will use AIs to fire more employees for stupid reasons
@ricardohoang8452 that's true bro. I saw a video from a youtuber I like saying exactly that. AI doesn't exist but it's going to ruin everything anyway (by Angela Collier). Let's hope AI do some weird buggy shit and those managers got fired.
“I defeated him” I love that Miyazaki was able to put Weinstein back in his hole and his opinion of the AI animation as having no understanding of pain is spot on. Another great video! I remember importing the Ghibli VHS from America dubbed and released by 20th century Fox (which were better dubs in my opinion although generally I prefer subtitled) long time fan of Miyazaki since watching Laputa when it was shown on ITV when I was a wee lad.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! Yeah the Fox dubs are actually pretty good, I saw the Totoro one quite recently and I was pleasantly surprised!
The Totoro film definitely had the best dub@@ArchieTalksAnime when I watched the Disney version years later, it really jarred with me. It’s unfortunate I binned all of my VHS years ago when I moved to dvd and blu ray, I’d love to have them again.
Miyazaki is a true cynic. All the documentaries and interviews I've seen of him show a grumpy and curmudgeonly man. It stands in such contrast to his films, which are overflowing with passion and optimism. I can only imagine that is why he values his art so much, as a form of processing grief and personal escapism.
not sure what makes you label him as cynical. he's not someone who is distrustful of human nature and motives.
he's a realist. his films are meant for the wider audience with several messages embedded in them, both on the surface as well as deeper inside. many such messages often run social commentary on various aspects of human nature in introspect. introspection reveals strengths and weaknesses in oneself. but introspection is not analogous with cynicism. cynical people are set to default state of being distrustful. introspection is a neutral state that weighs each case separately. its about amalgamation of the good and bad in a person. people are not black and white.
and that's why to see it as "miyazaki movie optimistic, miyazaki pessimistic" is a very very skewed way of looking at the man.
its a good thing you've seen all the documentaries and interviews as you claim. but I suppose this is a case of not being able to see the glimpse into the true nature of things even when one delves deeper into something.
@@blingbling2841I’m assuming they mean that he’s a cynic in the commonly used sense. He rarely ever has a good word to say about the real world openly at all.
everything good he has to say about humanity is in his work. that's y they r so beloved and that's what has prompted this exact video to be made. mbe he is cynical bcz everyone demands him to spell everything out for them and don't bother to make an effort to be a bigger person with an open heart to the wonders this life can offer 😂
Have you seen the one where he's going on an adventure following St-Exupery's tracks?
He's really happy in this one
@@youthoughtaboutit6946 I understand where you're coming from but I don't think that's what he meant.
OP calls him a true cynic, so I don't think it means in the commonly used sense.
Instead here's my understanding. He is a true optimist. And at the same time he's a realist.
True optimism is hidden underneath realism. You have to dig into it, sometimes more sometimes a little, to find it.
He celebrates life in his works.
As @ghexaier said below, people demand him to spell everything out for them. Not just him of course. That is the default state with people.
There are mainly two types of filmmakers. One that mainly seeks to make money. The lion's share of the pie. And there's the one that seeks for critical acclaim above everything.
Miyazaki is definitely not the first. And one may claim that he is hardly the other type as well.
He makes a film to arrange a story together that can be served as a dish to his audience. To teach people something subtly. Through the main theme and social commentary of the story as well as through the deeper hidden messages. To teach people about life.
Life as in the concept of Life itself. The Organicity of Life itself.
But also life as in daily life and the amusing, mundane yet impermanent nature of it. Omoide Poroporo (Only Yesterday) & Yamadas are perfect examples of this.
And lastly Life as in the struggles of people and the state of the world we live in that constitutes our lives as indicated by the several anti-war films of his.
So if he says one thing on camera and you find that harsh and cynical and you see him make a different kind of statement through his films, he isn't doing anything different in them.
Why? Because you feel his movies are about optimism. Yes they are, and they aren't at the same time. Optimism doesn't shine in a vaccum. It shines the brightest against adversity. Without darkness, without overwhelming darkness it is hard to see optimism at its finest.
You don't hold a diamond out in the sun to see the finesse, you place it against a dark velvety background and it is basically UV light that is usually used to screen real and synthetic/fake diamonds. What I mean to say is, we are all familiar with the saying "every dark cloud has a silver lining". This is what the optimism in Miyazaki's films looks like.
Miyazaki being so honest in that meeting with the AI, that literally no one knew what to say
lol its kinda comical cause you wouldnt think zombies would be miyazakis thing, but at the same time i have found parts of miyazakies art kinda disturbing and grotesque. there are parts of it that a surreal.
Yes ahah in Japan people rarely say their true opinion if it’s a negative one! It is almost perceived as an attack
Miyazaki understood that this AI stuff was horseshit years before it even tried to show it's ugly face.
@@SinHurr ai will win whether artists like it or not. people bout to get fucked hard. the second industrial age except this time the machines will replace humans.
Japanese people are not usually honest xD so that took all of them offguard. Honesty in Japan is a priviledge only reserved for high figures or top bosses. And even then not all of them are honest. It contrast heavily with Miyazaki which is TOO honest even for western standards.
for context on his reaction to the zombie animation, he explains that the way that zombie moves reminds him of his disabled neighbor who has difficulty moving around by himself and that it's very callous to take the movements of real life people and label them as disgusting and monstrous.
@easttowest7839 Exactly!!
@easttowest7839 i agree, just providing context so it doesn't seem like he's anti-3D animation or whatever
This sounds like some shit a Twitter user would say.
@easttowest7839
You missed the point:
The issue he had wasn’t the way the zombie moved, but the way the team described said movement.
I wouldn’t draw a comparison of him to those who complain about [insert your example], as he stated earlier in the video that he’s not the type to do that. 14:56.
Personally I don’t think his perspective is wrong or right, nor did I see a problem in him being offended.
It was very insightful.
It says a lot about his character.
In fact it’s on brand considering everything stated previously - He’s humanitarian.
@easttowest7839 you should read the article about his take on lord of the rings, love his work but his takes on lotr was pure cringe
His views on the US are widely shared in many parts of the world, in Europe also. His opinion stands out as very few public figures in Japan share their own, but they are not that uncommon among the general public.
He hates not only the United States, but also his home country, Japan, and he always says he hates humanity in the first place. He hates everything. He only likes craftsmanship, which has no borders. In other words, he is just very honest.
Honestly the older I get the more I see where he is coming from
For Mei still. Love japan
So he’s just a bitter cynical asshole then? Much more understandable and easy explainable. Why do the videos not just say that?
I can see where he's coming from, but humanity-hating is a dangerous path that leads to self-hating which is something I have little patience for. It's just not a healthy mindset in my opinion to focus on that hate, it's the worst form of hatred.
@@AmericanImperium1776 Given what he went through, it's not surprising that he thinks like that. Older people often tend to be stubborn, especially since honor was much more emphasized in his days. For example, he disowned his son because he didn't make a masterpiece movie. While being anti-war and all is great, his behavior can be quite bitter. Sure, his son made a mistake, but that was cruel.
Miyazaki is not exclusively anit-american. He seems to be anti-war. That's great.
And America just happen to be the biggest warmonger and instigator on the planet.
He should look up what Japan did to China then
@@SaulFavela-ld8kt Actually, Miyazaki does play both sides, just being anti-war while doing so. He acknowledges the bad stuff that his country did during the war.
For example, he became infamous in Japan for a while because he *went on public record as acknowledging the existence of the "Comfort Women," the fact that it was an atrocious war crime, and saying that reparations should be made.* A statement that ENRAGED much of the nation of Japan because as we all know, they love to deny how that particular atrocity even happened at all.
I think his viewpoint is just that two wrongs don't make a right.
But he's also being stupidly overly idealistic, because there's no fucking way that his country was just going to be talked down to stop the war. They HAD to be crushed by a superior military force or they were going to conquer the entire Pacific Rim. This is the part that Miyazaki seems naive about, and it's due to idealism. He somehow thinks that you can stop a war without going to war with the people waging it, lol.
Your last point exactly, and that is becoming the major issue with people today, they are idealistic to the point of denying reality because they don’t agree with it.
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If you like to go back, look into the history of mainland China before it became China and you will see more cruel episodes. The underlying cruelty of the Chinese people is what China is proving today.
What the heck was that 3D zombie animation supposed to be? It looked like someone was dragging along a ragdoll in Gmod!
For real, LOL! 🤣
It's for the american. they love zombies, so Miyazaki smacked them
You see the guy sitting far left? He is Kawakami, the CEO of an IT company Dwango that owns Nicovideo. You can say he is an annoying techbro in Japan
This thread is hilarious. You're all what Miyazaki loath. No original thoughts.
@@_loss_ pretty ironic coming from you
In 2001 I was working for Bluesky Studios in NY. I had the opertunity with some other folks from Bluesky to vist studio Ghibli. When we first met with Miyazaki he seems very distrustful, but when he realized that we were just people who loved animation and film making he opened up and we had a truely wonderful afternoon talking about future projects and differeces in adittudes between US and Japanese estetics. My recollection of the man is that he was warm and deeply engaging, but but has little time for BS! I was 30 at the time and the meeting left a lasting impression!
That’s so cool, what an incredible experience!
Why does noone ever talk about the castle in the sky when talking about studio ghibli? It was the first of their films ive ever seen, after a friend showed it to me. And i was amazed. So much beauty, so much love for every frame, such a lovely story and such a beautiful way of telling it. I found myself loudly cheering, or clenching my teeth in excitement multiple times. The soundtrack is pure perfection too.
I can without exaggeration say, that this film changed my life in ways i cant even describe. Watching it, by the time the credits rolled, it felt like i was shown a glimpse of heaven. Like i got to touch perfection.
If someone asked me what i would think the best mivie ever made is, it would be, without a doubt be the castle in the sky.
I watched it in german, and the dub is perfect too.
I read that for the us version they added more soundtrack, as american audiences would probably not enjoy the scenes with no music, and im notnsure which one is used in the german version.
But i can only encourage everyone to watch this masterpiece.
I agree, it’s an incredible film, very underrated. It’s beautiful and heartwarming but also makes you think. It made a lasting impression on me too. I’ve never seen the German dub but the French dub is also pretty good. If you want to know more about why they changed the score for the English dub you should check out my video about the life of Joe Hisaishi - there’s a full section about this. He explains why they decided it was necessary. (I’m pretty sure the German version has the original Japanese score by the way).
It's my favorite as well! I have even learned to play the primary theme ("Innocent") on a piano. Reading the sheet and learning. I have no musical education so you can imagine how motivated I was to learn and play it. It's a pure joy to my soul and it's not an exaggeration. Played this song almost daily to my pregnant wife and our son loves the music a lot.
Porco Rossos my favorite and also seriously underrated
NO... Hayao Miyazaki doesn't like "American {Business}" and Why is that... Corporations "In-General" just want to make easy Money, But People Like {Hayao Miyazaki} Just Want To Make "ART and Tell Complexing Storytelling"!
they dont understand that money is a by product not the end goal. the end goal is to create or produce the best you can. from movies, to building houses, to washing dishes, to playing video games.
Why are you typing like that?
You realize that Miyazaki's films have repeatedly broken Japanese box office records and are beloved by mainstream audiences, right? To suggest zero financial considerations go into his films is absurd.
@@Laissez-faire402well yeah of course money matters but an artist values art more than money corporations (especially American ones) on the other hand are the exact opposite which is why he doesn’t like them
he doesnt like japanese corporations either
I don’t agree with Miyazaki in everything. The man has his own faults but I appreciate his honesty. I mean I don’t cgi animation and to be honest that zombie was a worst example to show Miyazaki.
that was ai generated one the likes of which we are seeing nowadays, he has no problem with cgi animation , he has even worked with cgi animators
man calls Fantasia 2000 terrible. lmao
@@Njin8492 he's hatred towards America makes him blind to see a good animation
@@Njin8492Probably because it's just Spectacle with Little story. No one says Fantasia has the deepest Disney story.
His problem wasn't with it being cgi, his problem was with it being AI generated.
Miyazaki defeated Weinstien? Absolute boss. I imagine he casually took the sword off the wall after Harvy yelled at him and said "Perhaps you would like me to make the fist cut?" then unsheaved it and added "...to your face! BAAAANZAAIIII!!" then chased him around the office until he gave in.
Best grumpy director. Really curious if he's gonna be content with The Boy and the Heron as his final film, or if he's going to do another one already.
My head says it will be his last film, but my heart tells me he has another one in him! I was just reading an interview with Joe Hisaishi, and he said: “This is a completely personal opinion of mine, but I don’t think it’s his final film.” So, fingers crossed! I get the feeling he’d be even more grumpy if he had nothing to work on 😅
He's really old. He may not be able to even if he wanted to.
@@jamesdrake3651 Yeah, sad but true. And it’s not like he’s known for working fast. If he’s going to make another one he’ll have to get started on it ASAP.
@@jamesdrake3651 I mean he's 83, that's old byt there's other directors in the same age categort/older than him that are still making movies! Scorsese, Stephen Frears, Coppola, Ridley Scott... hell, Eastwood is 93 and has a movie coming out this year.
@@pasdepseudooriginal Wow I actually didn’t know that Eastwood had a new film coming out, I’ve just been reading about it. Great cast, I’m looking forward to that. But yeah you’re totally right, there’s a bunch of active filmmakers in that age bracket so you never know - if Miyazaki lives to Eastwood’s age then he might even have time for another two films yet 😂
As a US citizen - I appreciate the criticism. More importantly - I appreciate thoughtful criticism. I'm sure I embrace a lot of things that Miyazaki apparently abhors (tech, jeans, Coke, just list some named examples). But it is always worth listening to other perspectives and examining why those things would be points of criticism. To reflect on what we do or what we embrace and its impacts on others... or other options available to us instead. Just blind bashing (which I get a sense that Miyazaki isn't beyond doing in a more grumpy fit) isn't so interesting. But no human experience or endeavor is beyond critique.
I think the reason for the dislike of jeans, coke etc. is in parts due to americanisation and of course also because of his dislike of US politics. I like many of the things that come out of America (and dislike many others) but I feel it eroding my country's culture. This happens across the entire world. It's not so much that these things are bad, it's also about what is lost by accepting them.
Jeans? Did he really say that? Didn't watch the video yet. Why even bother wearing a western style suit then
@@ninototo1 100% this. I'm American but Miyazaki's view toward Americaization isn't that uncommon especially amongst older generations from Asia, Europe. A lot of older people remember a time before culture globalization, before mass media. They don't hate Americans, they just hate Americanization and the erasure of their old ways oc life. Miyazaki's old enough to remember a time before mass media, a time when many people in Japan still wore traditional clothes in the streets. I think he has every right to draw a funny doodle to express his frustration with jeans.
@@baronvonjo1929 I mean, Americans didn't invent the "business suit."
@@bobwilliam2634 A bunch of fuddy duddies being mad that their culture accepted different things from the old way of life. It's pathetic tbh.
Miyazaki also expressed a strong dislike of Lord of the Rings, despite many wishing Studio Ghibli would make an adaptation of Tolkien’s work.
Although, it should be noted that this Miyazaki’s distaste for Tolkien has been criticized, as he never actually read any of his books and was likely basing his opinions on a “Western War Movie = Bad” approach - after realizing the LOTR movies were Hollywood productions.
I always though their earlier studios did a The Hobbit animated film
Ding ding ding. If you ever see Miyazaki criticize something, it's a short skip and a jump to figuring out what the American connection is. He hates smart devices-they were invented in the wrong country. If I'm being perfectly frank about it all, people are bending over backwards here to forgive him for being a rather terrible person who generalizes hate in an awful way, just because he also made some good movies. And I say that as someone who will forever consider _Nausicaa_ a top 5 favorite of all time.
@@Asterra2I don’t think that it’s a problem of the phone being invented in the United States, No face in Spirited Away is a good example of how Miyazaki has a strong dislike of modern industry in general, phones a part of that. I forget where it was from I just don’t really feel like explaining it, but basically No face is a representation of Japanese industry destructive and glutinous but when he goes to the witch’s house he just does some tailoring in a nice and calm. Modern industry bad cottage crafts good.
@@Asterra2he hates all modernity. he has said that he can't wait until the Japanese economy and population crash and nature swallows up civilization.
After this Im kinda viewing Miyazaki in a negative light, he kind of is like a child in a sense. Here you have Tolkien who fought in an actual war and even resented the negative view of the Germans after, someone who experienced death yet never put hate towards his enemy. Then you even have his father who truly lived through the war and after coincided with what he had been apart.
Yes the bombs were a mistake but Miyazaki really only lived through the war after.
He kinda lacks the understanding of what had been done and the repercussions of that which I dont blame him.
But he is just coming off as some racist grumpy old man
The old man gained even more respect in my eyes.
Miyazaki is a real one-of-a-kind unique not just as a individual person, but truly unique by Japanese people standards, as some are closed off and not very open speaking out, but Miyazaki is not afraid to speak his mind and personal thoughts, which I can respect. He may be a grumpy old man set in his ways, but in the end he is down to earth and that's something you can't take away or not give credit for as he sticks to his guns.
Yea like can anyone blame the man for what he went through, he has every right to feel the way he feels
@@yonaguy6978 glad you get it 😁
in this case, miyazki words are a gun whose bullet is stronger than a nuke
and also stronger than A greedy CEO's cannon whose power is an empty plastic bag
What did he say that made u think that he is grumpy? For rightfully hating the most atrocious contry in history?
Cross cultural work will always be difficult. Ursula Leguin was not at all happy with what Ghibli did to her beloved Earthsea novels. Having read Howl's, I also feel that the movie is just a fanfic of the original, so idk why Miyazaki should be so strict about adaptation of his works
Interesting.
Because for as great of an artist Miazaki is, and for as much as I respect his work, he is also a very bitter man who often show a "my way or the highway" attitude. He wants to create art, and that is repepctable, but it has to be *his* art. And when it is *his* art it's great and with tons of fantastic themes and points to talk about, but when it's someone elses art it becomes frustrating because he has to make it *his* art. That's why he's so strict about it, because it's *his* art.
Honestly, I'm a bit frustrated nobody else has brought this up. He's so idolized that it's hard to talk about him and mentioning his flaws or see people challenge his takes because he is held in such high regards. He is a true artist through and through, and I admire his dedication to art. But like I said, he's also very bitter and this bitterness can lead him to be elitist or even ignorant. He isn't this perfect wise man people tend to make him out to be, he's just human with flaws and everything.
@@Rodoet001Omg someone with the same view of Miyazaki as me? Amen
@@sanada-sama8303 He is one of my prime argument for separating the art from the artist. His art is genuinly fantastic and I love it all. But as a person I can't stand him.
@@Rodoet001i agree with you, there some things I got to disagree with Miyazaki here.
I’m pretty sure Hayao “My Son Disappoints Me” Miyazaki hates everything.
The man lives on frustration and resentment alone.
The disconnect between the carefree spirit of many of his films and his real life personality is fascinating.
@@Laissez-faire402 I suppose what love he has is invested into his art.
@@Neasyorc That's rough.
@@fnord4960its funny to me how you can see these contradictions everywhere. going off of my observations, people making happier, more hopeful works of art tend to act much more cynical and grumpy towards the people around them, whilst the ones who create horrible tragic tales or overly ridiculous horror tend to be much friendlier and easy to get along with.
it's most likely a case where people use stories as an outlet for their bottled up emotions and then leave the other side of their personality open for everyone else around them
@@redactedinfo8557 Kinda like Junji Ito. On all accounts, that man is incredibly friendly and easy going.
I love Miyazaki's story telling. We really do need more people in the world that do not want war.
The only thing sicker than people who love war, is people who believe nothing is worth a war. Pathetic creatures.
Miyazaki chose not to reveal what he overheard his fellow Japanese boasting War crimes committed in China.
🤷
@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 And... also pretty much everywhere they were.
I mean, if you wanna be honest- their war crimes list is significantly longer than the spicy windmill guys' list.
This video randomly popped up in my recommendations. I don't watch Anime or know much about Hayao Miyazaki, but I just wanted to let you know that your video is well made and kept me interested throughout - even though I can't speak to accuracy. Keep it up and you will be successful on this platform.
Thank you Dave, you guys taking the time to leave comments like this one has been so encouraging!
Hi! Various conflicts were happening leading up to WW2, but the war officially started on September 1st 1939. As for Japan, it formally entered WW2 on September 22nd 1940 (when it invaded former French Indochina as part of its operations in China). Miyazaki was then born in January 1941 and Pearl Harbor took place in December 1941.
I've only recently discovered his films and have enjoyed them very much and found them very interesting. This video makes me want to watch them all again.
宮崎駿がアメリカ嫌いなのは日本では有名です。なのでジブリとディズニーが提携するという報道に当時は驚きました。一方でジョンラセターや海外の有名クリエイターとは表面上の友好関係を築いています。ただ彼の経歴をみると反体制的思想なだけで、それをビジネスに持ち込まないポリシーがあるようです。
How the heck did Miyazaki interpret Apocalypse Now as "a movie about not understanding Asians"...
How could you possible interpret it the other way around?
@@CarlosLopez-wb2qnit’s a movie about understanding Americans. That’s the whole point of the movie. You see a horrible war through the eyes of Joker, a war journalist. It’s messed up and he sees horrible things that really weigh on his mind.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116that’s Full Metal Jacket 😅
@@CarlosLopez-wb2qn Miyazaki was correct in a vague sense, about Vietnam movies featuring a theme of not understanding things. However, the thing being poorly understood is the war itself. The war occurring in Asia or anywhere else has nothing to do with the mental rejection. The US force was a mostly conscript army, the kids getting drafted have young-adult things on their minds, and the war is a big angry interruption. They're not the type to think like geopolitical strategists. And they definitely don't think their lives are worth the risk, either. So there is a mental block in them, where they don't want to get invested. The problem is that they got called up at all, and they will never care about why or for whom they got called. Whether the war was in Asia, Africa, Middle East, South America, ALL of it is equally irrelevant to their wishes. Nothing to do with Asians specifically.
@@CarlosLopez-wb2qnit had nothing to do with the Vietnam War and Asians other than the war is the setting and the people living there are Asians.
These garbage takes are what happens when people stop reading books.
Producer: The worst he can say is no
Miyazaki: 16:28
To be honest
The animation really wasn't that good
@@Benz7nI don’t think he had a problem with the animation I think he had a problem with the message/theme the animation was going for.He never sad the animation was bad he just said he doesn’t want to be a part of making horrific imagery.I don’t he’s a fan of body horror🙃
@@Benz7n that is probably from PS1/PS2 era so that was amazing
@@qui11 Miyazaki is rather cantenkrous and a person impossible to please, however this one is understandable.
As an American I respect and appreciate his feelings. He's a major hero of mine and I just love the way he is.
Can’t help but agree with every point he makes… as someone with very similar opinions & ideas
Difference is he actually has talent.
I want to hear Miyazaki's take on Don Bluth as I think they could do a fantastic movie together and it would be a fitting swan song for them both.
There are some other Japanese animators who I would like to hear his take on as well.
That would be so cool! Bluth is an absolute legend, it would be fascinating to see a mashup of his and Miyazaki's styles.
He thinks all cartoons in general to be hideous, I dont think it would be that different from his opinions on Fantasía 2000
@@UnLancheroMuyPenudo Miyazaki honestly comes off as a snobby supremacist and nationalistic traditionalist, and people seem to tolerate it because he's a great artist and interesting guy with some wisdom. I have a hard time taking his opinions/stances seriously when it's anything outside his wheelhouse of life-wisdom, nature, and art. And even for the last one, I'm not sure when he talks about non-Japanese art.
Miyazaki turned out to be a "never meet your heros" example.
I'm sorry, but a nationalist? I'll need some more evidence for that one. He's not really a traditionalist either. Many of his films deal with the loss of traditions in the wake of inevitable modernity, which is a common theme in Japanese society with the arrival of Western Industrialism. You can trace this sentiment back to the beginning of the Meiji era if feeling inclined to. His films tend to reach a synthesis of accepting the new while salvaging what we can of the old.
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I think Mr. Miyazaki missed the point of Saving Private Ryan if he thought it was just about gruesome war combat and explosions
He probably can't approach it from the proper lens, all he sees is war, and "war bad".
That's usually the problem with war movies and I feel like that's how Howl's Moving Castle got it right.
Saving Private Ryan can be an anti war movie, but the problem is it makes war look fucking cool. That's the problem with every war movie. Battle scenes are just fun to watch.
The closest I've seen a war movie comes close to making war look dreary and terrible was All Quiet on the Western Front and even then the tank scene made it look scary and awesome.
Hypothetically, if you were to make a war movie, it would have to be like Howl. You see the main cast (who are not soldiers) watch their home get bombed into the stone age and Howl (who does have a military role) is gradually ground down and dehumanized by the war machine until he almost looses the ability to become human again.
And even then the weaponry of every military in a Ghibli movie looks cool.
If you're doing a war movie you have to fund a way to make it look not cool.
@@62cky4powerthirst Look bro, maybe you just think war looks cool if nearly every war movie looks cool to you.
@@whywhy8276 It looks cool to everyone. It's why war movies are popular and it's why it's nearly impossible to make a meaningful anti-war movie. If you make the combat scenes look cool and action packed, it's all anyone is going to remember about your anti war movie.
Apocalypse Now was about the horrors and pointlessness of war, but all anyone remembers about it is
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning"
@@62cky4powerthirstyou should check out the 1936 version of "All Quiet on the Western Front" this is a very antiwar film and in my opinion did a better job in showing its message than the modern version.
Honestly i feel bad for his children. Mustve been a tough childhood with him as a father.
goro? yes, even in his adult life, miyazaki still threw shit at his own son
@@oniplus4545 I don't blame him lol. Goro's Ghibli movies are sub par imo.
@@EpsilonKnight2 it's really not his fault to be completely fair, he's no animator, he's an architect, it's just that ghibli higher ups for some reason choose him to handle earwig and miyazaki being miyazaki, it became a complete fuckfest
@@oniplus4545I think Miyazaki tried to change now after Goro had his grandson. From what I've heard; He created Ponyo as an apology letter to Goro, this time giving him actual advice and helping him work on the movie instead of leaving him like how he did on "Tales from the sea"
@@toomuchclergy yeah no, miyazaki left goro once again to his own demise in earwig too and it's even worse than tales from the Earthsea tomfuckery because earwig flopped really badly, so much for ponyo being an apology, miyazaki is still miyazaki at the end of the day
He has a reason. I'm American and I agree with his anti war sentiments. In the end it's the children who suffer and you create war torn adults.
That Disney visit and Alpert's translation is quite funny
They tried cutting a 135 minute film into 90 minutes? That's removing 1/3 of the content! They are insane. Imagine if you had to remove 1/3 of the ingredients from your favourite dish
i have to say, this is a pretty informational video. and one that remains respectful and mostly neutral on the subject. kuddos to you
That last quote about righteousness was intense! A great insight into the man! Great job on this video !
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
That segment with the zombie and his response to that was so damn savage, haha. Minus his distaste for physical aspects of America like burgers and stuff like that, I feel his sentiment on other things like certain values or the excitement about going to war like some people have.
....Miyazaki doesn't understand why Coppola would make apocalypse now despite answering his own question?? Am I missing something? He made the movie because the Vietnam War was a massive fuck up an failure, and he wanted to express that in a different way from something like FMJ
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As someone who've grown up in a country where dubs are exclusively for children's movies and everyone who can has mastered reading relies on subtitles instead, I get a sort of culture shock every time I encounter dubs in other context. I wish America would get away from dubs. It would make things so much easier too.
翻訳機能を使用して動画を視聴しました。日本人の私でも動画の内容を理解できる丁寧な翻訳で有難かったです。
動画を拝見して、ワインスタイン氏に日本刀を送った意味を理解した人がいた事に驚いています…（大喜利への理解が嬉しいです）。
また、宮崎氏がアメリカでうけたインタビューなどの記事を本動画で知れたことは大変有意義なものだと感嘆しました。
動画では触れられてはいませんが、アメリカと合作したアニメは「夢の国のリトルニモ」という作品で、本作は迷走し後に失敗作となりました…
原因はプロデューサーのゲイリー・カーツが理由もなく没を出していた事が迷走するきっかけとなり、宮崎氏は幻滅し最初にアニメ制作から抜けたと聞きます。
もしも、ゲイリーではなくジョージ・ルーカスがプロデューサーをやっていれば宮崎氏が もののけ姫を上映する20年早く世界から注目される監督に慣れたと
日本のアニメ評論家は残念がっていました。
最後に、誤解で悲しまれた方は気を悪くしないでください。彼は何にでも理不尽に怒っている人です…
I watched the video using the translation function. I appreciated the careful translation that even a Japanese person like me could understand the content of the video.
After watching the video, I was surprised that someone understood the meaning of sending a Japanese sword to Mr. Weinstein... .
I was also amazed at how meaningful it was to learn about the interviews and other articles that Mr. Miyazaki had received in the US through this video.
Although it is not mentioned in the video, the animation co-produced with the U.S. was called "Little Nemo in Dreamland," which lost its way and later became a failure....
The reason for this was that the producer, Gary Kurtz, had been absent from the project for no reason, which led to the film going astray, and I heard that Mr. Miyazaki became disillusioned and left the animation production first.
If George Lucas had been the producer instead of Gary Kurtz, Mr. Miyazaki would have become a world-famous director 20 years before the screening of "Princess Mononoke.
Japanese animation critics were disappointed.
Finally, please don't be offended if you are saddened by the misunderstanding. Mr. Miyazaki is an unreasonably angry person about everything...
(DeepL translation. Sorry if some characters are unreadable)
[Google Translate]
宮崎が怒る理由がたくさんあると思います。私は宗教的な教育を受けてアメリカに住んでいます。 宮崎駿はもっと自制心を示さず、不適切な怒りを持っていると言えるかもしれませんが、彼は彼の洞察力を求められ、それを彼らに与える勇気を持っていました。彼がしたことは珍しく、おそらくアメリカで私たちの注意を引く唯一の方法だ。私たちとコミュニケーションをとるためには、彼は率直で、特に何十年も誤解されてきた後では、自分の感情を使う必要がありました。
Apologies for any errors
Well to add further insult to injury, Hayao Miyazaki just won a Academy Award for his latest film The Boy & The Heron.
It just shows that us Americans will always love the guy and his movies no matter how much he shits on us.
@@ThwipThwipBoom pretty much true glad the Academy was willing to give the man more recognition for his work 👏 🙌
A more undeserved award I'm not aware of, it's execrable, and this is from a super fan, so far we've worn out 2 boxed dvd sets and care on our third.
@@metricstormtrooper i am sorry but what?
Holy shit. Miyazaki completely gutted that dude for the crawling thing.
Imagine having someone you probably respect just crucify you like that.
I’d rather have the truth than a sugar coated lie. Why are people so obsessed with lies
@@jp9095 actress, Riho Yoshioka, YoshitakaYuriko have been violent and variously planned crimes since 2021 to 2024, and instantly arrest is desirable. It's so foolish them coming to France and induce crimes exceed times
...A tall Lithuanian Yakuza named Pijus Bacevicius (BOD1984/04/19, male,criminal,rately use fake name 'Ally') is a super-dreadnought liar who always pins the blame on harmless people and treats impersonators as the real person. I am now commenting to criticize this liar, cruel, incompetent, sex-addicted, trash zombie man with a perman face and a dumb man for encouraging the crimes of Japanese TV performers. My personal Gaccount has always been stolen without my permission, so there is no criticism that I would borrow it. It's a well-deserved punishment.
背の高いPijusBacevicius(1984/04/19,male)というヤクザのリトアニア人男は超弩級の嘘つきで、いつも無害な人間に罪を擦り付けたりなりすましを本人扱いしたりします。私は今その嘘つきで残忍無能セックス漬けゴミ屑ゾンビ男パーマン顔愚鈍な男が日本のテレビ出演者達の犯罪を助長していることを批難するためコメントしています。いつも勝手に私の個人利用Gaccountを盗用されてきたので私がこのゾンビ男のアカウントを借用するのは何ら批難に値しない。当然の報いだ。宮崎駿もきっと嫌うような男だ。
In 1988, Studio Ghibli produced the brutal “Grave of the Fireflies”, which depicts the lives of two orphans immediately following the Bombings of Kobe by America. It’s gut wrenching to watch because of it’s visually graphic and psychologically visceral and raw depictions of how Japanese bombing victims suffered before death, and how the collective society responded to the victims and their families who survived. While Miyazaki didn’t write or direct the film, as the studio head he definitely had close involvement in its production.
Oh soooooo sad , what about the millions of orphans Japan made? How sad was it for them?
@@culley8841 GI baby
In terms of expressing opinions, he might be the most "American" in his country.
What many people outside of Japan don’t know is that Hayao Miyazaki’s generation is the most left wing(anti-American in the Japanese political sense) leaning out of all generations in Japan today. The post war baby boomers and the ones born during the war were very active during the 1960s-1970s participating in student protests and terrorism. This generation is really interesting because they are often stereotyped as being fond of American cultures(folk music, rock n roll, Hollywood movies, big American cars, rebellious spirit etc.) but at the same time very anti-US government. I think alot of foreigners that dont know much about the political dynamics in Japan tend to think that anti-US sentiment in Japan is associated with right wing nationalists or the ww2 generation. While that is true to some extent, the main group of anti-US sentiment today is left wing liberals which is dominated by the baby boomer generation. If you know a bit about the history of post war Japan and the different generation gaps, you’ll start to understand what and where Miyazaki’s beliefs come from.
like the people but hate the government
he was a communist, was also a massive unionist
@@budakbaongsiah wow you mean like ussr commie type?
@@haruyu123
kind of
Maybe he didn't like being bombed by 2 nuclear bombs thar destroyed two Japanese cities?
Very informative and easy to listen to. Thank you for this video
War is stupid.
My granpa used to say "Government make you believe that the war is inevitable to protect your important ones"
He also said that there are too many people who believe those stupidity to fight against them
Very, very good analysis. Well documented and illustrated. Thank you so much.
Thanks a lot, I'm glad you enjoyed it! If you liked this video, I just posted one about Joe Hisaishi's life and career that you'll probably enjoy, too!
@@ArchieTalksAnime Excellent. I'm a big Hisaishi fan also. Subscribing.
I dislike and love America at the same time...
That's because it allows enough freedom for you and your opponent to be seek meaning
@@cpthardluck *For now.....!*
Emphasis on for now. America is about to break into civil war due to the rise of far right fascism. Also, America is now fascilitating and enabling a genocide in Gaza backing the Isreal colinizers. Now they're sending an additional $14billion and weaopons to Israel while people over here are struggling pay check to pay check and thousands are homeless. I despise my country for this and because of their war crimes in the middle east up to now, for their the arrogance, hypocracy and hubris.
@@cpthardluck freedom? Really? You still think a capitalist shit hole that only serves the rich people wants any of that and you really think that isn't pure propaganda spewed by piece of shit? Sure thing, buddy. Whatever makes you feel better about a country that constantly attacks countries just for their resources while trying to shift the blame somewhere else. Keep on believing that propaganda and keep on liking them boots.
@@cpthardluck There is no freedom in America
I feel like Miyazaki just doesn't really know how to convey his throughts through speech. It really does seem like art and animation are the only true ways he knows how to communicate through people. Possibly why he refuses to retire.
Americans always have this strange notion that the people they crush with violence or the allies they stab in the back should always love and admire them.
Great content. Miyazaki is the reason for my love of anime. I really respect his strong views. You know what you're getting with him at least. He definitely stands for something and I actually agree with a couple of his points
A lot of his views are terrible, and irrelevant to the quality of his movies.
Miyazaki isn’t nice to his own son
@@Laissez-faire402 do you mind giving an example?
the part at the end with the AI critic.. the burn was so deep I don't know if the team ever recovered from it lol
6:52. I don't know about that. Loads of Americans adore Japan, its people, and its culture.
Yeah, that sounded like he was clumping the American people as a whole with the rest of the country. I would not be surprised to learn he hates Americans in general.
You'll be surprised at how many Japanese people don't like America - and many other counties - but are too polite to say anything.
@@Neasyorc Ghibli and anime fans?
They love the otaku shit, not actual Japan.
@@EugeneOneguine Yeah, that sounds like an important distinction, but not so much. No one can truly know anything, like 100%, for what it is. It's all just points of view. Each person you know sees you through their own eyes, from their own perspective. No one sees you the way you see yourself, and your own point of view of yourself is skewed as well. So, if we're going to discount people's feelings because they don't truly know the 'actual' object of their affection, then it's going to be a very lonely world.
His insistence that death be handled with extreme care is very admirable
Hi from Tokyo, Miyazaki is very well known "Mr. Super Left winger", so you got a point!
Left is best.
@@user-hs7ry4nx7lonly if you’re all heart and no brain
@@user-hs7ry4nx7lIt's also super hypocritical and want to cause mass deaths too 😅
@@stephenjenkins7971Right wingers are the hypocrites and the ones clearly don't care how many people they kill with their rhetoric. Just take a look at the ones in charge of the House right now😈...
@@stephenjenkins7971slaving away your entire life to make someone else richer (or be that asshole who exploits others) while you cant even afford dental is better?
11:38 “I defeated him” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 so fucking funny oh I love it
World War II isn’t over for Miyazaki. That dude has PTSD from the war.
Can you blame him? He actually lived through it.
That's a childish perspective. Miyazaki is simply against the American imperialism
Some of it is also likely unresolved internalized frustration of Imperial Japan’s actions. Seems like he spent good chunk of his younger years trying to get Japanese people around him to wake up to the horrors imperial Japan inflicted on others but felt like he wasn’t being listened to until he turned his frustrations towards the United States.
@@DeltaCain13 *The Empire of Japan
I fundamentally disagree with your relief-oriented idea. I think Miyazaki is done with getting frustrated over what happened in the past, yet the reason why he might still dislike certain nations in the world, especially the U.S., is because the United States has never stopped ruining foreign nations just for the sake of their own geopolitical and capitalism-centered benefits
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Isn't Miyazaki a former Marxist? Seems like what you describe would be less him turning his frustrations over and more him just not liking both period
I am Japanese. When I saw this title, I thought it was an exaggeration and started looking at it to refute it.
I, of course, like America in some aspects and have some mixed feelings about it. I admire America's advancement of women, for example, which is more advanced than in Japan. However, the awareness of war that is often seen among Americans worries me. I have studied international politics for many years, and I have also studied history, especially attitudes toward war. Of course I have learned about the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers, as others have pointed out. I have seen the sexual assaults on women committed by soldiers, and I almost went insane because I empathized so much with the feelings of the women.
Let me speak on that basis, and I hope you understand that I am not saying this point because I hate America. Americans love their heroes. I think there are so many stories where the oppressed people are always rewarded and there is a happy ending. However, when Japanese people start going to elementary school, they all watch Barefoot Gen together or go to the A-bombed cities and talk directly to the hibakusha. When children in their early teens watch Barefoot Gen, they realize that the atomic bomb did not choose people, but mercilessly inflicted burning heat and pain on everyone. Postwar Japanese education always makes you realize the callousness of what war inflicts (that the atomic bombs burned even American soldiers). That is where I think we differ a bit from the US. Americans may think of war as defeating the ''bad guys'' and calling it quits, but the Japanese learn that war itself is evil. Ah, I hope the translation app is working well!
There are a lot of ignorant people across the entire world. I think the reason a lot of people hate my country is because my country has a high population of ignorant people, but at the same time, if they just blindly hate how like they do in these comments; they are also ignorant. That’s just what I think anyway, not a response.
16:40 this guy tore into all of them in the most vicious yet subtle way possible.
The shock on their faces is seriously palpable.
HE MADE A GROWN ASS MAN CRY!!!!!
Holy shit this dude is insane. Love some of his movies but holy shit i would not wanna be in the same room with him if i knew japanese.
Love his movies, wouldn’t care to meet him for one bit. You can love the stories and have a dislike for the artist; I do it all the time. Most of the characters I fall in love with in movies are played by actors. I wouldn’t give the time a day too.
Would be better though. You don't make great stories with deep themes without Deep Thoughts and having strong Opinions yourself
The Artist will still always be connected to the Art. No one can take that away from them. Same with JK Rowling or Tolkien. No one can take those away.
People can claim Separating the Art from the Artist but in practice that's not really Practical
@@silverhawkscape2677 It's not so much that he has "deep thoughts." He's fairly childish in his disdain for the US. Or the west in general. He dislikes Tolkien even though the Lord of the Rings share many of the themes his own movies do. (And are just better story telling and world building, so from an artists point of view it should be admired)
@@crusaderman4043I don’t think hating the US is a childish thing especially with all of its foreign involvements. Hating the US because of what they did in the Middle East is actually very sensible.
Also hating the US doesn’t equal to hating Americans, Miyazaki also hates on his own country, Japan.
@@Stxrria Americans are too fucking sensitive, they freak out at the mildest criticism, or take critiques seriously and try to enter debate club mode when someone is clearly just making fun of them and taking the piss, the way Miyazaki was in his captions. And seriously I love Lotr but some Tolkien fanboys are insufferable when it comes to criticism.
Really nice video, I learned a lot of things, thanks 👍
Indeed.
He has a point - cultures so global now. It’s sad. You don’t get a unique little group outside of this. & everyone just follows the trends like a herd of sheep.
No lo culpo. Los Estados Unidos han hecho tantas atrocidades (invaciones, intervenciones, venta de armas, financiar conflicos, los discursos racistas y xenófobos más influyentes del mundo, etc.) que es difícil, sabiendo todo eso, no detestar esa nación.
Just watched 2 of your Miyazaki videos whilst working, Great stuff man, Big up
Cheers bro, I appreciate the support and kind words! Glad you enjoyed the vids!
I am so glad that you pointed out that Disney handled their end of the deal very badly. I have always maintained that their dubs are poor quality, and clearly lost interest in his films very early on. I am thankful to them that I was able to see most of his films, which I would not have been able to see otherwise, but I really feel like a half assed job, and it almost felt like they simply gobbled up his movies in order to prevent another studio from getting the distribution rights. Not so much something they believed in as something they simply wanted to deny others.
If this is true or not, I have no idea, but members of the Disney called hallways insist that they did a brilliant job with his films, and I am thankful that they made it possible for me to see them, I feel like they did a merely adequate job at best
The image of Miyazaki driving around Tokyo in a Tesla seems amongst the heights of irony, and of course in type being more prime for LLM/AI art :>
One of the best filmmakers of all time. As an American, I understand where he’s coming from. I agree with him that a lot of American war films tend to glorify war. It’s an awful and inconsiderate to those whose lives have been negatively affected by a war. Though I believe that’s starting to change with movies like 1917 which showed the horrors of war.
I understand where he’s coming from on his criticisms of American culture. Our culture also has huge problems with hedonism, materialism, gluttony, self-obsession, etc. It doesn’t help that our mainstream media tends to focus on superficial things, rather than creating real news that informs citizens of real world issues.
For many years Apple's itunes store didnt show Ghibli movies. I think there were being blocked from accessing the US digital stream market, may be by Disney? idk
aren't they on Netflix though?
When Oppenheimer releases in Japan, I hope Miyazaki sees it. I would always love to know his thoughts on the movie as there are many parallels to The Wind Rises. I would argue both films are the two sides of the same coin and are both very similar in its anti-war message.
He's going to hate it, of course. 😛
I don't think he has time to watch pseudo intellectual film.
@@ramakrishnamitta7024 someone didnt understand the film.
@@ramakrishnamitta7024miyazaki doesn’t hate USA he just doesn’t like the politicians and he doesn’t like politicians from around the world
@@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq Majority of Americans supported Vietnam, Palestine and Iraq invasion. They're all evil in my eyes, at least the white European variant.
Miyazaki should have waited for the FireBird segment of Fantasia 2000
He hates militarism. So how could he love the country with the world's largest military? He condemned his own country too. Is his pacifism practical? Is pacifism ever practical, when practiced in a setting where the peaceful can be mowed down like chaff? His films are themselves often violent, proving he knows what sells. But he is fairly consistent in showing violence is not the answer to most of life's problems--more often the cause. I respect him for this. And I agree. I do not believe he hated Americans as people. Anymore than he hated the Japanese people, even though the nation of Japan, miltant for most of its history, sometimes repelled him.
As an American I don’t get offended when people hate this country. Hating the US is the past time of a lot of us. Plus, like the video said, Miyazaki is a grump. You should hear what he thinks of his own son’s work. He isn’t gonna win father of the year
4:08 And I dislike the Japan that confiscated the entirety of Vietnam’s rice harvest in 1945 causing the starvation of ~2 million Vietnamese. That was the nature of the totalitarian and colonialist empire into which Miyazaki was born and that the Americans defeated. Miyazaki chides the Americans for misunderstanding Asians, insinuating they are racists. Did the Japanese believe their colonial subjects to be their racial equals and treat them as brethren? Japan’s troubled relations with China and the Koreas to this day suggests not.
Dawg he very clearly says he hated Japan too. Have you watched the video?
Japan’s war was a war of conquest that killed tens of millions of Asians (and not a few westerners) because his people believed it was the destiny of their race to rule their inferiors and it was (their) god’s will. America’s war was defensive and anti-colonial in nature. There is no moral equivalence.
@@gallaxian what he hates is that they're influencing Japan and changing their traditions, rather than them just existing
@@elpito9326 He hates many things about American culture and society and its influence in Japan and the world and, apparently, has nothing good to say about America. He’s objectively anti-American.
14:57 I 100% agree with this dude. This is perfectly said. Man knows what's up.
Although I understand English, sometimes it’s hard for me to understand what you say because of your accent (I’m French Canadian, so usually I hear American accent when people around talk in English). So thank you for the subtitles!
That being said, I loved your video, it’s so well elaborated! I just subscribed 😊
You're welcome! I actually just got back from Québec a few days ago (beautiful part of the world) and it was the same for me -- I'm used to hearing European French, so it was a bit of a struggle at times! But don't feel bad, I'm from the north of England and our accents are very different from the BBC English you might hear on TV/in movies. Sometimes we fellow Brits can't even understand each other haha. Thank you for commenting and subscribing, I really appreciate it!
Why does everyone outside the US assume all Americans are like the people that run the country i promise you we don’t like them to
If I would have to assume, it is probably because America is a Constitutional Republic we elect as leaders for crying out loud.
If the people we elect are warhawks then I think people assume that the people in the United States want war. Which is a very stupid take, but I am willing to believe a few million believe it.
Which is funny because a lot of other countries do the exact thing.
As I have learned, good people really don't want power, and thus shy away from leading. Which is why all the bad people are in charge.
You keep voting for them, so you are responsible.
Miyazaki is a contrarian with a gifted talent. It’s not surprised to hear he critiques everyone, thing, place, and scenario. He does take the money from the countries he critiques, but won’t pay lip service. Like it or hate it, if you’re gonna call it blood money, stop putting it in your wallet.
I am glad he defeated Harvey though.
Best quote is at 15:30. He says it himself - I’m an angry person and I hate the righteousness of others. I have these thoughts too, but I start by the assumption everyone is foolish (ie more than me). Classic symptom of those who become famous and wealthy. I’d bet his isolating is correlated to his understanding he’s kinda hypocritical but cannot help become upset and kept self sabotaging his own success when confronted by upsetting things he doesn’t want to accept or conform to, according to him and his staffers.
Miyazaki is fantastic filmmaker without a doubt, but yeah, he's just as flawed of an individual like any other person in the world. Like everyone else in the comments section of this video, I do appreciate his honesty. Though I do think that sometimes he can be a little too brutally honest. Such as his dislike with Disney animation. There are many things about Disney we all like, but of course there also plenty of things about them we don't like. Mainly the corporate side to that company. It's honestly hard to believe that I along with a lot of other people used to have the opinion that Miyazaki was "the Walt Disney of anime".
He also really needs to learn to make up his mind of whether he actually wants to be retired or not. Every 1 or 2 movies, he goes into retirement, only to then change his mind when he's got a new idea.
All in all Miyazaki is a fantastic filmmaker, but as much as we all love him, he's definitely an old grump who's always got to have a chip on his shoulder about something.
Is it a problem that he comes out of retirement when he wishes? If I retired from art, it wouldn’t stop me from trying to make it
@@natthekiwi7074 I mean, whenever he comes out of retirement, and puts out a movie or two, they’re fantastic pieces of work. What I mean to say is that because he’s been in and out of retirement many of f times, it just gives off the feeling that it’s something he can’t really make up his mind on.
@@KiritoExcalibur tbh I’m biased towards more art in the world so if he’s indecisive that’s fine with me haha
He is flawed because he doesn’t like a country that fire bombed, slaughtered, nuked, and occupied his country 🤡
Its odd that he couldnt understand Apocalypse Now.
And the look on the animators face when he says that he wants nothing to do with his animation is really intense. He is deeply wounded!