I read a very interesting article on the Guardian website entitled “Japan's fantasy films act as a buffer against the reality of the natural world”. Thomas Sotinel, the author, suggests that despite Japan witnessing so many natural disasters, the country still does not see these devastating events as evil. In 2008, Hayao Miyazaki presented his new film Ponyo at the Venice Festival. The film which ends with a giant tsunami submerging the whole island, was released just months after a devastating Tsunami hit Japan. To an outsider this may seem insensitive but Sotinel suggests that the Japanese people do not see it this way; they have a deep respect for nature and its sometimes devastating power.
After reading the article I decided to do a little research into how Japanese Anime portrays Nature in its films. This opened a whole new area of research for me and after reading another article online I made a list of further areas to research within the area of Anime.
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