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I was essentially raised on Miyazaki. Some kids grew up with Toy Story and Finding Nemo, I grew up with Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle, and The Cat Returns. I mean, I watched other films to (a lot of other films), but Miyazaki had a huge influence me: without him, I would have likely never gotten into anime. To this day, his films are still some of my favorites.

Whoever made this tribute, you have my salute: The 3D CG, while quite obvious, blends very well with the rotoscoped animation, something that doesn't always happen (just look at some of Cowboy Bebop). It also captures the feel of Ghibli's animation amazingly well.

I salute the animator, and I also, of course, salute Hayao Miyazaki: Farewell, and may your legacy live on.

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> I also, of course, salute Hayao Miyazaki: Farewell, and may your legacy live on.

Er… he's not dead, and was only semi-retired. Semi-retired because he's been working on a Ghibli short of an old idea of his (Kemushi no Boro)[0] and "was" because last Sunday in an NHK special he announced he'd started working on a new feature film[1].

[0] http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-10/hayao-miyaza...

[1] http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-13/hayao-miyaza...

I know he's not dead, but his next film will be his last. It's a good time to give him a sendoff.

That is what he said with the previous one as well, but if I recall correctly he missed doing it (luckily for us).

> I know he's not dead, but his next film will be his last.

First his next film won't be released for something like 4 or 5 years he's only just started working on it, so it's a terrible time to give him a sendoff.

Second The Wind Rises was already supposed to be his last film and see how that turned out.

Miyazaki is the kind of people you send off at their funeral and no sooner.

...Fair enough.

And before that, Ponyo was supposed to be his last film. He retires on a regular basis.

And before that Spirited Away, and before that Princess Mononoke, and before that... Miyazaki retiring has become kind of a meme in anime communities over the past decade or so.

Ugh it will be CG what a travesty. He needs to make at least one more true animated film.

Farewell may be premature: "Guess what?: Hayao Miyazaki returns for his final movie" http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/11/19/guess-what-hay...

This, I am excited about.

Nice integration of Joe Hisaishi's music in the tribute. The Spirited Away score gives you a feeling of peace right from the beginning but also the sense that something great is on the way. It seems to me people sometimes focus on the animation and underestimate how important the film scores have been to Miyazaki's work.

My only exposure to anime is his films (friend suggested them, first I ignored the recommendation because they were "for kids" and some time later I watched "Spirited away" by luck and you know the rest of the story) and want to explore more, I thought maybe you could have some suggestions from your other favorites?

I would suggest Howl's Moving Castle, Porco Russo and Kiki's Delivery Service.

The other peerless Miyazaki's are Princess Mononoke (the only other work with as much depth as Spirited Away) and My Neighbour Totoro (avowedly a children's film). Nearly all the others are also very very good.

And if that's your only exposure to anime then you should at the very least checkout Satoshi Kon's masterpiece Paprika.

It took me 3 attempts to watch Paprika, but luckily I watched it in the end. It might be a bit obscure/strange for someone starting (IMHO).

I wouldn't introduce someone to Satoshi Kon with Paprika. In my opinion it is much better to watch Kon's movies in their chronological release order. Perfect Blue is much more accessible and less surrealist than Paprika which may confuse someone and cause them to dismiss Kon's whole cinematography as a whole.

I just watched "Perfect Blue", it was really great. I'll keep watching more Satoshi Kon movies if I can find the DVDs. It's really hard to find them.

I would also suggest Paprika.

Satoshi Kon was an amazing director and all his movies are great. I hope they manage to finish his last movie.

Personal favourites: My Neighbour Totoro Kiki's Delivery Service Spirited Away Princess Mononoke

Porco Rosso, Howl's Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, and Princess Mononoke are good. In fact, they're arguably some of his best.

But my favorites will always be Kiki's Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, and Whisper of the Heart. They may not be Miyzaki at his best, but they were the films that I loved the most.

The Wind Rises may also join the latter category. Either way, it's a really good film.

Finally, it should be noted that Kaze Ni Naru from The Cat Returns is possibly one of my favorite songs from any anime, ever. And I watch a lot of anime.

Suffice to say it's up on the list with A Cruel Angel's Thesis, and Tank. For you anime fans who know what that means, yes, it's that good, IMHO. YMMV.

While from the same studio, Whisper of the Heart is not a Miyazaki.

Also, mentioned in GP, Cat's return is not a Miyazaki either.

Oh. Wow. I'm an idiot. I forgot about that.

And I call myself a Miyazaki fan.

Jeez.

Miyazaki was writer and producer. His hands were firmly in it.

Thank you for recommending Kaze Ni Naru, which I had not heard (of) before.

Also, if your Hacker News activity is any representative proxy, you seem like a pretty cool person [0] in general [1]; I would hope to talk with you some thread, should a suitable post of common interest be submitted.

[0] That is, possessing similar affinities to me.

[1] I hope you will not begrudge such a public declaration, but I do not know of any of your more direct means of contact.

Thanks, I guess. I don't mind at all.

Although, if you think I'm cool, you should probably know that I'm a highschooler, not somebody actually working in the industry.

I don't know if you care, or if that changes your opinion, but it felt like a relevant disclaimer to put beneath anybody saying really nice things about me based on my online presence.

Then I am glad to see Scheme still circulates amongst the younglings. Carry bravely forward the spirit of (the chip [0] of) '79 - we shall have our year of the Lisp-1 desktop yet!

[0] https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6334

<James Bond voice> Subbed, not dubbed.

Ghost in the Shell. It was the original inspiration for The Matrix.

Ghost in the shell is always my go to for people that dismiss anime. It doesn't pull any of the stupid anime tropes that people hate.

Or SEL. Or NGE. Although those have more stupid tropes.

Also, if anybody says that Kids' Anime is never good (and they've seen kids' anime that's semi-decent (Naruto, etc, and not just Pokémon)), Digimon Tamers.

Ping Pong is a great 13 episode series. Seems to be available on Funimations site - http://www.funimation.com/shows/ping-pong-the-animation/vide.... Also on Hulu Plus.

> just look at some of Cowboy Bebop

I was under the impression that the accusations of rotoscoping in Cowboy Bebop were just rumor and that a number of industry professionals had come out and said that "no, this is just how Hiroyuki Okiura draws".

That said, I can't find evidence either way at the moment, so I could certainly be wrong.

It's not the rotoscoping that I was talking about. Most of the CG in Cowboy Bebop is integrated about as well as a brick integrates with a window.

Or as well as the CG integrated in SeaQuest (anyone else remember SeaQuest?)

Ah, in that case I agree.

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