Homer enters the Ghibli Dimension

[Taro Toporific]

The Simpsons do a tribute to anime of Hayao Miyazaki...

[Yokohammer]

Maybe I'm weird, but I thought this was brilliant.

Nicely done.

[Taro Toporific]

The Simpsons' Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki--Annotated references to his films at:
slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/01/09/simpsons_miyazaki_tribute_anime_episode_says_goodbye_to_hayao_miyazaki_watch...

[Coligny]

Too late, he already retired from retirement according to sankakucomplex...

[Takechanpoo]

j-cosplayers invasion to rural aussie land

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EVERY year thousands of Japanese tourist make the pilgrimage to an obscure bakery in a small rural town in the middle of Tasmania, captivated by its likeness to the setting of one of Japan’s most popular anime movies.
Ross bakery co-owner Carl Crosby said he welcomed at least 50 Japanese tourists every day, usually more and often by the busload.



Some — known as cosplayers — even wear costumes to emulate their anime idols.

“Seeing the looks of joy on their faces when they walk in, some squeal and jump up and down,” Mr Crosby said.

“Some of them will come in their little costumes, with their bow in their hair and their little red shoes, and they want to stand in front of the oven and take a multitude of pictures.

“They usually have something to eat and a coffee, usually a vanilla slice or a scallop pie.”

http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasma ... 7281707353

bury them all under the tasmania soil....

[Mike Oxlong]

j-cosplayers invasion to rural aussie land

EVERY year thousands of Japanese tourist make the pilgrimage to an obscure bakery in a small rural town in the middle of Tasmania, captivated by its likeness to the setting of one of Japan’s most popular anime movies.
Ross bakery co-owner Carl Crosby said he welcomed at least 50 Japanese tourists every day, usually more and often by the busload.



Some — known as cosplayers — even wear costumes to emulate their anime idols.

“Seeing the looks of joy on their faces when they walk in, some squeal and jump up and down,” Mr Crosby said.

“Some of them will come in their little costumes, with their bow in their hair and their little red shoes, and they want to stand in front of the oven and take a multitude of pictures.

“They usually have something to eat and a coffee, usually a vanilla slice or a scallop pie.”

http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasma ... 7281707353

bury them all under the tasmania soil....

They just wanna see what Japan used to look like before cedar monoculture, damns, forestry roads, concrete hillsides and so on changed the landscape. Kinda like how they filmed Last Samurai in New Zealand, since Japan doesn't really look like Japan anymore.

[Coligny]

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Take, you are damn sexy for a tranny...

you do scat ?

[Takechanpoo]

Hirokatsu Kihara: During the three films that I worked on, I was Miyazaki’s confidant in terms of ideas and concepts. From that experience, I noticed the problem was that Miyazaki likes to put everything of himself and everything that he had into one film. But, when you’ve done that work, what’s left?


Hirokatsu Kihara: I imagine you’ve heard about the female discrimination that goes on? People aren’t necessarily looked after or cherished. There’s a sense that everyone is replaceable – even Miyazaki. Rather than hire creatives with great ideas, they hire people who will please the producers. They want followers, not leaders – that’s why the work is reducing in quality. The people that have worked at Ghibli leave quite fast – and never come back.

Why does this culture exist?

Hirokatsu Kihara: There’s one person there who I won’t name. I find it very scary. He speaks like a Yakuza (Japanese mafioso) and rules it like a politician. However, it should be recognised that he is the one who made the company rich and survive this long. Do you not find it strange that there are no interviews with Ghibli or hardly any articles written on it?

I never really thought about it.

Hirokatsu Kihara: It’s true.

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandcult ... dio-ghibli

[matsuki]

Interesting, always have loved the Ghibili stuff but is it really surprising to you that yet another successful J-company is running itself into the ground with elitism/arrogance, while kept alive by "imeeji?"

Also found this hilarious:

Do you think there’s a distinct difference between Japanese and western tastes – how can you explain Ghibli’s worldwide success?

Hirokatsu Kihara: I think western culture is based on hunting, eating meat. Japanese culture mainly stems from ogu, which is the act of growing crops. From that, Japanese naturally hate blood – of course, we have wars and we fight – but in general, we avoid blood.

In the west, because hunting is fundamental to your lives and killing isn’t so taboo. I think for westerners the horror of life stems from physical death, the fear of death. Whereas, for Japanese, fear is rooted in more psychological torment. I see it as ‘the being’ exists within a physical body and also without a physical body. The being can separate and carry on, with their wills. It may not last long – we see these beings in my work.

2016, unfettered access to the net...and you still have J-dudes who think Nipponjin - farmers, Gaijin - hunters and gatherers. (or maybe he's just not a nikushoku otoko? I mean, he works at an anime studio...)

[Buraku]

a social media channel called Maverick