Looking back at all Miyazaki Hayao's works, we have been thinking about the contradiction between man and nature from beginning to end. From the famous Valley of the Wind, "Rotten Sea" and Zerg represent a fierce war between nature and human beings. In Ghost Princess, the forest gods such as Kirin beast and pig god are hunted down by human beings, and nature is on the verge of destruction. The ghost princess, a human girl raised by the White Wolf God, did not hesitate to wage war on mankind in order to defend the forest. In Miyazaki Hayao's eyes, the evolutionary history of human civilization is the history of natural destruction. In the Valley of the Wind, the forest was destroyed by a big fire. In Ghost Princess, greedy humans cut off the head of the unicorn beast, making the mountains and rivers disappear instantly.

Ignorant and greedy human beings

Miyazaki Hayao's love and sympathy for nature made him often criticize human beings. In his comic world, human beings are either ignorant and greedy or arrogant and selfish. They plunder and kill people in the name of civilization and progress. Whether it is the Valley of the Wind or the Ghost Princess, driven by interests and ambitions, human beings have not only extended their hands to nature, but also to their compatriots.

Musca in "City in the Sky" attempts to manipulate the huge energy of flying stones and gain wealth and power. In the Valley of the Wind, Queen Ku Xia Na did not hesitate to launch the Millennium monster "Magic Warrior" in order to expand her territory. The fantasy girl in Princess Ghost is ambitious, full of conquest, and stubbornly hunts unicorns. In Spirited Away, human beings are portrayed as ignorant, lazy and lonely, lost in that mysterious country.

Condemnation of war

Miyazaki Hayao's films are full of all kinds of wars: Valley of the Wind, City in the Sky, Red Pig, Ghost Princess and Hal's Moving Castle. War is presented to the audience in various forms, including cold weapons, firearms and even high-tech weapons full of magic and futuristic feeling. Miyazaki Hayao's description of war is often more cruel than reality, showing his opposition and rejection of war.

Miyazaki Hayao used his extraordinary imagination to design weapons of different shapes and performances for these wars, from stone rockets to "giant soldiers" who could destroy the world in seven days. Through the development and evolution of weapons, Miyazaki Hayao has shown the disastrous destruction caused by human enthusiasm for weapons and war. The mushroom cloud generated when the robot leaps in City of the Sky and the "Giant Warrior" in Valley of the Wind are not difficult to remind people of nuclear weapons.

A fascination with weapons

However, while condemning the war, Miyazaki Hayao loves weapons from the bottom of his heart, especially airplanes. When he was a child, his family ran an army factory. Under its influence, young Miyazaki Hayao fell in love with airplanes. So in his movies, all kinds of flying machines are the most common elements. Residents of the Valley of the Wind can fly against the wind; In City in the Sky, there are huge airships and a dragonfly-like plane. My Neighbor Totoro's flying gyro: the witch's magic broom helps; And the hero in Red Pig, Pollock, is simply a top fighter pilot ... In Hal's mobile castle, Hal even grows a pair of wings himself. The latest work, "Storm", tells the story of Jiro Horui, the designer of Japanese Zero Fighter. But what makes Miyazaki Hayao feel contradictory is that it is these flying machines that he loves, bearing the dreams and technology of mankind, have become the tools of war. To this, Miyazaki Hayao has a clear understanding, but he is helpless.