First, it is extremely mysterious in the East, with a heavy historical atmosphere and a large amount of cultural information. This is inseparable from his own living area and cultural influence. For example, Princess Ghost is set in the Muromachi era in Japan, and the story happened at a specific historical stage. In his works, dragons, civet cats, civet animals, chinchillas and other images with oriental cultural colors have profoundly influenced generations of audiences. For example, in "The Magical Civet Cat", the civet cat made a magical trip to drive away human beings. It embodies many activities with oriental flavor. Every time civet cats change roles, they can find the corresponding cultural symbols in history through this image. In addition, you can also find many buildings and landscapes with oriental artistic features and styles in each of his works, especially the overall layout of the "Oil House" where Tang lived, which has the characteristics of both China classical architecture and Japanese Nara period architecture.
Second, extremely beautiful pictures, especially the environment where the story takes place, are mostly a pure natural state beyond reality. It is difficult to find the prototype of this state in reality. To a great extent, this kind of beauty is the author's own imagination and an ideal that all mankind should have. In Hal's Moving Castle, the snow-capped mountains, the blue lakes, the sea in the sunset, the farms with lush grass and the land with many flowers ... each painting is a typical rural landscape of China. For example, in My Neighbor Totoro's description of the most natural and primitive state of the Japanese countryside, trees can pass through clouds, and the pictures of people with small bridges and flowing water are one after another in the whole work. In Princess Ghost, the valley where unicorns live can be called a real "paradise" and a "natural landscape" in the sense of human spirit. That kind of beauty is jaw-dropping, which makes people feel that any words are so pale and powerless in front of such a picture!
Third, human irrationality lies in the irrational destruction of beauty. Because of this, there is a strong sense of environmental compassion in Miyazaki Hayao's works, which has gone beyond the limitations of the times and can give great enlightenment and warning to all mankind! The ghost princess is the concentrated expression of this. The story itself is about the theme of human self-expansion and destruction of forests. Magic Ji is the representative of human beings, and mountain is the representative of forest and nature, which is the balance between them. In Species of Civet Cats, many civet cats act to protect their homes. In order to satisfy their own interests, human beings blindly demand from nature, blindly March into forests, destroy villages and shape cities. Hal's "Moving Castle" also looks at the ruthless destruction of the beautiful world and life by war through the eyes of the protagonist Sophie. In these works, the author won't jump out to make any targeted criticism, but every audience who has seen it basically has a kind of disingenuous oppression and depression, and the root of this distress itself comes from ourselves, and Miyazaki Hayao just shows it truly and vividly!
Fourthly, the revelation of the essence of human goodness, the description and portrayal of human love, and the love for man and nature make people think without thinking, which makes us realize a lot of morality and heart belonging to human nature. Princess Ghost, Spirited Away, Hal's Moving Castle, etc. It reflects the greatness of love, but this kind of love is by no means a simple world of two people, and their love carries a heavy mission. He Dan wants to break through the interest groups they represent and seek a balance between man and nature. The final agreement they reached through hardships tells us that reality is an ideal and expectation, and we are still far from this state! The love between Chihiro and White Dragon is a struggle to get rid of the shackles of being used. To a great extent, their love has the feeling of "dripping water, paying with a spring" and "dying for a bosom friend". My Neighbor Totoro and Tomb of Fireflies typically reflect the special position and influence of family relations in people's destiny.
5. Serious social themes and cold realistic background form a typical binary opposition with beautiful pictures and warm feelings, but on the whole, they do not destroy the perfect composition of the works. This is a very clever technique. In fact, it is basically reflected in every work of Miyazaki Hayao. Generally speaking, it is not easy for a work to do this, and most works can reach this level, which really can't help but arouse the deep excavation and development of relevant researchers. Especially for the theme of war, the contradiction between economic development and natural loss, environmental pollution, etc., are common in his works. For example, The Moving Castle of Hal and The Tomb of Fireflies (also known as Goodbye Fireflies) reflect the cruel and profound theme of the war through the narrative of the story, which plays an invisible role in promoting peace.
Six, Miyazaki Hayao's every work basically gives people the feeling of "lingering for three days", and he never tells a story as obvious as Sunrise in the East and The Melting of Spring. Just like a talented novelist, he deliberately left the ending of the story and let readers guess the final ending of the story endlessly. If that's all, then he's not smart. After reading Miyazaki Hayao's works, in addition to thinking about the ending of the protagonist, many times we will look back at ourselves and even the whole human race, and this experience and thinking is done through people's speculation on the ending. Spirited Away, for example, finally, Chihiro's parents and her entered the real life through the tunnel. Where's the white dragon? When will they meet, and will the story in Oil Room continue? Are there people and things in our life that can correspond to the works one by one?
Seven, Miyazaki Hayao's animation works don't simply stay on the story itself, but seriously shape the image of combining animation with life, which is very realistic and meaningful. This is especially evident in his later works. We can see all of the above, but we can't ignore one thing, that is, the people and animals in the works are endowed with unique human qualities and personalities. Judging from the positioning of these roles, we are our society and the whole mankind. Therefore, we can see a lot of anthropological things from Miyazaki Hayao's works, which can really touch things that are difficult to touch at ordinary times, such as human nature and morality. Such as behavior, attitude, psychology, outcome, etc. Every civet has a strong hint.
Eight, Miyazaki Hayao's animation works realized the "multi-voice integration" in the "multi-voice integration". Young viewers, such as children, can start from the plot, pay attention to the picture and indulge in the narrative of the story; The elderly audience can see the living state and spiritual guiding significance behind the story through the experience of the story itself, which is convenient for us to live better. At the same time, we should deeply realize that Miyazaki Hayao's works are as enduring and popular as China's TV series The Journey to the West and Disney's Tom and Jerry!
His works have their own unique language style, especially the unique humorous way. With self-mockery, with self-mockery, I also enjoy my own state of existence, even in endless pain. "People may be attracted to each other because of the air." "The attraction between people is not because of personality and appearance, but because of the gas field. It is a kind of air that radiates around. I believe there is something about this animal. " Perhaps these two sentences are also the "golden key" to understand the language style of his works!
Analysis of Main Characters in Miyazaki Hayao's Animation
Characters are the core factors to express the connotation of movies. The great success of Miyazaki Hayao's films lies in his perfect and profound portrayal of characters. The characters in Miyazaki Hayao's works are vivid and vivid, which can always evoke people's memories, and even leave an indelible mark on your heart, conveying the theme one by one, and making fresh and elegant dialogues one by one. Miyazaki Hayao has got the incisive experience from the depiction of characters. Here, we will slowly analyze several main characters in Miyazaki Hayao's animation. . .
1, Nausicaa [Valley of the Wind] The hero of nature-the messenger of the wind.
Nausicaa is a hero portrayed by Miyazaki Hayao, and Miyazaki Hayao embodies the correct view of nature through her portrayal. It can be said that in Miyazaki Hayao's works, Nausicaa is not only a hero, but also a defender of nature. If you are an old palace fan, you should know the origin of the name Nausicaa. Nausicaa is the name of Princess Acchia in the Greek epic Odyssey. Through the dialogue in the film, you can clearly know that Nausicaa enjoys a high reputation in the Valley of the Wind, so she is highly respected by people, which is also in line with the identity of Princess Nausicaa. Miyazaki Hayao created the image of a goddess according to Greek mythology. This also explains why Nausicaa's fans always call her the goddess in their hearts. Although Nausicaa is not as dazzling as the Valley of the Wind in the original work, Nausicaa occupies an extremely important position in the hearts of our palace fans in the Valley of the Wind. .
Nausicaa, a naive girl living in the Valley of the Wind, never shouldered the mission of saving the world from the beginning. She is just a little girl who is kind-hearted and kind to creatures, and it is this great love thought that has been cultivated since childhood that makes her the hope to save the decadent human world. It can be seen in the film that those who try to save the world eventually become slaves of destruction and despair. They always boast that they are "wise and sacred monarchs" or "leaders of the people" in name, but in the end they are distorted by the powerful forces they expect. Every war against Wang Chong ended in a fiasco of mankind ... but Nausicaa totally opposed those ambitious people. She is just a goddess who protects human beings and nature, and an angel who rides the wind and stays up all night in the sky. Her simple thoughts make her have no greed, so all the "hopes" of the world are pinned on her. She just did what she wanted to do, without any desire or ambition, and constantly worked hard for the harmony between human beings and nature. It was also she who discovered the secret of the rotten sea. In fact, the bacteria forest is not the source of toxic substances, on the contrary, it is purifying the toxic components in soil and air and crystallizing them into non-toxic inorganic dust particles. King Worm has always been the guardian of the forest. While living with the forest, prevent ignorant human beings from destroying the purification process of the forest. Therefore, it is regarded as a natural enemy by human beings. In the new world of "worms", human beings are so weak and helpless that science or skills will only escalate human hatred and killing. How does Nausicaa save mankind? The answer here is: only by relying on the power of "heart", respecting the value of life and conforming to the way out of nature can human beings coexist with the insect world ... Nausika told us with his firm voice that human beings can only survive in bad luck if they communicate with nature with their hearts and influence others with love. "No matter how painful it is, we will live ..." This is Nausicaa's hope as well as ours. . .
2. The other side of Shu Da's dream-the innocence of girls.
Dreams are the theme of early Miyazaki Hayao. If the flight of the Valley of the Wind is the need of war, the flight of the Red Pig is an escape from the world, and the flight of the witch's house is a process of growth, then the city of the sky can be said to be a dream flight. Miyazaki Hayao creates an atmosphere of dream memory through the hero Shu Da. Shu Da is not a hero or a warrior, but a pure girl full of dreams. The decay of the world and human ambition seem to have no effect in front of her. She can always impress others with her pure heart. Bath should be a good example. In Building a City in the Sky, Miyazaki Hayao completely broke away from the trite theme of "saving the world", but strengthened her concern for the theme of "humanity", and Shu Da was the core of this theme. She not only gained the experience of friendship and adventure, but also realized a clear and thorough understanding of life and nature, and always maintained a beautiful dream. In the contact with pirates, we can clearly see how great Shu Da's personality charm is. Pirates' dream is to harvest wealth. It is Shuda who let them know what love is and what is more important than wealth. Through Shu Da, we find that a group of pirates are so lovely. Under the influence of Shu Da, they gradually show their kind nature, which may be the greatest wealth brought to them by Shu Da. .
Didn't we humans look like simple hot pillow in Shu Da before? Only in the process of being influenced by society, we humans gradually lost hot pillow and hope for life and ideals. This is one of the reasons why Miyazaki Hayao's works have a wide audience. Beneath its innocent and bright appearance, there is always a strong core and a caring heart. All Miyazaki Hayao's works are constantly discussing the power of mind and personality. Therefore, in City in the Sky, Shu Da's spiritual strength finally defeated Musca's gun. Lu Shu Da said, "... I understand why the city of the sky will decline, because even with high technology, people can't live without the land", which is Miyazaki Hayao's deep praise for the earth that gave birth to life and civilization. It is also an aversion to the highly developed society, where people's minds are gradually violated by material things. Shu Da showed us a correct outlook on life and a desire for dreams. .
3. The childhood pictures of Yan Yue and Xiaomi [Totoro]-true innocence.
My Neighbor Totoro is an exquisite dream woven by Miyazaki Hayao. Although My Neighbor Totoro is still a consistent style of magical realism, my perspective has changed from "human" to "human", and Yan Yue and Xiaomi, the protagonists in My Child, are the best embodiment of this childlike innocence. At first, two naive girls kept learning about their new surroundings, and they were immersed in the embrace of nature. The two children realized that they had never felt this way before. Miyazaki Hayao's most ingenious arrangement in this film can be said to be the meeting between Xiaomi and my neighbor totoro. It is because of Xiaomi's innocence that she came into contact with this special creature, and the encounter with my neighbor totoro in January was not only accidental, but also touching. The waiting scene must be fresh in everyone's memory. The naive totoro treats January's umbrella as an interesting toy and treats two children one by one.
My Neighbor Totoro's cuteness and magic are also a tonic for Miyazaki Hayao's characterization. In order to express the true childlike innocence, Miyazaki Hayao borrowed a non-existent creature to deeply embody it, which made the characterization full of leisurely warmth and constructed a fascinating fairy tale scene. The film also contains two children's love for their mother. Perhaps only that innocence is the real intention of mankind. We can see the shadow of our childhood from Yan Yue and Xiaomi. .
4, Bao Ge Russell [Red Pig] soaring in the sky-thinking about life
Miyazaki Hayao himself said that the red pig is the epitome of his own life, and his mature and sophisticated temperament and profound knowledge are reflected from the red pig. At this point, "Red Pig" can really be said to be Miyazaki Hayao's autobiography. In that era of dreaming of flying, a highly skilled bounty hunter, known as "Red Pig", became a nightmare to drive all "air thieves" across the Adriatic Sea. He is brother Bao. He is a lovely pig, an elegant pig, a wise pig, a pig who fights with the "empty thief" all day but never kills anyone. He has experienced death. On the clouds, he saw his flying companions become the souls of the dead, sitting in the wreckage of various planes and flying to heaven. There was no sound of the engine, but he quietly lined up and moved slowly in the yellow sky of the Milky Way. He hates war and would rather be a pig living on bounty than a hero worshipped by fascists. He also has love in his heart, but like a sailor wandering around in the era of great navigation, he can't promise the goddess who is waiting on the dock day and night. He is also a humorous pig, who can say such a philosophical proverb as "If I don't fly, I am an ordinary pig", with a hint of dreams. Not a few fans fell at his feet, and everywhere the red plane went, it was cheering.
It is indeed a clever trick to use pigs as the protagonist of the story. The pig, no different from human beings, is full of mature male charm-full of sense of justice and gentleness, with its own philosophy of life, chivalrous and legendary. Looking back at human beings from the perspective of anthropomorphic pigs, using pig's mouth to say something mocking human beings, such as "pigs have no country and laws", will make the film laugh everywhere, and then there will be meditation after laughing. This is Miyazaki Hayao's film, and this is Miyazaki Hayao's film spirit. Starting with a pig, it benefits us for life. . .
5. Kiki's fantastic dream-the road to growth.
If we want to judge the cuteness of Miyazaki Hayao's cartoon characters, Kiki can be regarded as the first super cute character. From the attitude towards others, Kiki can be said to be a polite little girl, and from the understanding of her mother, Kiki can be said to be a well-educated boy. Kiki is beautiful because she is cute, not because she is beautiful. When she goes out for a long trip with her dreams, she can show her independent side of human nature. It can also profoundly reflect his courage and confidence in life. In the process of her growth, there are both beautiful dreams and the test of survival. From Kiki, we can find an obvious route of human growth, which can not help but make us think about the meaning of life, and even find the shadow of our own life growth from Kiki, so Kiki is a rare figure in the old palace, reflecting her lovely side and more. .
A person's travel is always lonely, but Kiki is not afraid, does not fall down in the face of difficulties, and always tries to solve it in the face of failure. On the road of growing up, we saw a strong person. Although Kiki sometimes loses confidence and magic, she soon finds her own way again, and finally saves her friends and wins everyone's praise. The growth motivation and harmonious and lovely spirit reflected from her are worth pondering. . .
6. Asidaka and Mountain [Ghost Princess] naturally declared war-love and hate are intertwined.
Asidaka can be said to be a hero in Miyazaki Hayao's novels, with a strong and brave heart beyond human strength, which undoubtedly does not reflect the unique charm of Asidaka, but it is essentially different from the absolute heroism of the Valley of the Wind. Miyazaki Hayao portrays Asidaka's role not to promote heroism, but to skillfully portray a contradictory figure between vagrancy and nature and human beings. It is through Asidaka that we see nature's declaration of war on mankind. It is through Asidaka's efforts that we feel the last hope of how to save mankind with love. If Asidaka tries to stop the struggle between nature and human beings with love, then Shan can say that she perfectly interprets the evil of us human beings with hate. Nature's hatred of human beings is like the hatred of mountains for human beings. Although she is human, the evil of human beings has to make her deceive herself. She never admits that she is a human being, and even Asidaka can't fully accept it, because human beings demand too much from nature. From the point of view, Shan seems to be a defender of nature, but in fact she is also a person who struggles needlessly on the edge of natural destruction.
When it comes to Shanshan, you have to mention her sworn enemy, Magic Ji. Shan is a natural person, and Mo Ji is a person in this world. Standing at the forefront of their respective posts, while representing mysterious, simple and perfect nature, they are driving human chariots that leave a profound historical track; The girl growled and waved the cold sword, and the woman grinned and pulled out the musket. The two sides are like two puppets led by unknown lines. When one side fell, the curtain was closed. In fact, we all know that no one will win in the end, but the great will win, and Ashitaka is a soldier who sees through life and death. He is an individual among human beings, coming from afar, so he doesn't belong to Tiezhen, so he doesn't have to undertake the mission of "collectivism". It is precisely because of this relative non-social independence that Ashitaka can move freely between iron towns and forests. In a sense, he also became a pure free man who left this world. It must be said that from Asidaka and Shan, we not only saw two contradictory struggles, but also realized our love for nature. .
7. Spirited Away [Spirited Away] Silent Coast-the other side of life
Life after China's entry into WTO is a material, emotional and crowd life. Spirited Away is a film that actively explores the road to WTO through the experience of a little girl Chihiro. Chihiro fell from a material world into a world full of difficulties for her. "Return" will be the ultimate goal of all efforts. There is only one magic weapon to win-"Do one thing for others". The indomitable Chihiro finally found the meaning of her existence, so she tried to realize her doubts and expectations about the world with the theme of growth.
Chihiro doesn't have the beautiful face as usual in Miyazaki Hayao's movies. At first it looked really naive and immature. But in order to create such an ordinary girl, Miyazaki Hayao embarked on the road to save Chihiro White Dragon. The roar of the train came from the silent coast. Chihiro seems to understand something. She understood what love is and what life is, a process from childish to mature. Just like the journey of Chihiro, it is deeply displayed in front of us. It can be said that we found a lot of bright spots in Chihiro, and we were really moved by Chihiro's efforts, but we also found our own direction in life. . .
8. Hal and Sophie [Hal's Moving Castle] Eternal love-persistent progress
Since the character Hal is controversial, let's talk about Sophie first. I remember the first time I saw Hal's mobile castle, my first impression of Sophie was very poor. First of all, her appearance is neither cute nor beautiful, and she is a little old-fashioned. Secondly, her personality is not very bright, and there is no bright spot, which gives me the feeling of mediocrity. But as the story unfolded, I began to change from disdain to infinite respect for Sophie. A girl can be so calm after becoming an old woman. Do you remember what Sophie said, "Being old is an advantage, and your memory is better than before?" All these reflect Sophie's optimistic and positive attitude. Perhaps from her, we can see her peaceful heart and infinite confidence in life. .
The last topic comes down to Hal. Every time I talk about him, I'm a little scared. After all, Hal was savagely attacked by many people and blindly worshipped by some anthomaniac. It is difficult to evaluate Hal objectively, but I still want to say that Hal has a need for careful setting. First of all, he appeared as an evil magician, but he had a handsome face. It's hard to imagine. Secondly, from his contact with Sophie, we can see that Hal is actually a very delicate person. Although he has his own shortcomings, he also has his own difficulties. After all, he is also fighting for the peace of war and pursuing his love with Sophie. Hal and Sophie did not give people a vague love like Gong Lao's usual works, but finally came together. This may be Gong Lao's greatest hope. . Blessing. .
Miyazaki Hayao's character image is his soul to express the theme and connotation of the film, which needs our careful thinking and judgment. What is reflected from each character is Gong Lao's great love thought, which can't be fully explained in words. Gong Lao's thoughts, outlook on life and world view still need us to understand in life. . . . .