2. Constructing an Animator

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue: In Search of Miyazakiworld ix
4. 1. Hametsu 1
5. 2. Constructing an Animator 16
6. 3. The Joy of Movement 33
7. 4. Ups and Downs: Castle of Cagliostro 55
8. 5. Nausicaä and “the Feminine Principle” 70
9. 6. Orphans of the Sky: Laputa: Castle in the Sky 86
10. 7. Umbrellas in the Haunted Forest: Transcending National and Personal Trauma in My Neighbor Totoro 101
11. 8. The Witch and the City: Time, Space, and Gender in Kiki’s Delivery Service 122
12. 9. Porco Rosso Lands in Casablanca 140
13. 10. From Messiah to Shaman: The Nausicaä Manga Seeks Light in the Darkness 158
14. 11. The Faces of Others: Boundary Crossing in Princess Mononoke 176
15. 12. The Intimate Apocalypse of Spirited Away 195
16. 13. The Castle, the Curse, and the Collectivity: Howl’s Moving Castle 212
17. 14. Rich and Strange: The Apocalypse of the Innocents in Ponyo 229
18. 15. “A Terrible Wind”: The Wind Rises 246
19. 16. Conclusion 260
20. Notes 265
21. Bibliography 281
22. Acknowledgments 289
23. Index 291