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Dargonxtc
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| I'm usually not fond of such things. I wonder if the city paid fair market value for the land. But I will make an exception in this case. With the size of this being what it is, it will turn out to be a perfect park. And being in such a highly urban area, no doubt a park would be a welcome sanctuary for this suburb of Tokyo. It is also better to stop this now, and make it a park, than to wait and tear down someone elses land to make for a new one. Things like this also give more character and uniqueness to the city, as well as help lessen the feeling of living in a concrete jungle. |
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penguintruth
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:32 pm |
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| Miyazaki comes across to me as a truly great guy, in additon to being such a talented director/artist. I'm reminded of his interview for Spirited Away where he mentioned his inspiration for the polluted river spirit was from helping to clean his local river and finding a bike and all kinds of garbage clogging it up. He really cares. |
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Subaru19
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:31 pm |
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Guess nobody involved in the process watched "Pom poko." The whole point of that movie was "let's keep the earth green." It's really a theme in most of Miyazaki's work! I can't imagine Miyazaki ever being behind a project that involves buying up a wild piece of land and making something else on it. Sheesh.
Also why do you need a park when there's natural land there anyhow? Most of the time parks are unnatural places that are planted to make you feel like there's some nature in an area that doesn't have any. (think Central Park in New York) |
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Roy9076
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:36 pm |
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| That is awesome for a director. Surely will bring a ton of enthusiast into the scenery. |
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Livre
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:39 pm |
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| Subaru19 wrote: | Guess nobody involved in the process watched "Pom poko." The whole point of that movie was "let's keep the earth green." It's really a theme in most of Miyazaki's work! I can't imagine Miyazaki ever being behind a project that involves buying up a wild piece of land and making something else on it. Sheesh.
Also why do you need a park when there's natural land there anyhow? Most of the time parks are unnatural places that are planted to make you feel like there's some nature in an area that doesn't have any. (think Central Park in New York) |
You're forgetting Mononoke Hime too. |
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rocklobster
Joined: 22 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:27 am |
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| I thought wildlife sanctuarys were treated better than this. I'm no tree-hugger, but I do support the idea of sanctuaries. |
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Xenofan 29A
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:58 pm |
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| Subaru19 wrote: | | Guess nobody involved in the process watched "Pom poko." The whole point of that movie was "let's keep the earth green." It's really a theme in most of Miyazaki's work! |
Pom Poko was directed by Isao Takahata. But on the subject of Miyazaki, Laputa: Castle in the Sky has an environmental theme too. |
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Dargonxtc
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:12 pm |
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| Livre wrote: | | You're forgetting Mononoke Hime too. |
| Xenofan 29A wrote: | | But on the subject of Miyazaki, Laputa: Castle in the Sky has an environmental theme too. |
As well as Nausicaä, don't forget that as well. Spirited Away had elements in it, but it wasn't an overall theme. |
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Fiction Alchemist
Joined: 17 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:06 pm |
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Miyazaki is just cool. An excellent director, writer, and artist with such huge influence. I'm proud that he's on the side of fighting the good fight to preserve the environment.
Some people might have caved at the idea of some place being being modified/created to be named for their work, especially since that place was the inspiration behind that work. Not Miyazaki, though. Just cool... |
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burzmali
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:36 am |
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| Keep in mind that Japan is in the middle of a nasty housing crunch, so much so that the cost of housing is driving young people to live in manga cafes. While I sympathize with Miyazaki's desire to save this particular forest, that housing complex is still going to need to go somewhere... |
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