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INTEREST: Hayao Miyazaki Acknowledges Japan's Wartime Conduct at Magsaysay Awards




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GATSU



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 3:22 am Reply with quote
I hope his health doesn't get in the way of his next project.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 3:42 am Reply with quote
Whatever you think of Hayao Miyazaki,his condemnation of Japan's World War II conduct is a very gutsy move. From what I've heard,it's kinda frowned upon there to do that. What happened during that time is a great stain on that country,one that will probably never really go away until there is an honest reckoning with what happened during that time there. The atrocities of the Japanese military during World War II is well-known in this country,while very little about it is known in Japan proper.
If any sort of honest discussion about Japan's cruelty during World War II is to come there,then Miyazaki should be thanked for at least attempting to start some sort of acknowledgement of what happened then,like what happened in Germany under the Nazis. It's a small beginning,but one nonetheless.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 3:54 am Reply with quote
Snomaster1 wrote:
Whatever you think of Hayao Miyazaki,his condemnation of Japan's World War II conduct is a very gutsy move. From what I've heard,it's kinda frowned upon there to do that. What happened during that time is a great stain on that country,one that will probably never really go away until there is an honest reckoning with what happened during that time there. The atrocities of the Japanese military during World War II is well-known in this country,while very little about it is known in Japan proper.
If any sort of honest discussion about Japan's cruelty during World War II is to come there,then Miyazaki should be thanked for at least attempting to start some sort of acknowledgement of what happened then,like what happened in Germany under the Nazis. It's a small beginning,but one nonetheless.


I still don't like how dismissive the general population and local government are to the actions they did during that conflict. Everyone on all sides did terrible things but most others especially Germany acknowledged them and did right by it but japan rather than accept it has a tendency to just want it buried and portray themselves as victims too.

So Miyazaki acknowledging it is another big step for them to accept responsibility for it.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 4:02 am Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
I hope his health doesn't get in the way of his next project.


Huh?
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Boy: ANN said his health kept him from traveling.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 7:57 am Reply with quote
Very solemn and wise words from Miyazaki.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 10:10 am Reply with quote
I agree with what Miyazaki said. Given that this is an award is a humanitarian and journalism award, I think his speech was appropriate. Now, were it a movie or TV awards show, might have not been the time/place for such a comment.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 4:14 pm Reply with quote
Miyazaki has said similar things before (like during the heated debate around changing the constitution a decade ago) and on a smaller scale as early as last century, but stating it so directly and especially when speaking to a country that actually was occupied by Japan during the war carries a different kind of weight.

This is the side of Miyazaki that, sadly, will probably be largely forgotten when he eventually passes away. I have no doubt that he'll be remembered by most as a talented director and animation storyteller, and that his critics will remember him as a grumpy, cynical old man who criticized his own son, but the Miyazaki in the between - the intelligent, contemplative, self-contradictory, complex human being, whose writing is full of melancholy but also cautious hope - is the most interesting one to me.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 7:15 pm Reply with quote
I feel like this will piss off people who's opinions don't matter, since they're basically holocaust deniers. Unfortunately a lot of those in japanese government.

Very confused about the choice to put AI animation in the little highlight thing berfore the speech, but it sure showcases how AI animation is ugly as sin and scary AF, especially compared to the real animation

Erufailon4 wrote:
Miyazaki has said similar things before (like during the heated debate around changing the constitution a decade ago) and on a smaller scale as early as last century, but stating it so directly and especially when speaking to a country that actually was occupied by Japan during the war carries a different kind of weight.

This is the side of Miyazaki that, sadly, will probably be largely forgotten when he eventually passes away. I have no doubt that he'll be remembered by most as a talented director and animation storyteller, and that his critics will remember him as a grumpy, cynical old man who criticized his own son, but the Miyazaki in the between - the intelligent, contemplative, self-contradictory, complex human being, whose writing is full of melancholy but also cautious hope - is the most interesting one to me.


I don't think you have to worry about that, since it's so clear from his movies. Basically all Ghibli movies are about how War is Bad and Nature is Good. He's beloved by most people who like his movies but don't go on anime forums to read about how he's a grump.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 27, 2024 5:47 am Reply with quote
Shocking that 80 years after the war this sort of acknowledgement is still controversial in Japan. We're only 17 years from the centennial of the Pearl Harbor bombing, I wonder how the government there is going to deal with that. History is catching up on them.
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