There are many ways to escape from the harsh practicality of the modern world, not all of them are healthy and safe, although there are options, the brightest of which are fairy tales. Hayao Miyazaki is a true creator of fairy tales, because his animated films are not just anime, but a kind of philosophy. Full-length anime Miyazaki Hayao, a list of which can be safely recommended for both children and adults, provides an opportunity to relax the soul, raising it to a new level of development, closer to the light.
The magical worlds of Miyazaki
The first full-length animated film by Hayao Miyazaki appeared in 1979, it was "Lupine III: Cagliostro Castle." An excellent example of expensive and painstaking work, total animation, this film became a kind of forerunner of the imminent appearance of Studio Ghibli, beloved by generations of people.
Miyazaki's work has always been distinguished by emphasized attention to detail. This is the very rare case when the animated picture is beautiful in its entirety, and not just the story told. All the animes of Miyazaki Hayao, the list of which is attached below, are filled with love for the world. A careful drawing of nature, raindrops, touching tenderness for everyday life in all its manifestations, is not the notorious Japanese mentality, but rather, something the best of universal qualities.
Featured Anime Hayao Miyazaki - Featured List
Many fans of Miyazaki's work are advised to watch his films in chronological order. This allows you to completely immerse yourself in the atmosphere, despite the fact that these are very different stories occurring in different worlds.
So, the anime of Miyazaki Hayao, a list of feature films in chronological order:
- "Lupine III: Cagliostro Castle" - 1979.
- "Nausicaa from the Valley of the Winds" - 1984.
- "Sky Castle of Laputa" - 1986.
- "My Neighbor Totoro" - 1988.
- "Witch's Delivery Service" - 1989.
- “Porco Rosso” - 1992.
- "Princess Mononoke" - 1997.
- Spirited Away - 2001.
- "The Walking Castle" - 2004.
- “Ponyo Fish on the Cliff” - 2008.
- “From the slopes of Kokuriko” (script) - 2011.
- “The wind is getting stronger” - 2013.
Of course, this is not all the work of the master, Hayao Miyazaki also worked on anime series, took part in the work of other directors, acting as a screenwriter, made storyboards, sketches, worked on animation and editing. Therefore, it would be somewhat premature to say that the “Wind is getting stronger” was the last work of the master. In fact, there is much more to Miyazaki Hayao's anime, the list of works in which he participated would be very long. This is just the last directorial work, and the master’s heart will still give generous warmth to the grateful audience.
Spirited Away
We invite you to get acquainted with some of Hayao Miyazaki's creations. Anime, a list of the best works opens a beautiful story "Spirited Away."
Little Chihiro with her parents moves to a tiny town, almost a village. She is upset about the move and thinks that nothing interesting awaits her. But soon the girl finds herself in a strange magical world where her parents turn into pigs, scary monsters and ghosts walk around, and really want to go home, but the road drowned in the sea.
There Chihiro meets a boy named Haku, who actually turns out to be a white dragon. He helps her to escape the evil witchcraft of the witch Yubaba, Chihiro makes many friends, saves her parents and returns home. This is a very glorious story in which kindness is in all heroes, even if at first they seem evil, greedy or stupid.
"Princess Mononoke"
Hayao Miyazaki's work, an anime, completely different in tone , the list of the best continues by Princess Mononoke. This story can be called an ecological drama, despite the fact that it is about people and partly about animals.
Asitaka, the prince in his lands, stood in the way of a distraught demon, destroying everything in his path, and a curse was sent to him. The demon turned out to be one of the guards of the forest, who was wounded by an iron bullet, and from this he lost his mind and plunged into darkness. To remove the curse, Asitaka went to look for the lands in which this evil iron was born.
The prince found the Iron City, in which Madame Eboshi rules. The city steps on the forest, cuts down trees, extracts ore and melts iron, so giant beasts fight with it, but to no avail. The adopted human daughter of a huge white she-wolf, Princess Mononoke, seeks to kill Ms. Eboshi, save nature, but hatred breeds only hatred and death.
Asitaka and Princess Mononoke could not save the Forest Spirit, whose head the emperor requested, but they save the forest, return his head to the Forest Spirit, and he heals all the sick in exchange, and the smoky Iron City becomes a green and blossoming island.
My neighbor Totoro
Unlike the previous film, this can be safely attributed to the category of “Hayao Miyazaki's children's anime cartoons”. The list goes on with the glorious story of My Neighbor Totoro.
Sisters Satsuki and May are only nine and four years old, while their mother is in the hospital, they move with their dad to a village house. The older sister goes to school, dad goes to work, everyone is looking forward to when his mother returns. And in the forest there lives a huge and fluffy Totoro, the keeper of the forest, small forest spirits collect acorns, a giant Kotobus rushing through the fields and mountains - a cat-bus on twelve legs. And even if the sisters foolishly quarreled because of nonsense, but they love each other, everything ends well and mom will certainly recover.
"Witch's Delivery Service"
This story is about a little witch named Kiki. It’s time for her to get on her broomstick and fly away from home to find her own city and benefit people. A black cat Zizi goes with her. She meets different people, both good and unpleasant, she makes real friends. This good story about how a girl thinks about her life, is afraid of the future and her dissimilarity to everyone, therefore she begins to lose her magical power. But should she forget about herself in order to save other people, the magic returns.
All animes of Hayao Miyazaki are filled with good and endless faith in people, the list is far from complete. It has everything - eternal values, interesting everyday details, but most of all in the works of Miyazaki hope and faith. Faith in goodness.