[Misc. Ghibli] Miyazaki in Entertainment Weekly (fwd)
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Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:54:03 +0900
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Subject: [Misc. Ghibli] Miyazaki in Entertainment Weekly (fwd)
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:54:03 +0900
The following was originally posted to the Miyazaki mailing list by Wing
Fox:
----- Original Message -----
> This just in. I got my new issue of Entertainment Weekly - the IT issue.
> This issue is a who's who of the 100 most creative people in
entertainment,
> according to EW of course.
>
> Hayao Miyazaki is toted as the "It Anime Master." The complete mention is
below:
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> It Anime Master
> Hayao Miyazaki
>
> <AGE> 58 <WHY HIM?> Often called the Walt Disney of Japan, this reclusive
> filmmaker's anime fable include the beatifically beautiful "Kiki's
Delivery
> Service" and "Princess Mononoke" (Japan's all time top-grossing movie
until
> "Titanic" crossed the Pacific), which is being released in the U.S. by
> Miramax this fall. <WORK HABIT> Draws in a self-designed office in
suburban
> Tokyo. "[It's] a very relaxing and comfortable place. Except that when I'm
> there I have to work." <NEXT> The English-language edition of "Princess
> Mononoke" (pictured), voiced by Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, and Gillian
> Anderson.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> The above comes with three pictures: a color-pencil sketch of San, a very
> similar screen cap of san, and good old Miyazaki. This little blurb goes
to
> show EW's continuing interest in Miyazaki and anime in general. We all
> remember how they loved "Kiki" last September. They got the new release
date
> already, and they actually included a decent size screen cap. I hope the
> media keep this up.
>
> Just to stir up some discussion, Glen Keane is also mentioned in the
issue.
> But he is noted as the "It 'Toon Titan" - for designing "The Little
> Mermaid"'s Ariel, "Beauty and the Beast"'s Beast, and Tarzan from the new
> Disney film ("...the first semi-anatomically correct male in the studio's
> history" what could that mean? :p). I thought it was interesting that
Keane
> is the "'Toon Titan" and Miyazaki is the "Anime Master." Of course, Keane
is
> just a cartoonist, while Miyazaki is a filmmaker - a profession that
> requires much more skill.
>
> -Wing Fox