I'm not the only one crying over it

Adelbert 2022-03-22 09:02:30

Many of Miyazaki's animations highlight "environmental awareness". There have also been many times at the expense of spending a lot of money to highlight or highlight the strengths and weaknesses of human nature and at the same time to express "man and nature must be in harmony!"

However, in addition to "Grave of the Fireflies", "Heisei Tanaka War" is the only one. A Ghibli animation that made me cry.

These Japanese civet cats (actually raccoon dogs) live a very lively life of struggle, but in the end they still cannot resist the development of human civilization. What is this? In the end, they can only abandon their past lives, let the stone statues enshrined in front of the temple be covered with moss like foxes, and disguise themselves into the human world (whether it is true or false, whoever is still discussing this issue at this time should be dragged out TJJTDS).

So I got wet.

Not for those ideas that can be seen as a sigh of "the withering of traditional culture" or "the green hills in memory will never return", but only for the changes these Japanese civet cats have to make to survive. When A-Chun threw off his office worker's coat and ran to his long-lost companion crying and laughing, the salty water in his eyes finally burst out.

I don't care if someone laughs at me, I just cried.

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Extended Reading
  • Jimmie 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    The ending of Miyazaki's story is somewhat hopeful, and Takahata is a forced smile after being powerless. I thought of "Wolf Walker" more than once, of course, it is a pure fairy tale, so it can have a very happy ending (plus the number of ethnic groups... birth, what is born...) The civet cat is still pure animal form and looks good

  • Lelia 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    A group of crazy civet cats, Hayao Miyazaki's films love to reflect the destruction of nature by human beings, so they also reflect. Maybe we also live in a group of civet cats who are forced to become human beings

Pom Poko quotes

  • Ponkichi: If we get rid of all the humans, that means... we'll never eat tempura again! Or beef jerky! Or popcorn.

    Tanuki: Hamburgers! Donuts! Potato chips! Pepperoni pizza! Chicken wings!

    [Gonta is moved by this. His eyes tear and his mouth waters]

    Gonta: I can taste it!

    Seizaemon: So, then, do you think it would be alright if we kept a few humans around, Gonta?

    Gonta: [wiping the saliva from his mouth] We have no choice.

  • Shokichi: Master, would you re-enact the tale of the young samurai who shot the fan?

    Hage: Ah. I'll need some help.

    [He transforms into Nasu no Yoichi. He flies towards the crowd. Gonta's eyes bulge as he realizes that Master Hage is homing in on him. The crowd of tanuki scramble. Master Hage lands on Gonta and clings to his back. The Taka tanuki struggles, then hops around on all fours and turns into a horse. Hage rides around the clearing. Water seems to flood into the clearing, and Master Hage rides Gonta into it. Before them is an image of the sea, and three boats. One of the boats has the image of a woman standing on the bow of the boat and a fan on the top of the mast. Hage draws a bow and shoots the fan, sending it flying into the air]