After reading Donald Duk this week, I don’t think much has changed for my idea of home but I think I am starting to get a clearer idea of how my idea of home can relate to Asian Americans. I have begun researching different topics and ideas for how Japanese filmmaking, specifically Hayao Miyazaki’s, has influenced American animated films as well as the types of stories being told in those animated films.
Hayao Miyazaki is the first Japanese filmmaker to create a Japanese film, Spirited Away, and have it win for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards; his unorthodox filmmaking and writing style have begun to bleed into American filmmaking as well as the types of stories that American films are now showing. Animated films like Big Hero 6 have taken on a Asian influence, specifically Japanese, into how animated films are not only made but what type of art style they use. Like Spirited Away and many other Miyazaki films, Japanese influence has become increasingly visible in American films.
I plan on looking into that connection between Japanese animation and how it has influenced not only the American filmmakers but also how it, in turn, has influenced Asian Americans and the dominant narrative of animated films.
Links in my annotated bibliography:
http://nypost.com/2014/11/01/will-disneys-japanese-anime-big-hero-6-get-lost-in-translation/
https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/miyazaki-influence-on-american-animation
http://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/01/how-japan-became-a-pop-culture-superpower/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8geg4b/spirited-away-ghibli-miyazaki-15th-15-year-anniversary-best-animation-hannah-ewens