LA Times discuss anime with Oshii
Paul •
US newspaper the LA Times has posted a detailed article comparing (and in Oshii’s case, interviewing) Mamoru Oshii and Hayao Miyazaki, two of the most highly regarded directors of Japanese animation.
“I think inside his head Miyazaki wants to destroy Japan,” says Oshii, who had to work hard to prevent American distributors DreamWorks from altering his Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence script.
“Look,” says Production IG head Mitsuhisa Ishikawa. “‘Innocence’ is even difficult for me to understand. But I trust Oshii’s talent. And if you dilute it for an American audience, it wouldn’t be cyberpunk anymore.”
The article takes an unflinching look at anime, from its apparent creative stagnation in Japan to its relative success aboard. In attempting to explain the success of Miyazaki’s top grossing films, Toshio Suzuki (Miyazaki’s long-time collaborator) is quoted as saying, “Japan now has no hope in general,… It’s the reason Miyazaki’s films are so popular here: His films give the audience the energy to live.”
Read the full, interesting article.
Source: Anime News Network
