Miyazaki says he can’t stand modern animation
In the age of digital animation and computer special effects, Hayao Miyazaki is a purist.
Miyazaki has reveal in a newspaper interview that he hasn’t seen any of the major digitally animated films in the last two decades. In the interview with Hong Kong’s Sunday Morning Post, he said:
I can’t stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me
Miyazaki said his recruits are tested in a boot camp where mobile phones, iPods and other electronic devices are banned.
Young people are surrounded by virtual things. They lack real experience or life and lose their imagination. Animators can only draw from their own experience of pain and shock and emotions.
Source: Mainichi Japan
I think life experiences really make a difference in the quality of the anime, that’s why his works are all masterpieces.
While I really love anime series that are 100% hand drawn, I also love works that have been animated using technology such as those of Makoto Shinkai. So its really hard to choose. I’d say if they are good, just watch them.
Miyazaki reminds me of JRR Tolkien–a rather curmudgeonly old guy who is a pessimist about modern society, and is possessed of a tremendous imagination rooted in premodern times. Tolkien outright loathed much of the countercultural fanbase he got for LotR in the 60s, and doubtlessly wouldn’t have liked much of what passes for “fantasy” fiction these days, just like Miyazaki probably hates most anime today. In a way though, being such a master, he’s entitled to think whatever he wants–his work is destined to be remembered for a long time.
Although he sounds like an old gramps complaining about how his grandkids are raised, I’m kinda glad he’s like this way. He can concentrate on his own way of storytelling/techniques, without trying to appeal to a more “modern generation”. That’s why I think his movies have more of a “classic” feeling to them. I think he can leave the “modern movies” to the next generation
On the contrary, I actually haven’t gotten around to watching any of his works… but for me, if I like it, I like it. Who cares about whether it’s hand-drawn or not. lol
i could come in to my own here, i studied miyazaki for a coursework assignment and could talk ur ear off about this!!
with modern computer generated anime, u can see that the love isnt there as much, it feels completely different.
budget is a big factor, older anime had to use cheap techniques like still images , sliding still images, backgrounds made of block colour and the like, but now with the computer stuff u dont get any of that but instead u get cheap, moving images sliding about, like for instance when revi dives over the bar in the first black lagoon ep, lol fail!
i totally agree with miyazaki but that isnt to say that i dont like the newer stuff, i find its easier to find the characters more attractive and down right obsessable with the digital stuff, they have a smoother look, more tactile, also the scenes end up looking more elaborate and obscure which is great (thinking gainax)
it sounds like he doesnt like the gainax style of animation which is ironic because he raised gainax in a round about sense, he hired the creator of neon genesis (a founding member of gainax) and had him animate the unforgettable scene in nausicaa where the giant warriors melts over the hill top! that spawned neon genesis dont u know!
so miyazaki! ur responsible for ur own hatred ! its not all bad!