The spectacular mundane in the films of Studio Ghibli

Crombie, Zoe

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Title

The spectacular mundane in the films of Studio Ghibli

Author(s)

Crombie, Zoe

Issue Date

2021-11-29

Keyword(s)

• Ghibli
• mundane
• anime
• spectacle
• domesticity

Abstract

This article examines how Studio Ghibli constructs the mundane activities shown in their films as spectacular. Looking at the history of the ways in which domestic and routine events are depicted in Japanese animation, I will use various methodologies, beginning with formalism and phenomenology before moving on to feminism and Marxism to critically analyse several Ghibli films as case studies – My Neighbors The Yamadas (1999, Hōhokekyo Tonari no Yamada kun), Only Yesterday (1991, Omoide Poro Poro), and Howl’s Moving Castle (2004, Hauru no Ugoku Shiro). Using these methodologies, the films are placed into a broader cinematic context, and the filmic legacy of their treatment of the mundane is explored.

Series/Report Name or Number

Journal of Anime and Manga Studies, vol. 2

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text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/113395

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.jams.v2.507

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• Copyright 2021 Zoe Crombie
• This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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