First measurable snow today, as for many east coasters!!!
It’s beautiful, and now everything looks a million times better. Also, we’re going to see the Nutcracker ballet tonight. Could it be better?
In commeration of the wintery percipitation, here’s Snow Dance in A Capella.
Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
This movie captured my imagination and really sent me on my Miyazaki kick, I think (besides Kiki’s)~
I love the whole Iron Town setting and concept. It’s so haunting and real and gorgeous :)
These nails are beautiful….evocative of a Japanese summer evening with fireworks.
Four Seasons - NAMIE AMURO
This one goes out to everyone feeling down today…
A beautiful film…
Highly recommended. A war movie that shows what it’s like to be a POW under the charge of the Japanese in WWII. A lot is lost in translation if you watch the subtitles, but…watch it any way you can! The soundtrack is one of th emost moving I have heard.
Oh—and there’s David Bowie, too!
「失敗 忘れるしかない」 : 浅田 舞のスポ友！ : YOMIURI ONLINE
“I have no choice but to forget the failure”
That’s right, Mao-chan!! Keep going no matter what! T__T
We love you!
So yesterday I watched Miyazaki’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
It wasa good movie, but I can’t say it’s the best I’ve seen from Miyazaki.
Being one of his older works, I can understand this, though. It was his first really big break where he gained a huge amount international attention. I can tell the stories and characters in his films developed more through the years.
Nausicaa is a great example, though, of “going green.” Literally, the world has become a huge toxic waste dump.
Having such dark, dull and monotone colors, I was not a fan of the scenery. However, the character design was great—especially for Nausicaa whose bright red hair reflects her positive and nature-loving personality.
The best animated parts were by far the flying scenes—which he would later perfect in Kiki.
I’m on a Miyazaki kick~ :3
I watched Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle for the first time last weekend.
He kills me. He absolutely kills me with his brilliance.
Once again, he was able to create a beautiful, strange and masterpeice of a world with charming characters that live in it.
What amazes me most is the overdose of imagine injected into these movies. It seems inhumanly possible to be able to create stories and animation that unique and just gorgeous.
I loved Howl’s a lot because I am a big fan of the “world” focused films of Miyazaki like Kiki and Spirited Away where there is a lot of emphasis on the set—the world the characters interact in.
I may just have to rewatch it very soon and let all the beauty soak in again.
Okay…I am offcially on an Ami kick.
This is one of the single best album mixes I have ever heard! My favorite is “Super Music Maker”…
The year of the Shiba Inu.
Japan’s very own.
I’ve been meaning to do this…I need to give a shout-out to Japanese-American people. They ROCK. Wether they are Issei, Nisei or Sansei, they’ve contributed all too much. Someday I will write a paper on all the accomplishments of Japanese-Americans…but it’s late now and the World Series is on…
Daniel “Dan” Inoue in his Army days
