Inspirational life lesson from cartoon movies

When I was a kid, I had been watching so many animated movies, many of which still stay vividly in my memory.  It may sound absurd and immature of me to have my old habit of watching animated movie, especially up to this age, but when it comes to the work of Hayao Miyazaki, believe or not, one cannot help but sit in front of the screen for hours. Hayao Miyazaki is one of the greatest animators and directors in Japan. Quite true, Miyazaki has been producing masterpieces of all time. May the cover of the composition book be faded and its corners are bent, but its words will stay forever with time. To be honest, Miyazki’s movies are peculiar, not because that any of us is praising or flattering the case. Accordingly, when we follow up his works, we are casted by the deep impressions. We watch the movies for entertaining reason, however, in the end; we end up watching them again and again, much like being under a spell, which is rather perplexed. Apart from the appraisement, we can then have a glance at his portfolio. Born and raised during  the World War II, Miyazaki, being the second of the four, soon had the opportunities attached to his father work’s being director of Miyazaki Airplane. At the very young age, Miyazaki developed a lifelong fascination with aviation, a penchant that later manifested as a recurring theme in his films (let it be his work later on).  We can see aircraft-related stuff and the painstakingly designed model in three fourths of his movies. For most of his animations, the plots are simple plus inspired by books of many novelists. Plainly told, a bit dreamy and magic-about stories, “Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind “, “Laputa: Castle In The Sky”,  “My Neighbor Totoro”, “ Grave of the Fireflies”, “Howl’s Moving Castle” ( together with many other masterworks) are outstanding, compared to any other Japanese animations during the time. Whereas there are thousands of 3-D animated movies compatible, the works of Miyazaki are fascinating enough to grab our attention and our zest into 2-D movies. His movies are somewhat whimsical in an old but unique style, and yet to be categorized classic. The presence of undefined beings, objects, machines and technology soaks us viewer in the beautiful fantasy, and the lack of visual realism allows our imagination to fly high.