Message-ID: <006e01bebb88$f069e250$0f5a4196@jaist.ac.jp> From: =?iso-2022-jp?B?Unlva28gVG95YW1hGyRCISEbKEI=?= <airami@starleaf.net> To: <other-announce@nausicaa.net> Subject: [Misc. Ghibli] Miyazaki in Entertainment Weekly (fwd) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:54:03 +0900 The following was originally posted to the Miyazaki mailing list by Wing Fox: ----- Original Message ----- > This just in. I got my new issue of Entertainment Weekly - the IT issue. > This issue is a who's who of the 100 most creative people in entertainment, > according to EW of course. > > Hayao Miyazaki is toted as the "It Anime Master." The complete mention is below: > > ------------------------------------------------- > It Anime Master > Hayao Miyazaki > > <AGE> 58 <WHY HIM?> Often called the Walt Disney of Japan, this reclusive > filmmaker's anime fable include the beatifically beautiful "Kiki's Delivery > Service" and "Princess Mononoke" (Japan's all time top-grossing movie until > "Titanic" crossed the Pacific), which is being released in the U.S. by > Miramax this fall. <WORK HABIT> Draws in a self-designed office in suburban > Tokyo. "[It's] a very relaxing and comfortable place. Except that when I'm > there I have to work." <NEXT> The English-language edition of "Princess > Mononoke" (pictured), voiced by Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, and Gillian > Anderson. > > --------------------------------------------------- > > The above comes with three pictures: a color-pencil sketch of San, a very > similar screen cap of san, and good old Miyazaki. This little blurb goes to > show EW's continuing interest in Miyazaki and anime in general. We all > remember how they loved "Kiki" last September. They got the new release date > already, and they actually included a decent size screen cap. I hope the > media keep this up. > > Just to stir up some discussion, Glen Keane is also mentioned in the issue. > But he is noted as the "It 'Toon Titan" - for designing "The Little > Mermaid"'s Ariel, "Beauty and the Beast"'s Beast, and Tarzan from the new > Disney film ("...the first semi-anatomically correct male in the studio's > history" what could that mean? :p). I thought it was interesting that Keane > is the "'Toon Titan" and Miyazaki is the "Anime Master." Of course, Keane is > just a cartoonist, while Miyazaki is a filmmaker - a profession that > requires much more skill. > > -Wing Fox