Miyazaki/Ghibli stand apart from the rest of the anime industry. Their sensibilities are both out of sync with the film and TV output of other companies[1], dif

Miyazaki/Ghibli stand apart from the rest of the anime industry. Their sensibilities are both out of sync with the film and TV output of other companies[1], different from mainstream manga; yet when they put something out, the world watches. I think it stems from Miyazaki's unique outlook, which seems far less influenced by pop culture but instead hews to the dreams, whimsy, and imagination of children. It's less "modern", more "storybook", and that makes his films unique and widely appealing. That's not to say there aren't other anime film directors who have put out impressive work: - Satoshi Kon (a visionary sadly deceased, a true loss to the world) - Makoto Shinkai (purveyor of the most beautiful animated scenes to exist[2]) - Mamoru Hosoda (works naturalistic yet fantastical, grounded in family and the real world) All three have been labelled "the new Miyazaki" or compared to him. Finally, since people are posting recommendations of Miyazaki's work: On Your Mark, a 6-minute animated music video, is the sort of thing that you watch once and remember years down the road as a strange memory, a sci-fi short story from your teenage years. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yx4sf_hayao-miyazaki-s-on-your-mark_music http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yx4sf_hayao-miyazaki-s-on... ========= [1] In fact, Miyazaki has criticized the anime industry for being too full of people who don't observe other people, resulting in works that don't resonate with a wider audience; it's anime by anime geeks for anime geeks, full of stereotypes and a culture unto itself. That's why directors like Satoshi Kon and Shinichiro Watanabe are so needed, who paint rounded, real characters who're accessible to a wider audience. Discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1wltx5/miyazaki_the_problem_with_the_anime_industry_is/cf36y3m http://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1wltx5/miyazaki_the_p... [2] Shinkai's most recent work is The Garden of Words, a lush feast for the eyes which might as well have been titled The Garden of Wallpapers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTTRweJ7jVs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTTRweJ7jVs