{"id":79307,"date":"2024-01-20T01:45:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T01:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.alltheanime.com\/?p=30626"},"modified":"2024-01-20T01:45:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T01:45:54","slug":"books-ghibli-and-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/20\/books-ghibli-and-grief\/","title":{"rendered":"Books: Ghibli and Grief"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Zoe Crombie.<\/p>\n

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As one of, if not the, most popular anime studio in the world, Studio Ghibli has attracted attention from academics, authors, and journalists globally \u2013 most recently, the book Now Go: Grief and Studio Ghibli<\/a> <\/em>explores the studio in a fresh and highly individual way. Relating much of Ghibli\u2019s oeuvre to personal experiences of grief and loss, this book serves as a more subjective interpretation of the studio\u2019s artistic power.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons that Studio Ghibli\u2019s oeuvre has become so globally popular is that its films are open and unique enough to be interpreted in a myriad of ways by viewers from all walks of life. Though some views certainly crop up more frequently \u2013 appreciations of their delicious looking food or strong female protagonists, for instance \u2013 others are less common, such as the topic addressed by journalist Karl Thomas Smith in his short, sweet, and highly personal book.<\/p>\n

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Now Go: Grief and Studio Ghibli <\/em>is a new release from the indie publisher 404 Ink for their Inklings series, predicated on \u2018big ideas\u2019 in \u2018pocket sized books\u2019. These aren\u2019t strictly texts on films or media alone \u2013 one explores queer Greek myths while another investigates the complex identities of adult adoptees, for instance \u2013 and this diversity can also be found in Smith\u2019s own book. Part anime analysis and part personal essay, he provides an approach to the studio that emphasises the emotional connection many have to their films over a more rigorous exploration of their influences, history and techniques.<\/p>\n

By looking at various Ghibli texts, Smith theorises a range of approaches to grief, ranging from global responses to natural devastation in environmental parables like Princess Mononoke <\/em>and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind <\/em>to the kinds of grief found in even more child-oriented movies like My Neighbour Totoro <\/em>or Kiki\u2019s Delivery Service<\/em>. Primarily, this book emphasises that the concept of \u2018grief\u2019 isn\u2019t nearly as simple as it\u2019s often made out to be, and that films from directors like Hayao Miyazaki understand this, basing their fantastical texts in a world of complex emotional realism.<\/p>\n

However, the central thread that ties all of these ideas together is Smith\u2019s own experiences of grief \u2013 specifically, the death of his grandfather, his first encounter with mortality that ultimately contributed to demons he would experience later in life. Reminiscences relating to this fraught time in his life are woven throughout the majority of the book, and it\u2019s easy to see how Ghibli viewing experiences can be tinted by this lens. In this sense, then, the book inherently encourages you to consider your own relationship with the studio, maybe more so than any other book you can find that discuss their films in a more objective sense.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s some great food for thought in each of the chapters of this book, and thankfully Smith never takes the easy way out in simply identifying \u2018dark\u2019 themes in Ghibli movies. For example, he doesn\u2019t just focus on emotionally heavier texts like Grave of the Fireflies <\/em>and outright rejects the played-out idea of Totoro as a Shinigami <\/em>(God of death) leading the children to their doom. However, while part of the appeal of the book lays in its short length, it does feel as though certain texts or ideas could have been elaborated upon further \u2013 there is little to no mention of the life-giving and death-bringing capabilities of Princess Mononoke<\/em>\u2019s benevolent yet fundamentally unknowable forest spirit, which I found to be a missed opportunity.<\/p>\n

Though unique for its personal approach among a sea of books on the studio that function more as guides, histories, or analyses, this is simultaneously its greatest strength and something of a weakness for the book. While it allows for beautiful musings on Smith\u2019s own experiences and distinctive readings of characters like Kaonashi (No-Face) from Spirited Away <\/em>as avatars of grief, it can also lead to sections that ramble somewhat, as though the author is himself working out these complicated feelings on the page. Minor errors in spelling and grammar at several points also contribute to this issue. Nonetheless, while this writing style may prove divisive, I imagine it will be especially poignant for those who have recently gone through anything similar.<\/p>\n

An interesting Grave of the Fireflies-<\/em>esque chaser for the other major non-academic Ghibli book released this year \u2013 Ghibliotheque\u2019s child-friendly The World of Studio Ghibli<\/a><\/em> \u2013 Now Go <\/em>is a unique entry into the pantheon of writing on the studio. As a humble release that can be devoured by enthusiastic readers in an hour or so, this is worth picking up for any fans of Ghibli \u2013 especially as you\u2019ll be supporting an upcoming indie publisher in the process.<\/p>\n

Zoe Crombie is an associate lecturer and PhD candidate at Lancaster University working on Studio Ghibli. <\/strong>Now Go: Grief and Studio Ghibli<\/a><\/em> is available now from 404 Ink.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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