Miyazaki's Animism Abroad: The Reception of Japanese Religious Themes by American and German Audiences

by Eriko Ogihara-Schuck

After winning an Oscar for Spirited Away, the Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's animated films were dubbed into many languages. Some of the films are saturated with religious themes distinctive to Japanese culture. How were these themes, or what Miyazaki describes as "animism," received abroad, especially considering that they are challenging to translate?

This book examines how American and German audiences, grounded on Judeo-Christian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786472626
• ISBN13: 9780786472628
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher