it's literally sold everywhere and published in countless magazines, I wouldn't call that "censorship".
it's frankly just a style at this point and it's not different from what west does everyday with women bodies, they cover it just enough to profit from it.
When Hokusai painted "the dream of the fisherman's wife" [1], in Europe we still had the Spanish inquisition that covered renaissance nude paintings and statues...
In 1815 they summoned Goya for his "Naked Maja".
These things always fluctuated throughout history
We also know what happened to japan after the occupation by the allies
Not only did Occupation censorship forbid criticism of the United States or other Allied nations, but the mention of censorship itself was forbidden. This means, as Donald Keene observes, that for some producers of texts "the Occupation censorship was even more exasperating than Japanese military censorship had been because it insisted that all traces of censorship be concealed. This meant that articles had to be rewritten in full, rather than merely submitting XXs for the offending phrases".
There's truth in there, but I also respect the way they always push themselves to improve their craftsmanship and be better than they were yesterday. Of course it's not perfect, it has dark sides and it's mostly incomprehensible to outsiders, just wanting to have a better life, without sacrificing too much. It resonates to me, it probably doesn't for most of the western culture that has become too hedonistic for my taste.
But Miyazaki did not abuse of nepotist and he did not force his son to work as hard as he he did.
Also, too much individualism is bad for society, USA has vastly more deaths at birth than Estonia, but at the same time they want to abolish abortion, on religious grounds, in 2023! They still swear on the bible for fuck sake, I don't think Miyazaki is the reactionary one here.
> I think people unfairly criticize Americans because of their visibility.
They are not more visible, they simply make themselves too visible.
No Japanese ever done something like this in my Country.
Because they are respectful or at least they fake it very well.
IMO it's cover it, not really censor it.
it's literally sold everywhere and published in countless magazines, I wouldn't call that "censorship".
it's frankly just a style at this point and it's not different from what west does everyday with women bodies, they cover it just enough to profit from it.
When Hokusai painted "the dream of the fisherman's wife" [1], in Europe we still had the Spanish inquisition that covered renaissance nude paintings and statues...
In 1815 they summoned Goya for his "Naked Maja".
These things always fluctuated throughout history
We also know what happened to japan after the occupation by the allies
Not only did Occupation censorship forbid criticism of the United States or other Allied nations, but the mention of censorship itself was forbidden. This means, as Donald Keene observes, that for some producers of texts "the Occupation censorship was even more exasperating than Japanese military censorship had been because it insisted that all traces of censorship be concealed. This meant that articles had to be rewritten in full, rather than merely submitting XXs for the offending phrases".
[1] NSFW! https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Uh6ydvJFL._AC_UF894,10...> kill your individuality, nepotism
There's truth in there, but I also respect the way they always push themselves to improve their craftsmanship and be better than they were yesterday. Of course it's not perfect, it has dark sides and it's mostly incomprehensible to outsiders, just wanting to have a better life, without sacrificing too much. It resonates to me, it probably doesn't for most of the western culture that has become too hedonistic for my taste.
But Miyazaki did not abuse of nepotist and he did not force his son to work as hard as he he did.
Also, too much individualism is bad for society, USA has vastly more deaths at birth than Estonia, but at the same time they want to abolish abortion, on religious grounds, in 2023! They still swear on the bible for fuck sake, I don't think Miyazaki is the reactionary one here.
> I think people unfairly criticize Americans because of their visibility.
They are not more visible, they simply make themselves too visible.
No Japanese ever done something like this in my Country.
Because they are respectful or at least they fake it very well.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/08/us-tourist-sco...
> Miyazaki is an old fool full of reactionary opinions much like Roald Dahl. He's not a god, he's a movie director.
You said God, I said genius. Like Roald Dahl. They are geniuses, I admire their work, not their persona.
BTW God is no genius, God, the god of the Jews and Christians at least, killed billions of people, he should be in jail for eternity!
I would much more gladly move to Japan than to the US (where I lived) now that I am older.