One might point out that Up with it's elderly protagonist, the flying house and the rousing battle in the sky might have been inspired by the Japanese auteur's love for fantastical aircrafts (and Howl's Moving Castle in particular). While Disney, Dreamworks and Pixar directors from Tony Bancroft to Pete Docter never tire of proclaiming how much Miyazaki's films mean to them and how they are continuously influenced by the Japanese master's work, the key elements of Miyazaki's style haven't hardly been surfacing in their films yet. Miyazaki." ( John Lasseter)Īccording to John Lasseter, Pixar itself was modelled on Studio Ghibli.
Toy Story owes a huge debt of gratitude to the films of Mr. And it always works! We come away amazed and inspired.
Miyazaki's films and look at a scene in our screening room for a shot of inspiration. "At Pixar, when we have a problem and we can't seem to solve it, we often take a laser disc of one of Mr. When you read the following paragraphs, please keep in mind that I thoroughly enjoyed many aspects of BRAVE and certainly recommend it. I will look at BRAVE's Pixar lineage in a future post. The following essay is first and foremost concerned with these allusions and whether they add up to something more profound than superficial homage. But while the story and characters essentially follow the Pixar rules of storytelling, some of the magic aspects are more closely resembling Hayao Miyazaki's princess films than Disney's. Pixar's latest film may feel like a letdown to the animation community because of its retreat into the abhorred fairy tale ghetto.
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