Public awareness that there are lots of things wrong with the environment has been growing for some time. This has impacted popular culture in all it's aspects (music, movies, books etc). Here I try to look at these impacts and pick apart some examples in excruciating detail. Among the victims of this vivisection are J.R.R Tolkien, Hayao Miyazaki and James Cameron.
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Spirited Away and World War Z have something in common
What? The Japanese Shintoist belief in Kami (spirits is the closest in English) that's what! I'm going to look at this interesting notion and the effect it's had on Japanese attitudes to the environment, and Miyazaki is so useful for this type discussion I'm going to pay him another visit.
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