Zenkaikon 2017

In this presentation we shall look at the role that the indigenous religion of Japanese Shinto, the Way of the Kami plays in the films of Hayao Miyazaki, looking at such works as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and others. We shall explore the folk religion and rituals that appear in this tales, deriving a greater understanding of Miyazaki's corpus in general, and also considering how such as distinctively Japanese tradition made the works of Studio Ghibli such international sensations.