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Hayao Miyazaki: Children
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Miyazaki's most famous television work was his direction of Future Boy Conan (1978), an adaptation of the children's novel The Incredible Tide by Alexander Key. The main antagonist is the leader of the city-state of Industria who attempts to revive lost technology. The series ... elaborates on the characters and events in the book, and is an early example of characterizations which recur throughout Miyazaki's later work: a girl who is in touch with nature, a warrior woman who appears menacing but is not an antagonist, and a boy who seems destined for the girl. The series also featured imaginative aircraft designs.
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Miyazaki's work is written with the consideration of the child in mind and much of his inspiration comes from Western children's authors. He joined a children's-literature study group at university and some of his favourite writers include Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince), Arthur Ransome (Swallows and Amazons) and Ursula K.Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle).
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After high school, Miyazaki attended Gakushuin University, from which he would graduate in 1963 with degrees in political science and economics. He was a member of the "Children's Literature research club," the "closest thing to a comics club in those days".[3]
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Parents that are looking for films to share with their children should rush to their video store and pick up a Miyazaki creation. Adults that dream of getting a taste of innocence long lost should do the same.
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