The Reception of Japanese Religious Themes by American and German Audiences
by
Eriko Ogihara-Schuck
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
After winning an Oscar for Spirited Away, the Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s animated films were dubbed into many languages. Some of the films are saturated with religious themes distinctive to Japanese culture. How were these themes, or what Miyazaki describes as “animism,” received abroad,...