Talk:Hayao Miyazaki

"Views" section

In Turning Point he said: "Even now, I still believe that there is something with greater meaning, beyond the individual. And I don’t intend to that he doesn't intend to imply being left-wing or right-wing, in a political context." And in Starting Point: "As I was trying to complete Nausicaä, I experienced a change in my thinking that some people might regard as a political sell-out. It’s because I clearly abandoned Marxism. You might say I had to abandon it, but it wasn’t easyto decide that Marxism was a mistake, that Marxist materialism was all wrong, that I had to look at the world in a different way." In there he also expressed contempt agianst Mao Zedong.

I am a bit skeptical about that Liberation (which is left clearly beyond centre-left, so not really neutral) article in French where he supposedly says that he is still deeply influenced by communism (I think the correct thing to say that it was his ideal when he was younger). Most his films have animistic themes that have a strong contradiction with Marxistic materialism, so I think the word "appreciation" should be changed. In that article he doesn't criticize Soviet Union's political system but practical "real" socialism in general. Also the source that describes him as left-wing is Chinese, so definetly not neutral. If nowadays he identifies as left-wing (in 00s he didn't), there should be a better source for it.

I think it will be good if a registered user more involved in this article makes these two sentences more accurate. 2602:FFE4:C09:109:0:0:0:D101 (talk) 18:23, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this up, and for doing so eloquently and concisely. I've made some changes to the § Views section, including some that you've raised. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 00:20, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for a reply, you made the section better. But a sentence ("he felt he had abandoned his Marxist values while creating Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind as he felt Nausicaä's status in an elite class did not affect her class consciousness,...") is still slightly incorrect because he clearly abandoned Marxism, it was not a feeling. 2602:FFE4:C09:109:0:0:0:D101 (talk) 21:48, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

I think I was concerned about using Wikipedia's voice to make that statement (though I should have used "said" in the first instance, not "felt"), but I think the latter half of the sentence makes it clear that his abandonment of Marxism is his own analysis, not ours, so I've rephrased. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 22:37, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Ok, everything is fine now. 2602:FFE4:C09:109:0:0:0:D101 (talk) 23:31, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

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About § Selected filmography

Hey Mazewaxie, would you be able to explain why you prefer a table over a simple list here? (permalink) It doesn't seem to me like the production and distribution information is particularly important in this context, and I'm also concerned about overloading the text with detail in this already information-dense article. If readers want to know more, the link to List of works by Hayao Miyazaki is right at the top. Let me know what you think! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:25, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi. I just felt that a table could be more appropriate, since I found it to be used on many film director pages. By the way, a list is fine as well for me. I just tought it could have been a good addition. Maybe we could add a table with the columns "director", "writer", "producer"? I don't know. Mazewaxie (talk • contribs) 22:50, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

All of that seems like good information for the encyclopedia to have, as Rhain also mentioned, but it's probably better situated in the list article. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 23:35, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

I'm totally fine with it. Actually I was not too happy myself about the table hahah Mazewaxie (talk • contribs) 09:35, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Hayao Miyazaki isn't dead

just to clarify this wiki says he did I did some digging and he is 85y and isn't dead he is supposedly continuing his work R0be234in (talk) 19:47, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

@R0be234in: Not sure which article you're reading, but this one makes no such claim. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 22:34, 26 February 2026 (UTC)