Is he the savior or the successor of "Hayao Miyazaki"...??

Mamoru Hosoda...who is currently one of most popular creator for


animation in Japan...released his latest work...


"The Boy And The Beast" after the mega-hits of his third


total-produced one "The Wolf Children"...with the formidable


casts, to name a few...Aoi Miyazaki, Koji Yakusho, Shota Sometani


Suzu Hirose and...my favorite Yo Oizumi who is so famous for his


funny TV programs Suiyou Doudeshou sequences


 (How do you do on Wednesday?)




After the announcement of retirement of Hayao Miyazaki...who was


the top filmmaker and hugely lucrative blockbuster


 in Japan...as the creator of animation from Studio


Ghibli... Mr.Hosoda is in line for his successor as "post-Miyazaki"


creator...because of his impeccable creation and production for


especially long-term animations...and his economic success.




Seemingly, his latest one looks like...or was similar to the


essences of Hayao...that tended to describe the natural,


wild and animal world...with humans who was involved in...


Although Hayao criticized the materialism, industrialism and


partly imperialism (alluded the criticism for USA...


as the "Leviathan Empire")


with the description of the conflicts between human kinds and


natures....Mamoru didn't mentioned his personal opinions and


political views on his movie aggressively


...but did concentrate his ideals and best creation for his work...


as the movie which is impressive and delectable for whole


generations and people in Japan...as the professional.



However, his works are not always...or completely


welcomed by some critics and moviegoers....


because of his kernel of story with "family",


he was recognized as the representative of


conservative morals that rule the obsolete


tradition against modern society, despite


his approaches were not intended for protection


of them...in my book.



Moreover, the heroines in his movies are...also


criticized by some gender-free ideologists,


anti-paternalists, feminists and some critics


who seem to have liberal political views...and


be completely against the conservative ones..


Some of them said..."The girls who was the


girlfriends of main character is just..."a figure


who was just prized by her pretty face without


any talents..." and "a girl


who supplies love, sex and even girl-friendly


approaches without any volition..."




Of course, those critics partly agitated or aggravated


the portraits of girls in movies...because of their


hatreds and negative prepossesses for Hosoda...


but honestly....I think the girls in his movies were not


attracting and enchanting to me...because they....


did not have some personality that attracts people


or some talents which excites us...not white-washed


completely but just "good"...for people....



Nevertheless, he always...fired away some critics and


antipathies but in the same time was given reputations and


popularity from audience...Actually, I am also involved in


his works...as I watched his and see some reviews regardless


of my attitude for his movies...in neutrality.