{"id":124923,"date":"2015-11-30T20:29:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T20:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/11\/30\/anukii-steveholtvstheuniverse-lmao-like-the\/"},"modified":"2018-09-04T14:18:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T14:18:54","slug":"anukii-steveholtvstheuniverse-lmao-like-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/11\/30\/anukii-steveholtvstheuniverse-lmao-like-the\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-124923 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/11\/30\/anukii-steveholtvstheuniverse-lmao-like-the\/attachment\/124924\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/tumblr_n7ycnlu6KS1qft8zfo1_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/tumblr_n7ycnlu6KS1qft8zfo1_1280-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/tumblr_n7ycnlu6KS1qft8zfo1_1280-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/anukii.tumblr.com\/post\/90339915110\" target=\"_blank\">anukii<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/steveholtvstheuniverse.tumblr.com\/post\/90325855105\" target=\"_blank\">steveholtvstheuniverse<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>lmao like the only time i EVER see hard disney fans even mention ghibli and miyazaki in comparison to disney films is in light of disney\u2019s own mistakes and laziness like damn y\u2019all need to calm down<\/p>\n<p>lemme teach you a lil\u2019 somethin\u2019 somethin\u2019 about stylistic choices in animation and sheer laziness<\/p>\n<p>STYLISTIC choices is about having the full capability of creating characters separate from the previous protagonists while at the same time tying them to the studio that produced them.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/1a719be049476069116975a12c9df270\/tumblr_n7ypu4ec1r1qft8zfo1_1280.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>And that\u2019s not even scratching the surface.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Considering that a good portion of Ghibli\u2019s library consists of LEAD FEMALE PROTAGONISTS who are usually very young, they need to find a set balance between recognizable and unique.<\/p>\n<p>Ghibli was founded on traditional art and the studio still holds many of those values with it. This is of course including hand-drawn animation in which there is no single model, only the same character drawn over and over again. Is this about CGI vs traditional? No, both can and have provided beautiful films and scenes but it\u2019s not about which one deserves more recognition. It\u2019s about the methods used and how the choices for each one vary. I only bring up the animation methods because it\u2019s part of the reason as to WHY these characters are so simplistic in design.<\/p>\n<p>Still though, they need each lead character to stick to the Ghibli\/Miyazaki style to a certain extent. They need to share certain qualities to make them fall in line with the rest of Ghibli\u2019s library.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, they have their differences but they\u2019re obviously Ghibli characters so okay they all have relatively small eyebrows (though considering that they are Japanese that ties in with their ethnicity but OKAY moving on), they all have the eye highlight thing going on, and they all have very non-pronounced noses. I suppose yeah those are all the same. They do shift but those characteristics are roughly the same.<\/p>\n<p>Still though, that isn\u2019t a problem nor is it blatant same-facing. All LAIKA characters have skewed noses, all Dreamworks characters have thin noses, and all Aardman characters have bulgy eyes. Does that mean they\u2019re same-facing? No. It means they\u2019re sticking to stylistic choices to keep themselves separate from the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Don Bluth MADE the choice to stick to a style closely resembling Disney. You know what happened? A whole generation grew up thinking that Anastasia and Thumbelina were both DISNEY films, not Bluth and Fox animation.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason why studios tend to go for their own set style.<\/p>\n<p>But hey! Want even more evidence that it\u2019s a stylistic choice?<\/p>\n<p>Because THE VERY SAME CHOICES CAN BE SAID FOR THE DUDES<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/0e33145448cb64f6e79109219aa4e52e\/tumblr_n7ypu4ec1r1qft8zfo2_r1_1280.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Save for Haku because he\u2019s a fuckin\u2019 dragon.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While gender is never really brought up in Ghibli films, masculinity and femininity are both neutral here, it\u2019s safe to say that their designs and treatment are both equal. Ghibli isn\u2019t out to make exclusively beautiful\/handsome characters, they make them as simple as possible to keep them relatable and much more easier to manage.<\/p>\n<p>The difference here is that Disney has always set out to make their MALES different while sticking their females to the same \u201cdoe eyed, small nose, thin lips\u201d ideal. Yes, there is a set Disney style and it has always focused on those features and that necessarily isn\u2019t a bad thing. It\u2019s the Disney style. HOWEVER it seems to only apply to their females. Even worse is their marketing of said females.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gbeye.com\/images\/site_images\/gbeyebtob\/lightbox\/originals\/0003\/9592\/MP1556-DISNEY-PRINCESS-grid.jpg\/1385371559\/MP1556-DISNEY-PRINCESS-grid.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>GOTTA KEEP THEM GURLS PURTY<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Disney style has shifted from time to time and it shows evidence that it CAN include more diverse female designs. Both Kida and Calhoun are wonderful examples of this. It\u2019s not as if Disney hasn\u2019t evolved or changed their views on female characters to a certain extent. Unfortunately, said shifts haven\u2019t always worked out in our favor or headed in the right direction. It wasn\u2019t until Tangled that Disney came out with it\u2019s true \u201cget richer quicker\u201d scheme with their female leads.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/9f6ff44876e831254ad4ea43630c72c7\/tumblr_n7y1q0hiAI1qeu3s2o1_1280.png\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>watch as i shift into <strong>MAXIMUM PUNZEL-DRIVE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As of late it\u2019s Disney\u2019s sheer laziness when it comes to female design and their own avarice that has caused SUUUUCH a dramatic shift in how fans are taking the Disney style now. When Ghibli audiences and fans never look at a new movie and go \u201coh it\u2019s Chihiro but tiny\u201d or \u201coh it\u2019s Chihiro but on a broom.\u201d That is the set style, not a lazy copy-paste.<\/p>\n<p>But hey, let\u2019s bring in OTHER females to see how this works out. I mean, the Ghibli style is prevalent to ALL of their characters so surely they all the parents look exactly like their children.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at these lovely lady leads and compare them to their parents.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/f2f17a0eddda7391685d7acb95ff95d8\/tumblr_n7ypu4ec1r1qft8zfo3_r1_1280.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Congrats, kids, you\u2019re all adopted!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WEIRDLY ENOUGH all of the characters and their parents (if they have any) share same characteristics while at the same time remaining completely unique to each other. It\u2019s almost as if they also take after their father and\/or previous generations of their familly. Haha, genetics!<\/p>\n<p>But okay, let\u2019s be a little more fair with Disney.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at two families with two daughters.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/30968919e0e130740c463becce89fc34\/tumblr_n7ypu4ec1r1qft8zfo4_r1_500.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Mitosis or go home<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There is having stylistic choices and there is being lazy.<\/p>\n<p>There is creating a character with similarities to their parent and there is making a recolor of your lead character.<\/p>\n<p>There is creating simple designs for a traditionally animated film and there is reusing the same model because it worked so well the first time.<\/p>\n<p>There is being a small Tokyo-based studio with 300 employees and there is being a large American animation studio with 800+ employees.<\/p>\n<p>THAT is why no one ever complains about Ghibli\u2019s approach to character design and THAT is why Disney doesn\u2019t even come close to Miyazaki.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s finish this off with some MORE wonderful Ghibli characters (most of which being my personal favorites so they belong on here too.)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/bfd21721be8ba88f557aad6d492f3556\/tumblr_n7ypu4ec1r1qft8zfo5_r1_1280.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now go watch more Ghibli.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>SONNED TO OBLIVION<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>anukii: steveholtvstheuniverse: lmao like the only time i EVER see hard disney fans even mention ghibli and miyazaki in comparison to disney films is in light of disney\u2019s own mistakes and laziness like damn y\u2019all need to calm down lemme teach you a lil\u2019 somethin\u2019 somethin\u2019 about stylistic choices in animation and sheer laziness STYLISTIC &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/11\/30\/anukii-steveholtvstheuniverse-lmao-like-the\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[14830,3614,1218,14831,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124925,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124923\/revisions\/124925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}