Why Does Miyazaki HATE America? Ghibli Founder's USA Beef EXPLAINED

It’s no secret that Hayao Miyazaki hates America with a passion, but why exactly does the Studio Ghibli legend dislike the United States so much? I took a deep dive into the famous filmmaker’s relationship with Uncle Sam, and I was shocked to discover how far back this beef actually goes.

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00:00 Miyazaki has always been anti-America
02:05 Hayao Miyazaki’s childhood
03:55 Why Miyazaki snubbed the Oscars
05:03 Howl’s Moving Castle is about the Iraq War
06:13 Miyazaki hates Indiana Jones
07:28 When did Miyazaki first come to America?
08:25 Warriors of the Wind
09:53 Did Miyazaki send Weinstein a samurai sword?
11:47 Miyazaki’s Disney visit
12:32 Three reasons Miyazaki dislikes the U.S.
14:38 Miyazaki is grumpy
16:00 Miyazaki on A.I.
17:17 Does Miyazaki really hate Americans?

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[IAMA]

This is such a good documentation on his opinions on America. Miyazaki is such an interesting figure, nevertheless director, so seeing video this good talking about him is always cool. Insane that your second upload is this high quality

[WillScarlet]

If you hear him talk, he's honestly not that fond of his own country either.

[TheMan]

Damn. Miyazaki interacted with all of the wrong people in America - Hollywood. 😞

[magnusm]

Respect for a man who can boldly criticize his home and others on a basis of perspective and actual points.
Would love to talk to him. His bold and honest criticism without cursing with actual insight is something I wish was possible to get in the industries.

[megasean]

Miyazaki meeting Weinstein was the worst possible thing to happen for improving relations with America.

[dascyne]

Being against the Americanization of Japan isn't the same as being "anti-American."

Being against the US military isn't the same as being "anti-American."

[JPGotrokkits]

That anyone would cut a film like Nausicaa or Princess Mononoke is mind boggling.

[FindTheFun]

I don't think people understand fully WHY Miyazaki is so good at capturing childhood innocence the way he does in his movies. The man cares nothing of money, or fame, or governments, or war, or any other kind of ugly human behavior, which today can seem like society at large. He respects only the true freedom and bliss we all experience in life before we discover those thing. If someone really was dedicating their life to capturing that essence of peace and simplicity, what do you honestly think their opinions on most things in life would be?

[vxoqgfd]

日本のアニメ評論家は残念がっていました。



I watched the video using the translation function. I appreciated the careful translation that even a Japanese person like me could understand the content of the video.

After watching the video, I was surprised that someone understood the meaning of sending a Japanese sword to Mr. Weinstein... .
I was also amazed at how meaningful it was to learn about the interviews and other articles that Mr. Miyazaki had received in the US through this video.

Although it is not mentioned in the video, the animation co-produced with the U.S. was called "Little Nemo in Dreamland, " which lost its way and later became a failure....
The reason for this was that the producer, Gary Kurtz, had been absent from the project for no reason, which led to the film going astray, and I heard that Mr. Miyazaki became disillusioned and left the animation production first.
If George Lucas had been the producer instead of Gary Kurtz, Mr. Miyazaki would have become a world-famous director 20 years before the screening of "Princess Mononoke.
Japanese animation critics were disappointed.

Finally, please don't be offended if you are saddened by the misunderstanding. Mr. Miyazaki is an unreasonably angry person about everything...

(DeepL translation. Sorry if some characters are unreadable)

[littlestarsprout]

imagine being the guy that was trying to pitch ai to miyazaki. man is RUTHLESS

[kernsanders]

I feel sorry for his son, that guy had it super rough, being disowned for not making a masterpiece movie. Of course he later retracted his disown statement towards his son. Can't imagine what the discussion was behind the scenes when his son did the 3D movie that was so bad, Miyazaki came back from retirement to save Ghiblis reputation. There's not living up to your parents expectations, there's not getting the acknowledgment and respect from your parents, then there is Miyazaki. a Lot of people can be thankful they aren't that guy's child.

[nd-okws]

He hates not only the United States, but also his home country, Japan, and he always says he hates humanity in the first place. He hates everything. He only likes craftsmanship, which has no borders. In other words, he is just very honest.

[BanditLeader]

They tried cutting a 135 minute film into 90 minutes? That's removing 1/3 of the content! They are insane. Imagine if you had to remove 1/3 of the ingredients from your favourite dish

[shada]

Miyazaki's philosophe is strongly stated in his movies, & they're on complete opposition with the American film industry.
I don't think it's hate, but a complicated frustration that's hard to express.

[theodoremccarthy]

The things Miyazaki hate about America are things many Americans dislike too.

[SymxnTV]

Just watched 2 of your Miyazaki videos whilst working, Great stuff man, Big up

[NovaV]

I like his work, but as a person, I haven't ever really been to fond of him. He's a story telling genius, who will go down in history as the best of the best. But he's a bitter old man, and has been most of his life, Unfortunately growing up during and post war will do that to someone. I don't have anything against him, He's like a cranky Grandpa you have, You don't exactly not like him, but you wouldn't care to go see him on a regular basis, but you understand his reasonings and just sort of ignore it...

[MarkArandjus]

Miyazaki is a person who believes DEEPLY that art is an expression of human beings and a reflection of people who make it, to the point where the sound effects in his films are human voices, OF COURSE the idea software creating something divorced from human input would disgusts him.

[dingo]

Miyazaki is not exclusively anit-american. He seems to be anti-war. That's great.

[fliprim]

Very, very good analysis. Well documented and illustrated. Thank you so much.