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Susan Jolliffe Napier, Susan Napier: Miyazakiworld (2018) 4 stars

"A thirtieth-century toxic jungle, a bathhouse for tired gods, a red-haired fish girl, and a …

Wonderfully Intellectual and Eye-Opening

4 stars

Okay I spent a little time reading this one... Although I should mention that about 75% of the book was read in the last week (4th - 11th). Miyazakiworld is a fantastically intellectual recount of the world-renowned director's life and work, told through the analysis of his many films and their connections to Miyazaki's pivotal life occurrences. Whilst the book was brilliantly intelligent and fantastically in-depth, it did occasionally feel a little disjointed or incongruous through it's structure that traverses it's readers film-by-film, through Miyazakiworld.