Os registros perceptivos no âmbito narrativo e estético no cinema de animação do STUDIO GHIBLI na Obra de Hayao Miyazaki e Isao Takahata

Abstract

This dissertation aims to understand the characteristics of the animation cinema of the Japanese studio Studio Ghibli. The corpus of the work consists of four relevant films from the studio: My Neighbor Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies, Kiki's Delivery Services and Spirited Away. For the comparisons to be more accurate, it was necessary to address the specifics of Japanese cinema and the development of animation in the country from its origin to the current context, to investigate how it became a Japanese cultural icon. The basic research question seeks to understand which aspects of Studio Ghibli's productions are recurrent and whether there is really a pattern present in their productions. It was considered that animation is consumed by all ages and is not seen as exclusive for children in Japan. The interest in observing these productions is not restricted only to the analysis between the films but also, they investigate how these animations represent Japanese culture. Theoretical contribution on the history of Japanese cinema and sequentially its culture, will be based on Maria Roberta Novielli, João Lanari Bo, Haroldo de Campo, Louis Frédéric, among other fundamental authors. In the specific area of animation, studies carried out by Paul Gravett, Denis Sébastien, Célia Sakurai, among others, will support. Having as an empirical object of study a selected corpus, an analysis of the films was developed considering narrative, aesthetic and symbolic aspects.