10 years with Hayao Miyazaki [video]

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/3004569/

by Pamar • 3 years ago

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luigi23• 3 years ago

recommend ost from their anime for anyone looking for background music while working. Ghibli music has this serene and inspiring vibe which helps me stay focused: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGl75kurxok&t=724s

Namari• 3 years ago

I like the jazzy version as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jWRrafhO7M

mholt• 3 years ago

Hisaishi is a genius composer

javier_e06• 3 years ago

Great link. Thanks!

jjjjjjjjjjjjjjj• 3 years ago

I love NHK WORLD-JAPAN! They also have a great YouTube channel[0]. I am especially fond of their "Journeys in Japan" series[1] where "English-speaking visitors travel the length of Japan, exploring the local culture, meeting the people and offering travel hints rarely found in guidebooks".

[0] https://www.youtube.com/@NHKWORLDJAPAN

[1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFEzXnIQVwV86hG7tkoVn...

martopix2• 3 years ago

Weirdly I sometimes listen to their Swahili news broadcast. For some reason, the Japanese radio's is the only decent short podcast I could find in Swahili, very strange

nxobject• 3 years ago

I wonder: how many people listen to it? Is there a market for news about the ongoings of the Japanese Diet in Swahili?

AdmiralAsshat• 3 years ago

Used to watch it quite frequently because there was a Kodi add-on that could pull down their stream w/o too much trouble.

It's fun to watch, but you should always take it with a grain of salt. I imagine the "budget" to produce English-language NHK content must be coming from the state's tourism board or something, so in the five years I watched the channel, there was nary a negative fact about Japan ever mentioned. There are no problems, no conflicts...only beautiful country where old women still gather acorns by hand, and 80 year-old men who are free to hone their lifelong craft of making tofu.

hindsightbias• 3 years ago

I think the producers are very self aware of portraying a culture that is slowly circulating the drain.

Every 80 year old guy is "the last X artist of the prefecture" and grandma is crawling around picking acorns or wrapping pears by hand as "my children moved to the city". Every rural train and road are empty. I'm sure the Japanese have an appropriate word for melancholy.

Document 72 Hours can be soul crushing. One minute school kids buying paper products at a HW store, the next an older guy looking at kitchen tiles and talking about how his wife always wanted a new kitchen and he never had time for it. And now she's dead.

mav88• 3 years ago

only beautiful country where old women still gather acorns by hand, and 80 year-old men who are free to hone their lifelong craft of making tofu.

This is absolutely the atmosphere of My Neighbor Totoro.

omoikane• 3 years ago

Journeys in Japan is great, but clearly the best NHK content is "A Cat's-Eye View of Japan":

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFEzXnIQVwV_8qZZBa_0o...

davexunit• 3 years ago

It's the train cruise videos for me.

andrewchilds• 3 years ago

I do too. Somewhere Street and PythagoraSwitch are shows my family and I have watched every week for many years. I find Somewhere Street particularly rewarding - we've learned about so many different countries and cities and their people.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/somewhere/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PythagoraSwitch

And in general, watching NHK you get a perspective on things that are entirely missing or lacking in the US (e.g. things that inspire confidence and trust in public institutions, what the government is doing to prepare for natural disasters).

This documentary is really eye-opening about Miyazaki, his creative process, mental state, and the relationship with Studio Ghibli. Depressing, but I thought it was worth watching.

LeoPanthera2• 3 years ago

As well as their YouTube channel they have a complete VOD service on their website with whole programs: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/

The channel itself is available on most TV plans and also broadcast over the air in many locations.

beefman• 3 years ago

"You have to be determined to change the world with your film. Even though nothing changes. That's what it means to be a film maker."

Maken• 3 years ago

I watched the entire thing, and I must say I love Ponyo even more now.

10 years with Hayao Miyazaki [video]

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