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Miyazaki's characters...strange observation...

PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 6:23 pm
by Heart of Sword
Quite a few characters of Miyazaki's have a scratch beneath their left eye.

First it was Ashitaka. Then Pazu. And Haku had one for a little while in Spirited Away.

What's with the scratch??? :lol:

PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 6:28 pm
by AngelSakura
Uh...Miyazaki-sensei's character's lead dangerous lives? I dunno. It's a common place to get a scratch, apparently.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:41 pm
by plutogrl03
Don't know about Ashitaka (mainly because I don't know what movie you're talking about), but that is an interesting observation. But I have also seen that happen in Sailor Moon.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:12 pm
by Orange Kitten
Never really paid attention to that, really. Could just be to show the struggle they've gone through in life. Ashitaka is a warrior, kinda expected to be cut up. Pazu was a boy working hard to make a living in a mine shaft. Haku was a brash boy and dragon. The scratch matches all of their lives/personalities.

I guess the the scratch just goes to show that these kids are tough and ain't no pretty boys

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:37 am
by Heart of Sword
Yeah but it's always the SAME SIZE and in the SAME PLACE.

Maybe Miyazaki's got one too. :lol: :P

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:57 am
by Mangafanatic
It's an occupational hazard.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:32 am
by Gypsy
Very observant, Heart of Sword. I have no idea why it is (I'm incline to agree with Osaka ;)) but I'm impressed it was noticed. ^^

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:14 am
by Joshua Christopher
Heart of Sword wrote:Yeah but it's always the SAME SIZE and in the SAME PLACE.

Maybe Miyazaki's got one too. :lol: :P


Image

He does not. So now you know, and knowing is half the battle!

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:28 pm
by That Dude
It might be some little signature mark that he puts on all the main guy characters just for the heck of it...

PostPosted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:00 pm
by Ren_sama
Lol...I always noticed that a lot of Miyzaki
s main boy chracters look the same..XD hmm..is there a deeper meaning behind it!?

PostPosted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:18 pm
by VioletEyedCat
Really? I never noticed that.... (scurries off to watch her entire miyazaki collection- again)

PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:15 am
by Orange Kitten
Ren_sama wrote:Lol...I always noticed that a lot of Miyzaki
s main boy chracters look the same..XD hmm..is there a deeper meaning behind it!?

Most of his characters look the same from one movie to the next. Main boy characters, girl characters, side characters...you'll see the same basic design in each film.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:32 pm
by plutogrl03
So true, so true.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:30 pm
by Heart of Sword
I know, but the same SCAR too? o_O

PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:56 am
by bigsleepj
We might as well discuss why Miyazaki is so fascinated by pigs. There's a pig somewhere in most of his anime.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:40 am
by Jeikobu
The only ones that have pigs that come to my mind are Spirited Away and Porco Rosso. Then there's that TV Spot thing, whatever it's called (has the small green pig with huge eyes).

PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:33 pm
by bigsleepj
Actually there are pigs in:

Spirited Away
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Castle in the Sky (Briefly)
And I believe I saw some piglets on the tapestry in the beginning of "Nausicaa".