- Hernández-Pérez, Manuel. “Animation, Branding and Authorship in the Construction of the ‘Anti-Disney’ Ethos: Hayao Miyazaki’s Works and Persona through Disney Film Criticism.” Animation, vol. 11, no. 3, 2016, pp. 297–313., doi:10.1177/1746847716660684.
The journal examines the current state of author theories in the field of animation, making use of the Walt Disney figure through a review of different forms of criticism. These frameworks can be reapplied in a parallel criticism of Hayao Miyazaki’s works and figure. Hernández-Pérez claims in this research that the use of ‘Disney’ as an adjective – along with similar labels such as the ‘Japanese Walt Disney’ or ‘anti-Disney’ – in criticism on Miyazaki films, rests on an outdated notion of authorship. The research aims to better understand the role of authorship in animation, a distinction between brand, style and creator’s persona is suggested. This journal provides an in-depth comparison of Disney and Ghibli’s approach to animation.
- Iles, Timothy. “Female Voices, Male Words: Problems of Communication, Identity, and Gendered Social Construction in Contemporary Japanese Cinema.” Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, 31 Jan. 2005, www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/2005/Iles.html.
This article exams some issues in contemporary feminist film theory, and from there move on to consider how recent works of Japanese cinema present ostensibly “complete” female characters, only ultimately to undermine those characters through subtle and obvious means. Iles concludes in this research that despite the rather gloomy outlook for the emergence of a true feminism in Japanese film, there is room for optimism in anime, specifically in the work of the anime artist best-known outside of Japan, Miyazaki Hayao. The analysis helps to better understand of Miyazaki Hayao or Ghibli’s vision of women role in the Japanese cinema.
- Towbin,Mia Adessa, Haddock, A. Shelley, Zimmerman, Toni Schindler, Lund, K. Lori, Tanner, Litsa Renee.“Images of Gender, Race, Age, and Sexual Orientation in Disney Feature-Length Animated Films.” Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, vol. 15, no. 4, Dec. 2003, pp. 19–44. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1300/J086v15n04pass:[_]02.
The scholarly article analyzes popular animated Disney films according to major organizing principles of society: gender, race, age, and sexual orientation using purposive sampling of 26 feature-length Disney animated movies. The article’s conclusion emphasizes that gender, racial, and cultural stereotypes have persisted over time in Disney films. This finding gives a thorough look at the girl representation in Disney films.
- Rifa-Valls, Montserrat. “Postwar Princesses, Young Apprentices, and a Little Fish-Girl: Reading Subjectivities in Hayao Miyazaki’s Tales of Fantasy.” Visual Arts Research, vol. 37, no. 2, 2011, p. 88., doi:10.5406/visuartsrese.37.2.0088.
The journal analyzing the visual construction of subjectivity and gender through the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki, based on a posthumanist view of subjectivity in which feminisms, post-structuralism, and media/cultural studies intersect. Analysis suggests that Miyazaki prefers a side view of movement, sliding layers, and open compositions and takes into account the viewpoint of children/ teenagers, providing them with “sensory-motor openness” instead of caging them in the “innocent” world. The aim of this research is to explore the representation of girl power in Hayao Miyazaki’s shōjo anime through feminist media studies.