Comments on: The Stink Spirit https://ounodesign.com/2011/03/15/spirited-away-stink-spirit-japan/ Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:44:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Trash villans and garbage superheros in popular media (just a taste) « Discard Studies https://ounodesign.com/2011/03/15/spirited-away-stink-spirit-japan/#comment-1790 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:44:32 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=11500#comment-1790 […] many cases, though certainly not all, the trash-monster is either an environmental payback (think, Stink Spirit in Spirited Away that was once a River Spirit, or Hexxus, the bad guy in Ferngully), or the […]

]]> By: LB https://ounodesign.com/2011/03/15/spirited-away-stink-spirit-japan/#comment-1789 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:54:59 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=11500#comment-1789 In reply to Sergio.

Thank you, Sergio. It’s interesting how so many of us all over the world have understood these horrifying tragedies in terms of imagery in Miyazaki films. I have friends in Tokyo’s Kichijoji neighbourhood where Miyazaki’s studio is also located, and I’ve been worrying about all of them as the reactors become more unstable. It’s unbearable.

]]> By: Sergio https://ounodesign.com/2011/03/15/spirited-away-stink-spirit-japan/#comment-1788 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:38:34 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=11500#comment-1788 The “real world” photo is from a destructive oil and wastewater spill that occurred in a Italian river in early 2010. this shape immediately remembered me of the Okusare, because I’m a fan of Miyazaki movies.

The photo is from my flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergiocanobbio/4478371341/in/set-72157623616320631/

My best wishes to the Japanese people in this tragedy.

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