[HN Gopher] 10 years with Hayao Miyazaki [video]
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       10 years with Hayao Miyazaki [video]
        
       Author : Pamar
       Score  : 187 points
       Date   : 2023-09-16 09:19 UTC (2 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www3.nhk.or.jp)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www3.nhk.or.jp)
        
       | luigi23 wrote:
       | 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 wrote:
         | I like the jazzy version as well
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jWRrafhO7M
        
         | javier_e06 wrote:
         | Great link. Thanks!
        
         | mholt wrote:
         | Hisaishi is a genius composer
        
       | beefman wrote:
       | "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."
        
       | jjjjjjjjjjjjjjj wrote:
       | 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...
        
         | martopix wrote:
         | 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 wrote:
           | I wonder: how many people listen to it? Is there a market for
           | news about the ongoings of the Japanese Diet in Swahili?
        
         | andrewchilds wrote:
         | 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.
        
         | omoikane wrote:
         | 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 wrote:
         | It's the train cruise videos for me.
        
         | AdmiralAsshat wrote:
         | 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.
        
           | mav88 wrote:
           | >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.
        
           | hindsightbias wrote:
           | 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.
        
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