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Isao Takahata

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Isao Takahata (高畑 勲) was a Japanese film director and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, known for adult-oriented and formally experimental animated films including Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Pom Poko (1994) and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013).

Born October 29, 1935; died April 5, 2018. Co-founder of Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki. Renowned for a realist, humanist approach to animation and for formal/graphic experimentation.

DeBaser reviews emphasize Takahata's realism, humanist themes and graphic experimentation. Key films discussed include Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday (Omohide poro poro), Pom Poko and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. Reviewers praise emotional impact, thematic density and formal risk-taking.

For:Fans of animation, students of film, readers interested in Japanese cinema and thoughtful, adult-oriented animated stories.

 Grave of the Fireflies is indeed as wrenching as few other products, but unlike many of them, it is not so forcibly.

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 A great point in favor of the film's realism.

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 The scrotum of certain tanuki can transform into dragons and ships.

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