I have some questions to ask because I can't find it in the forum.

1. What are the representative character that you would recognize from these list. Tell me 1.
-Spirited Away (not Zen, my professor didn't think she is)
-Princess Mononoke

2. Are there characters that based on Japanese folks? Legend?

3. Which movies from Studio Ghibli have cute instrumental music? I search for it like a week. There are only sad and too relax musics. What I'm looking for is fun and cute tone. Can you please recommend any of that?

ps. I'm doing Infographic though if you're curious xD

1. What are the representative character that you would recognize from these list. Tell me 1.

-Spirited Away (not Zen, my professor didn't think she is)
Hmm... If not Sen/Chihiro then I guess Haku? I still think Chihiro is the best choice.

-Princess Mononoke
I think San is definitely the representative character for this.

2. Are there characters that based on Japanese folks? Legend?
I don't know for sure, but it seems likely that some characters from Princess Mononoke are based in legend/folklore. The Tale of Princess Kaguya is based on an old Japanese folktale.


3. Which movies from Studio Ghibli have cute instrumental music? I search for it like a week. There are only sad and too relax musics. What I'm looking for is fun and cute tone. Can you please recommend any of that?

I think either Kiki's Delivery Service or My Neighbour Totoro will have some music like that.

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I agree completely with Kazegami's answers. Spirited Away is a story about Chihiro. She is the central and key character and we learn a lot about her.

The other characters all support and influence her growth in the story.

I'd like to hear the reasons why your professor doesn't think she is the representative character.

Also "representative" is a curious word to use. Do you fully understand what your professor meant by this because I don't! Usually people describe the key character of a story as the principal character.

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i am bit confused kaz why or how san is representative character in Mononoke(ofcourse the name of the movie and poster implies she is the one). In my opinion ashitaka is the representative character as he mostly did all of the things. i might be wrong cause i dont know what actually representative character means in Arts and Media studies

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I took "representative character" to mean... the character whose image comes to mind when you mention the film. The character whose image is best known, most famous. There is a lot more artwork of San out there in the world than there is of Ashitaka.

Take My Neighbour Totoro for example. The story is not about Totoro and is not told from its perspective; Satsuki and Mei are the main characters. But I would say that Totoro is definitely the representative character for that film, as far more people will recognise Totoro than will recognise Satsuki or Mei.

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I agree with your assessment, Kaz...

Unless there was a view of Ashitaka with the infestation on his arm or astride Yakul, he could be any one of a number of characters from other films. But San... Anyone seeing a view of her and who has seen 'Princess Mononoke", they know immediately what film (uh, movie) she is from...

Pom Poko would be harder to frame a 'representative character' from IMO. There are so many Tanuki shown, that just showing a view of Shokichi or Gonta would not necessarily bring to mind the movie unless you were familiar with the drawing style from the movie. It is a long shot maybe, but a view of the featureless face might fit the requirement.

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Originally posted by symphoniiz
I have some questions to ask because I can't find it in the forum.

1. What are the representative character that you would recognize from these list. Tell me 1.
-Spirited Away (not Zen, my professor didn't think she is)
-Princess Mononoke

2. Are there characters that based on Japanese folks? Legend?

3. Which movies from Studio Ghibli have cute instrumental music? I search for it like a week. There are only sad and too relax musics. What I'm looking for is fun and cute tone. Can you please recommend any of that?

ps. I'm doing Infographic though if you're curious xD

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