Yay, lots of piggies!
Guess what their favourite animal is...

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Yes, Miyazaki is well-known for his love for pigs. As you can see, even in films where no pigs actually appear, such as Nausicaa, he still inserts porcine imagery. There's also a 'humanoid pig' in Yoshuyuki Momose's "Ghiblies Episode 2", named Oka-chan. He's a glutton .
You can find his picture here, with extremely hot curry and steam coming out of his nose: http://www.onlineghibli.com/ghiblies2/char.php
Btw, I'm adding this picture from "Whisper of the Heart" to the "umbrella scenes" in Miyazaki films:

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what about, the integration of technology with nature?, it is either fighting eachother(mononoke/Nausicaa) or kinda working together, which is in laputa a bit, with the castle, and howls castle is kinda in that category, and of course haveing heroines in stead of heros.

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For the pigs, you missed the pig figurine at the door of the Chikyuu-ya (Whisper).

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Originally posted by fenkashi
Screw your opinions, they are not relevant ^^.

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I was watching Laputa again today and noticed a slight similarity:

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hey cool, those fox squirrels, Teto is awesome. Jezz Miyazaki intertwined all of his movies.

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Originally posted by #1sanfan
hey cool, those fox squirrels, Teto is awesome. Jezz Miyazaki intertwined all of his movies.

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Originally posted by Konan

Also, the pose which Nausicaa is in and the pose which the Laputa robot is in are very similar...but that's probably coincidental...

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*notices* You're right what a coincidence

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Originally posted by Konan
Pigs appear all throughout Miyazaki's work. Some examples:
"Horus, Prince of the Sun" (look closely for it)

"Animal Treasure Island"

"Yuki's Sun"

"Future Boy Conan"

"Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" (the masks look rather porcine)

"Castle in the Sky"

"Porco Rosso"

"Nandarou"

"Sora Iro no Tane"

"On Your Mark" (again, look at the masks)

"Princess Mononoke"

"Spirited Away"

"The Imaginary Flying Machines"

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Oops, I almost forgot -- there's a pig in "Whisper of the Heart" too:


And also in the Ghibli Museum short "The Ornithopter Story: Fly to the Sky Hiyodiro Tengu", which is shown in a "film box":

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The pig in that short looks curously like PR...

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inspiration maybe?

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very possibly...

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Yeah, thats definatly Porco! But in his Youth!

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Notice the resemblance?:
Jim, from "Animal Treasure Island":

Pazu, from "Castle in the Sky":

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Miyazaki often uses European settings, with early technology like in Howls. The Airships are alos oner of his favourites.. (nausicaa, laputa, howls..etc.)

My personal favourite recurring theme, is SLIME!
Miyazaki often uses slimy and squishy characters.
eg: Angry God at beginning of Mononoke, and Ashitaka´s arm. Also, those guys from the Witch of the Waste in Howl´s Moving Castle. And finally, of course, Spirited Away, where nearly every creature (or God) is Slimy!

The sliminess made me squirm...>_<

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thats why porco is so good, no slime!

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haha lol

mononoke rocks hard, but the slime at the end was a tad wierd. i do understand this though, even as i was watching porco for the first time i was waiting for slime, but no dice. yay .

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By the way, I forgota bout the slime in Nasuicaä. When they summon the giant before he is ready, he is all slimy aswell.
I cant think of any other slime ocurrences. Maybe you can find some I forgot!!