Yes. It's been awhile since I've seen that one but the anti-imperial Japan sentiment was pretty on the nose if I recall correctly. At least for Miyazaki standards.
I was once told that "Shin Godzilla could only have been made by a Japanese nationalist that got over himself"--that is, he wasn't a nationalist anymore.
Haven't seen the movie, so I don't know how true that is.
But to tie that into the above, Hideaki Anno did that one.
The Wind Rises? Isn't that the one where he cast Hideaki fucking Anno in the lead role?
Anno is brilliant, but as an actor?
Yes. It's been awhile since I've seen that one but the anti-imperial Japan sentiment was pretty on the nose if I recall correctly. At least for Miyazaki standards.
I was once told that "Shin Godzilla could only have been made by a Japanese nationalist that got over himself"--that is, he wasn't a nationalist anymore.
Haven't seen the movie, so I don't know how true that is.
But to tie that into the above, Hideaki Anno did that one.