About the book: 2022 / In 2003, Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away won an Oscar. This event became a turning point for the world of cinema: the eminent award confirmed that anime is much more than just children's cartoons. Behind colorful pictures and simple (at first glance) plots, serious topics and even global issues of humanity are often hidden. From feminism to environmental protection, from national identification to self-knowledge as an individual, anime touches on a variety of problems in our reality, projecting them onto a fictional reality. In the book “From Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle,” Susan Napier, author of the acclaimed publication "The Magical Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki" answers many questions regarding the creation and history of modern Japanese animation. You have an amazing opportunity to find out how the anime genre revolutionized world cinema, establishing its own laws in it and winning the hearts of millions of viewers. The publishing design is preserved in PDF A4 format.