Celebratory Foods

The foods that bring people together are the ones eaten on this day. It doesn't matter too much what the food is as long as the symbolism of communal

is involved, however if the day must stick to exacts of tradition the food would be nabe.

Common Ground

Miyazaki day was made as a common ground of grounded humanism through the animated world that is brought to life from animators for the

audience. In the case of Otaku the emotions from a film will be expressed by the characters and become the audience's emotions to experience the

animators vision through their expert in the arts and the voice actors performance when added to the film to see all parts come together as one entity

of the story. This emotion is the common ground of making everyone understand what it is that they celebrate with Animanga.

History of Miyazaki Day - "Expression of Animation"

The idea of Miyazaki Day as a day of celebration was promoted by animanga otakus in their fandom of studio Ghibli in the west. The day which was

picked was Hayao Miyazaki's birthday as the day of celebrations. Arguments which quickly came to those who expressed their interest in the day was

that Miyazaki would never approve of such a day in his honor for otaku, and that a day to celebrate the works of studio ghibli would take away even

more of the human element in the real world which had fueled the passion to the films and only show it as an anime fan would place it as a high

importance value.

Not much later, the general public and casual otaku had its own way of seeing the celebrated day in comparison contrasts of Animanga Day (osamu

tezuka). A day featuring the magic of animation and the wonders of anime worlds with the standardized anime techniques have made another world for

people to get lost in and celebrated on Animanga Day. Meanwhile taking into the philosophy of Miyazaki's idea to never forget the real world and that

the audience is currently experiencing the animation from that real world that is their reality. Both however took interests in many things before

animation and were not only into art, yet that was the burning passion for their animation.

Rise of Otaku Culture and Miyazaki's Message

During this time many animation studios were inspired by the art style, the consumers of shows were making the shows, and the influences were more

from other animanga series and less so the world around them. Ghibli films were highly appreciated and there were fans overseas as well as in Japan

that would see the studio as a masterpiece producer with each film no matter it being a hit or miss. Others would accept that Japanese animation would

be a solid type of animation style by its common techniques and style that its categorized for, but this acceptance wouldn't pass on when looking at the

meaning of Miyazaki Day.

Which would lead to the otaku who would collide and create in the beginning of the collaborations which took place online. The points marked the

differences of experiencing animanga and experiencing life and having two days to celebrate the contrast from Anime in its worlds to Animanga Day and

its Human connection of Miyazaki Day. He often implies through his actions and statements that investing only in the anime side of a story will take

away the human side of the message, which means you can be invested in life and happen to enjoy anime by masterfully appreciating it. Which means

the meaning of the day if kept traditional and in the philosophy of Miyazaki would be to take note of the message and celebrate that instead of solely its

appearance.

Finalizing the Message of Humanism

Focusing on Miyazaki's many interviews, documentary, and extras on video products as referance it is clear that many parts of the message had

included the Humanistic side of the spectrum to shows. This would end up being the final push for Miyazaki day to go over the edge to give a nod to

Studio Ghibli in its message passed on through its works.

Ironically Miyazaki stated that he does not identify as otaku even though the otaku are the ones who have praised him. The reason for this is the

definition of Otaku varies based on its spelling and its subcategories as it is vast there is even a literal idea of obsessive or passionate over a hobby. He

states that otaku can't learn in the sense that they can only watch an experience instead of doing the experience and this can be seen in the quote

"otaku can be commonplace to be humans who can't stand looking at other humans" by looking at the work as only art and feelings, while distancing

themselves from its real life comparative experiences and life messages, which in modern day is hard to ignore his points.

Miyazaki always tries to explain that those who solely use anime to make anime will find themselves at a place of stagnant ideas, limited growth, and

trapped in a bubble effect. While suggests using references to real life or non-fiction make things unpredictable, broadly categorized ny industry

techniques, and unprohibited creativity. While not wrong or right, Miyazaki emphasizes the idea that there needs to be a human part to the production

and the story that is told with shots, designs, and animation, its ability to be consumed without alienating its audience who aren't obsessed with

animanga.