is a Japanese animation scholar and critic.

Biography

An admirer of the films created by

Isao Takahata was a Japanese director, screenwriter and producer. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he earned international critical acclaim for his work as a director of Japanese animated feature films. Born in Ujiyamada, Mie Prefecture, Takahata joined Toei ...

and

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. He co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as honorary chairman. Throughout his career, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Anime, Japanese ani ...

, Kanō published

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s discussing their works in the 1980s. By the 1990s, he was writing and researching for magazine articles related to animation. Kanō published the

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''The Complete Hayao Miyazaki'' in 2006. The book draws from interviews with Studio Ghibli staff members and covers 18 of Miyazaki's feature-length and short films, including aspects of their productions, inspirations, and animation techniques. Emiko Okada, in a review for ''

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'', wrote that the work was thoroughly researched and appreciated the absence of ''

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''-like commentary. The book was also reviewed in the ''

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'' and ' magazines. Kanō has worked as a lecturer at several academic institutions, including Asia University and the

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. He is also a specially appointed professor at the

Tokyo Zokei University is a private university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1966 by Japanese art educator, fashion designer and design journalist, Yoko Kuwasawa (1910-1977). It is a four-year art college offering both bachelor's and master's degrees in studi ...

within its animation faculty. Kanō serves as the director of the Institute of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki Films.

Selected works

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References

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