https://www.followthemoonrabbit.com/moon-rabbit-podcastwww.followthemoonrabbit.com]]>enAnimation & MangaFollow the Moon Rabbit, a Cabbit Supreme project. All rights reserved.https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/716b7b1919a0536b1df14acb08be4eb5.jpghttps://www.followthemoonrabbit.com/moon-rabbit-podcastSat, 25 May 2024 01:20:50 +0000Adam DobayAdam Dobayadam@followthemoonrabbit.comMoon Rabbit is a film analysis podcast at the intersection between modern mythology and the human psyche. Screenwriter and film analyst Adam Dobay brings in film industry creatives and researchers to explore the new mythologies behind films and TV series.www.followthemoonrabbit.com]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/castle-in-the-sky-pazu-s-quest-the-mystery-of-the-island--43755979And finally, we’ll go into the big questions: What is Laputa? Why is it important that all of these people end up there? And what are the Buddhist spiritual teachings hiding in plain sight as Miyazaki wraps up his story?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43755979Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:24:58 +0000Adam DobayThe boy hero Pazu has his origins in ancient mythology, and in true Miyazaki fashion, it has to do with the wind. In the last of our 3-part mini-series on Castle in the Sky, we explore how the film connects the mythologies of wind, earth and sky, and...And finally, we’ll go into the big questions: What is Laputa? Why is it important that all of these people end up there? And what are the Buddhist spiritual teachings hiding in plain sight as Miyazaki wraps up his story?]]>2805analysis,animation,buddhism,film,ghibli,island,japan,laputa,miyazaki,muska,pazu,pazuzu,sheeta,shinto,sumer,symbolism,talismanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/castle-in-the-sky-sheeta-s-disney-princess-subversion--43755965https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43755965Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:04:38 +0000Adam DobaySheeta is Miyazaki princess who defies the common story tropes of what a princess normally is, especially in the classic Disney sense of the word. In the second of our three-episode Castle in the Sky mini-series, we unravel how this film’s Sheeta is...3597analysis,animation,cartoons,castle,dola,ghibli,japan,laputa,masculinity,miners,miyazaki,muska,mythology,pazu,pirates,sheeta,symbolismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/castle-in-the-sky-story-origins--43755498https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43755498Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:42:42 +0000Adam DobayCastle in the Sky is often waved away by Western film critics as simplistic and not nearly as polished as later Miyazaki films - but that's a huge misconception. In the first of our three-episode look into this raw, early Ghibli masterpiece, we'll...2843analysis,animation,castle,film,ghibli,gulliver,japan,landscapes,laputa,miyazaki,muska,nausicaa,pazu,sheeta,swift,symbolismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-landscapes-of-studio-ghibli--40410160https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40410160Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:18:41 +0000Adam DobayOne nuanced thing that connects Studio Ghibli films is the attention that the Studio’s two main writers and directors pay to the actual physical spaces that the characters move around in -- making landscapes and architecture characters in their own...3790animation,architecture,chihiro,ghibli,japan,landscapes,miyazaki,mononoke,spirited,takahata,totoro,yakushimafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-prophecy-of-nausicaa--20292734https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20292734Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:52:40 +0000Adam DobayNausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, based on a 12th century Japanese folktale, is one of Hayao Miyazaki's most important films that a lot of people in the West haven't even heard about, including my guest, independent cinema expert Flick Beckett (who...3147falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ritual-origins-of-cinema--20192709https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20192709Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:39:40 +0000Adam DobayGoing into a dark space to watch moving images on the wall seems like a recent thing, but humans have been doing it for tens of thousands of years. In this first episode of the Moon Rabbit Podcast, I sat down with independent cinema expert Flick...2844anthropology,film,ghibli,miyazaki,mythology,oz,picturehouse,ritual,shamanism,symbolism,symbologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-the-moon-rabbit-podcast--20192710https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20192710Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:38:05 +0000Adam DobayMoon Rabbit is a new film analysis podcast on the intersection between modern mythology and the human psyche. In this introductory episode, I talk about how a unique book of fairy tales I had when I was 5 started me off on a journey that led me to...370anime,film,ghibli,miyazaki,mythology,storytelling,symbolism,symbology,tales,televisionfalsetrailer