This week Jon is joined by Ed and Solo of the Suuuper Anime podcast as they break down the studio ghibli classic. 

Hayao Miyazaki's environmental masterpiece likes to say its set in the Muromachi Period (1336-1573 CE), however, it contains culture and elements of the Japanese past going back to the Neolithic era. Join the breakdown as Jon delves into Japanese religion, the environmental destruction of medieval japan, and the history of the various minorities of the Japanese archipelago that Miyazaki portrays in the movie. 

(Please note Jon makes a small mistake during the recording (⌣́_⌣̀), the location where kami are worshipped is called a shrine, and temples in a Japanese context refer exclusively to Buddhist places of worship.) 

The wonderful experts who join them are

Dr Paula Curtis 

A historian of premodern Japan and currently a Yanai Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer with the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures at UCLA. Her expertise focuses on metal caster organizations from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and their relationships with elite institutions. She also does many projects based on the digital humanities including the blog What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies?

Twitter: @paularcurtis

&

Kaitlyn Ugoretz

A specialist in Contemporary Japanese religion, online sociality, popular culture, and new media studies and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Her YouTube channel is Eat Pray Anime where she explores the history and culture behind Japanese popular media.

Twitter: @KaitlynUgoretz

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