During a frame from the latest episode of The Simpsons, the most disrespectful yellow family in the United States has honored the Studio Ghibli. The episode, which again emphasizes the respect for Japanese manga, showed the protagonists of My Neighbor Totoro.
As a result, Homer and Marge Simpson try to befriend the comic book man and his wife Kumiko, a professional manga artist. The focus of the events is the comparison between the life of married couples with daughters and the life of married couples without children. One of the sequences shows how childless marriage offers more freedom, for example by offering the possibility of Attend the Hayao Miyazaki Marathons, Father of Studio Ghibli, who has just turned 80.
This isn’t the first time the Matt Groening series has made it Tribute to the work of Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki. In a 2014 episode that featured the character of Kumiko, Homer and the mangaka’s father get drunk together and explore a fictional world that pays homage to the Japanese studio’s most important films.
Miyazaki’s film legacy continues to grow and now has crossed the Japanese borders. Works like My Neighbor Totoro, Studio Ghibli’s mascot, The Enchanted City and Howl’s Moving Castle were cult hits worldwide. And The Simpsons homage only confirms that fact. Our Milo Manara celebrates Miyazaki’s birthday with this work of art by Studio Ghibli.
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