Land of the Rising Sun

When I first found out that we were going to learn about Japan I was really excited as I have a nerdy obsession with the country. I have wanted to live in Japan for ages and it’s really interesting actually learning about it. I already had a minimal amount of knowledge about Japan, just little facts I've learnt about the country through magazines like Shojo Beat (which is now out of print). The fact the films would be in a different language didn’t bother me at all as I prefer it when a film is in its natural language rather that being dubbed. Because I already had an interest in the topic I was open to learning about it and really looking forward to it. Since studying it I have learnt a lot more facts and been exposed to different types of cinema within Japan. For example I’m not a big horror watcher however within the classroom environment I found it really interesting to watch the different sort of themes and characters there are in J-horror. I also enjoyed learning actual analyses of films by Studio Ghibli rather than just my own interpretation and about all the symbolism and the history behind studio Ghibli