So much does Studio Ghibli want no part in the unnatural evils of nuclear power that it has proclaimed it wants to produce anime using non-nuclear electricity.
The statement was spotted emblazoned on the top of one of their buildings, looking very much like the work of primary schoolers.
Miyazaki is of course famous for his dementedly anti-technology views, so the proclamation is surprising only in its boldness and placement.
It is not clear whether they have actually taken any steps to put this objective into practice – short of installing solar panels and a diesel generator there is no much they can do to avoid using tainted electricity.
Indeed, considering that their production of anime masterpieces is in fact directly responsible for increasing demand for nuclear power as people turn to their TVs to watch their products, it does not seem the most well thought out of positions.
On a lighter note, observers cannot help but notice how depressingly shabby the horrible building in question is:
They do possess a much more Ghibli-esque HQ, but how much of their production actually occurs there is not clear.
Kyoto Animation’s studio also resembles the horrendous sweatshop it in fact most likely is:
Pixar:
Nuclear power isn’t all that bad. Y’know, if you don’t build the reactor near a fault line.
You can count whole japan as fault line.
I can see a Nausica-esque Mononoke, where the world was torn by nuclear devastation, and the heroine is fighting to find survivors. She is the only one in the world… And she will die soon, due to all the contamination in the area, but she does not want to die…alone…
But, but Nuclear power is awesome!!!
instead of storing nuclear waste, it should be disposed of.
there is in fact the perfect place to get rid of the stuff. its in the exact location where the source of the March 11 tremblor originated.
simply dump the stuff in sealed containers and allow it to be shoved back down into the earth’s crust over the course of millions of years. Where it will safely be recycled by nature – naturally.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think, Japan has the rivers or enough land area that would be sutable for major Hydro-Electric Damn’s. So the only other means for electricity production is either large solar farm and wind farms.
That said the only reliable source of electrical power is Nuclear power. Given that, I have one question. How is he going to tell if the electricty comes from a nuclear power station or not?