Junji Ito background
When was Junji Ito born?
1963
True or false Hayao Miyazaki hates AI
true
How did they grow up?
Hayao Miyazaki grew up in a rich but unloving family
Junji ito grew up in a fairly poor but tight and loving family
How many kids do they have?
They both have two kids
Who works with lots of color and who works mainly in black and white?
Hayao Miyazaki: colorful
Junji ito: mainly blacks
What career did he first set out for?
He first set out to be a dentist
When was he born?
1941
How did they become who they are today?
Hayao Miyazaki was kind of handed everything on a gold platter, while Junji ito spent a lot of time figuring his life out and eventually was discovered by a newspaper competition.
What were their childhoods like?
Both of them had a hard childhood but in different ways
Who uses classic Japanese tales as inspiration for their films?
Hayao Miyazaki
Where was he born?
Sakashita, now a part of Nakatsugawa, Gifu
Who was his father?
Katsuji Miyazaki, creator of Miyazaki airlines
What are their personalities like?
Junji ito is really happy and charming while Hayao Miyazaki is depressed and is slightly suicidal
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free point!!!
What inspired Junji ito's first horror piece?
His first piece was inspired by the cave spiders in his childhood basement