Children's cartoons show more death than films for adults: study

Children's cartoons depict death more often than films for adults, and their main characters are more than twice as likely to be killed off, according to research released Tuesday.

The study found the main characters in children's cartoons are two and a half times more likely to die than protagonists in films for adults, and are almost three times more likely to be murdered -- often in violent ways.

Ah, but My Neighbour Tortoro is simply magical, but then again so is most Miyazaki. I often find that the first time I watch it I get something in my eye for long periods.

I think the most amazing thing is how he creates evocative mythologies that you think you know but are based on nothing except his own exquisite imagination. What is the significance of holding an umbrella ? It is used as a signifier in many of his films, usually for silent characters. Yet what does it mean?

The Catbus? An instant childhood classic idea, yet what created it? In spirited Away the flooded land is a signifier of something and you can see it is a recurrent theme : Again; it is clearly a touchstone within ourselves because it is so evocative, the sight of it pulls at us (or me and I presume others or he would not use it).

We will miss him, he was more important than Disney in creating a language of childhood

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