Hayao Miyazaki is the subject of an exhibition that opens on Wednesday at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. The Japanese animator, mangaka, film director, producer and screenwriter’s 50- year career has brought him fame, acclaim and controversy. He was pronounced a Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government in 2012. In 1979, he left Nippon Animation, the studio famous for anime adaptations of literary classics, in the middle of its production of the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables …
Orphan Anne Shirley has become so beloved a character that her story has sold more than 50 million copies. She has also proved a boon for Prince Edward Island, the tiny Canadian province where the novel is set. The tourism office has several travel itineraries of Anne-related attractions. Last month, when they discovered Anne had a particularly famous fan, they invited her to the island. The Twitter invitation read, “Come visit PEI anytime. We would love to welcome in the land of “Anne” #respect”, and was sent to Aretha Franklin …