https://www.seriouseats.com/studio-ghibli-anime-best-food-scenes
"Last year, I got a small tattoo on my arm of a shiny red bento box filled with
white rice, divided in half by a small, whole grilled fish. On one side, the
rice is topped with sakura denbu, a cherry blossom-pink condiment made from
pulverized cod, along with a small pile of glistening soy beans; on the other,
the rice is unadorned save for a lone umeboshi, or pickled plum. The bento is
an exact replica of the one that appears in the 1988 Hayao Miyazaki film
My
Neighbor Totoro. I saw the film for the first time when I was seven, and I
haven’t been able to stop thinking about that scene since.
The movie is considered by many to be a classic of Japanese animation, which is
more commonly known as anime, a term used to refer to animated movies and
television series produced in Japan or inspired by Japanese animation styles.
Since the 1960s, when hit shows like
Astro Boy and
Speed Racer were adapted
for and exported to foreign markets, anime’s popularity has continued to grow
worldwide, which in turn has created a kind of subculture of anime fans across
the globe. But within that community there’s a sub-subculture of people, like
me, who love anime food.
“Anime food is an escape for a lot of people. It has a very soothing effect."
says Christina Song, who created a popular anime food fan Instagram account
(@anime__food) in 2017. “It’s like a moment in time that is perfectly frozen.”"
Via
Future Crunch:
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