Hiroko Oyamada ( 小山田 浩子 , Oyamada Hiroko , born 1983) is a Japanese writer . She has won the Shincho Prize for New Writers , the Oda Sakunosuke Prize , and the Akutagawa Prize .
14-780: Oyamada (written: 小山田 lit. "hill field") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hiroko Oyamada ( 小山田 浩子 , born 1983) , Japanese writer Oyamada Nobushige ( 小山田 信茂 , 1545–1582) , Japanese samurai Sayuri Oyamada ( 小山田 サユリ , born 1975) , Japanese actress Oyamada Clan , Japanese clan See also [ edit ] Oyamada Station ( 小山田駅 , Oyamada-eki ) , train station in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan Ōyamada, Mie ( 大山田村 , Ōyamada-mura ) former village in Ayama District, Mie Prefecture, Japan Koyamada ( 小山田 ) , Japanese surname using
28-707: A Kiki's Delivery Service release on that same format. with Madman Entertainment releasing the film in Australia and New Zealand . Grave of the Fireflies is the first Studio Ghibli film that Disney never had distribution rights to in North America, since the film was not produced by then-parent company Tokuma Shoten (Disney formerly handled the North American distribution of all Tokuma Shoten-produced Studio Ghibli films before GKids picked up
42-505: A short story collection called Niwa ( Garden ), was published by Shinchosha . An English edition of "Kōjō", translated by David Boyd, was published by New Directions Publishing under the title The Factory in 2019. Writing for The Wall Street Journal , Sam Sacks noted that the "tonal blandness" of the writing style matched the feeling of repetitive, meaningless office work. In a starred review of The Factory for Publishers Weekly , Gabe Habash praised Oyamada's ability to make
56-738: Is a publisher founded in 1896 in Japan and headquartered in Yaraichō [ ja ] , Shinjuku , Tokyo . Shinchosha is one of the sponsors of the Japan Fantasy Novel Award . In 1967, Shinchosha published a short story Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka . 21 years later, Grave of the Fireflies was turned into a film by director Isao Takahata , animated by Studio Ghibli and co-distributed by Bandai Visual under their Emotion label and Toho . In turn, Shinchosha produced that film as Shinchosha 1988 . The film
70-590: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Hiroko Oyamada Oyamada was born in Hiroshima and remained there throughout her school years, eventually graduating from Hiroshima University in 2006 with a degree in Japanese literature. After graduation Oyamada changed jobs three times in five years, including her time working for a large factory that manufactured cars; an experience that inspired her debut story Kōjō ( Factory ), which received
84-407: The 42nd Shincho Prize for New Writers in 2010. After her debut Oyamada worked a part-time editorial job at a local magazine, but quit after marrying a co-worker. Oyamada's experience with switching jobs and working in a large company manufacturing cars acted as inspiration for her novella Kōjō ( Factory ). During the creation of one of her other works, Ana ( Hole ), Oyamada herself had moved to
98-551: The September 1, 2009, shutdown and rebranding of ADV Films, their successor, Sentai Filmworks , rescued the film and re-released it as a remastered DVD on March 6, 2012, and plan on releasing the film on digital outlets. A Blu-ray edition was released on November 20, 2012, featuring an all-new English dub produced by Seraphim Digital . StudioCanal released a Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2013, followed by
112-577: The author of the original book, an interview with the director, and an interview with critic Roger Ebert , who had expressed his admiration for the film on several occasions and ranked the film as one of the greatest of all time. Following the April 27, 2009, bankruptcy and liquidation of Central Park Media, ADV Films acquired the North American rights and re-released it on DVD on July 7, 2009, followed by former CPM titles such as MD Geist , Now and Then, Here and There and The World of Narue . Following
126-406: The country side which is reflective of the main character of the novella. In both Kōjō and Ana , Oyamada "... came to a dead end, unable to find her way forward," until she was struck with an idea for each through either a trick of the eye or through a dream, allowing her to finish the novellas. In 2013 Oyamada won the 30th Oda Sakunosuke Prize for a short story collection containing "Kōjō" as
140-592: The distribution rights.) but by Shinchosha, the publisher of the original short story (as mentioned; although Disney has the Asian (including Japanese, China and Taiwan) distribution rights themselves). In 2016, after an editorial change, the monthly magazine Shincho 45 increased its publication of polemical articles from authors who usually wrote for publications offering a right-wing perspective. In 2018 Shinchosha suspended publication of Shincho 45 after several articles critical of LGBT members of society appeared in
154-642: The reader experience the same disorientation as the book's main character, concluding that the book would leave readers "reeling and beguiled". Oyamada has cited Franz Kafka and Mario Vargas Llosa as literary influences. In his review of Granta' s special issue on Japanese literature, James Hadfield of The Japan Times compared Oyamada's writing to that of Yōko Ogawa and said that her work "suggests good things to come from this promising young writer." Oyamada lives in Hiroshima with her husband and daughter. Shinchosha Shinchosha Publishing Co, Ltd. ( 株式会社新潮社 , Kabushiki Kaisha Shinchōsha )
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182-530: The title story. Later that year Oyamada's novella Ana ( Hole ), about a woman who falls into a hole, was published in the literary magazine Shinchō . Ana won the 150th Akutagawa Prize . One of the Akutagawa Prize judges, author Hiromi Kawakami , commended Oyamada's ability to write about "fantasy in a reality setting." In 2014 Oyamada received the 5th Hiroshima Cultural Newcomer Award for her cultural contributions. In 2018 Oyamada's third book,
196-465: Was released in Japanese theaters on April 16, 1988. It was then licensed and released in North America as a subtitled VHS by Central Park Media on June 2, 1993, and later a 2-disc DVD by the same company in the same region, with the 1st disc featuring an English dub produced by Skypilot Entertainment and the original Japanese with English subtitles. The 2nd disc contained a retrospective on
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