In the course of analyzing several scenes from
Miyazaki films I have recently decided to catch up on those
Takahata works (mostly pre-Ghibli) which I have never seen before. Of course,
Arupusu no shôjo Haiji [Heidi, Girl of the Alps] (1974) was on the top of the list (even though I hated the mere sight of it when it was ubiquitously broadcast on television).
Now that the first snow has fallen around here, I can't resist posting
some Swiss mountain pans - as seen through the eyes of unknown Japanese
background painters (based on Miyazaki's layouts).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGHh_gcIKtEnW9SIX2Vt6Xx-HDLcwXaah6rNdmm9tl75EzzwBdFGGuDPEmeIBqo05TeImWLS3MUOVyzf5LPJZlp1XBMrfDp6BczWI497vnaGkiL4-b-zKf0FNRbV666hMRiiNH4fAVn4/s400/haiji_pan_winter.jpg) |
After heavy snowfall. |
I hope you enjoy these reconstructed pans as much as I do (click on the images to see larger versions). Considering the time pressure of creating a 52 episode TV series within one year, these backgrounds are simply amazing.
If you have any information on who painted these backgrounds, please share it in the comments!
[Update Dec 2023: Thanks to reader Luca Giubertoni, I now know that one of the background painters of these panoramas is Masahiro Ioka!]
Mood - especially weather and lighting - is of paramount importance to the success of Heidi:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75dLHqPjfViSgB7WUGDbSk5NQ9LH1zdDtAn6Zp_Wr7mE0E95RyHh0Q0W4wbsVjUiT9fnmmtkQq4S4vuy6MsRwiKc7K4MW6kHDxAwsK3Din-nDfCHGFUOTNu1FJU_7eBCpppHL_PjtqGU/s400/haiji_pan_doerfli_day.jpg) |
Dörfli in summer - credits sequence. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-aYq6nbQhFGTrEqLGbsH7aDgrAY4XqTHoP6Ih9nPgffPVotpIN-E6Msz6bM4n7cO86eJWTiVRkgp1ChLgK0Dxb4ilrnzk41ncc6yq0SOPGAEeWZHoMWGyPtqrh45nFlp6dg5qgAz4vzA/s400/haiji_pan_doerfli_evening.jpg) |
Dörfli in the evening. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3JEosIS_mnomEKfpfzyaFwKhKaI3c2S0duqO0li8EyKJ7DI-dINV7GAVpGZGYkZhyphenhyphenlM6ywvdYYZoo2VQWwDOpv_bXtWQdixZmieckmHzBVI7mAB6e_Qw8KlRsnPcW3O6PaoRlmGiJ6g/s640/haiji_pan_verywide.jpg) |
A virtual 360° pan, incredibly wide. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMEumyAkP08Yg8EEzLtCT3tisTzHJBA6aFUZ7p0dsvlQtpeqmJaiEQOe3I_MODTR1YbTX1JfXOt1BW2FrzC2D60AqiJAF8qcI8Z2rtvgRaJqUC5k-jReMw-Odc1Zn42fIvg86dD8Chhs/s400/haiji_pan_summer.jpg) |
The same environment at golden hour. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2T_IrPcXaMXVCn_3P_F1qmI_H3X6x6YmRjstGxs5_CoViP3Nt-mIOg61DKDkidJDXP2joAVT9wFgK9UboJMI__a8tBM1DC-3hwF8wDEnmQh_8pZsZL5xyw1DIIuu2DxUh9P-e_hw8_-s/s400/haiji_pan_spring.jpg) |
Springtime. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sMgJwQ2nRKXru1n-553Gsz5X-QmHDus-4Zpyf-8MAYRIp6pY2rfjfQSGxuRR6PKiiM48cMEXpRK84kW-D-SClfQHk_Qb7E5Td2aTiuEZ2_uCD3CVhF_A_UZ0-efoZD6JhqohXyxsnz0/s400/haiji_pan_fall.jpg) |
Autumn. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVDfJqwdpTBT7M3ZWi0Bh365_3T7g0Q61zxhePAcGj26zQ5hlT8OjNE1-I4xuXhLDH30vA8dbWhmooQDQdk9azgE153BLqukR9qOsFgaipawBWnOsyfzZ0jGEVpWT74d-Mp63-ZFyo9k/s400/haiji_pan_title.jpg) |
Bottom-up pan - credits sequence. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHgcwEfFw5Rnl9_kew1geTf-gIgiQuSxcxbkeHiKJkBr6inG1Bo2WN67OxRoSkO27kDUNgrfuq2FakNf2NjQVMWYMarZyVlrv6w_F08F7zb9QHpnDYeHCD_hn9aPM-hCMgEmke1trcOQ/s400/haiji_pan_doerfli_ep01.jpg) |
Bottom-up pan, connects Dörfli with mountains. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMR_FHpTWiGdFqq4gKecy5mJlFegH6XdDmTnbpR-bJ1KyeaQTTIgmAN1xpTkn2uMkipvlU_QU6nJO5IhQwuY7JVPBzRdRK4tIna6XIb_-dSsAZsxMHIfKcXvz_EKK2fF_1W9Spj5AB8F4/s400/Haiji21_01.jpg) |
Bottom-up pan, Heidi dreaming of Switzerland (homesick in Frankfurt). |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8W_YhtkeSnx9xupTqBSP2ziBgVzXNP-_8N4iV0I8eUsBtR53ylBpDz8ffDqakEBJd8BKBatG6oNAaBK9oOT2krkFc5ZLjafmtsfc01Y6Q8zBiZ1857rUW83dhAuok_d2Dg5XujSyx-Q0/s320/haiji_pan_firs_spring.jpg) |
The three firs before dusk... |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8xD5fWiJmIDsjNIHhoPV5_n0q4REwULfbjXScgyt-z5z5JLUKU4HPFpS2b_c-aWlFJrpXydXJa7drXqWmMGRsktQA47WGY1WqVPAOweNBAChbthEJowY5wk6g8O8On80FPe7l-5IaFk/s400/haiji_pan_firs_summer.jpg) |
...and at noon (top-down pan). |
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1 comment:
I am searching too and Ithink he was Miyasaki.
https://books.google.cl/books?id=oAYsyZRRqzcC&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=Arupusu+no+sh%C3%B4jo+Haiji+miyazaki+work&source=bl&ots=GGNWfNN_f-&sig=O1OJZnHculOgCvuMkZEawOye0do&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi13N2I6pTMAhWFFpAKHdkgABgQ6AEILjAC#v=onepage&q=Arupusu%20no%20sh%C3%B4jo%20Haiji%20miyazaki%20work&f=false
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