Alex Dudok de Wit is a British journalist and writer.
Alex Dudok de Wit is a British journalist and writer.
Dudok de Wit is the associate editor at the Cartoon Brew magazine, and has written for several other publications, including Sight and Sound , The Independent , and Time Out . [1] He also works as a Japanese translator, [2] and translated Hayao Miyazaki's manga Shuna's Journey (1983) into English in 2022. [3] He is the son of the animation director Michaël Dudok de Wit. [4]
Dudok de Wit published a book examining the film Grave of the Fireflies (1988), directed by Isao Takahata, through the British Film Institute in 2021. [5] It is the first English-language reference work to focus on the film. [6] He had started the project in 2018, when Takahata's death brought renewed attention to his filmography. Dudok de Wit was also inspired by a Japanese collection of materials on the film, as well as Andrew Osmond's reference work on Spirited Away (2001). [7]
Anime News Network 's Rebecca Silverman wrote that the work was "thoughtfully and engagingly written", and took a naturalist perspective on the film that recontextualised many other war stories by deemphasising their overtly emotional and tragic aspects. [5] Sight and Sound's Michael Leader praised Dudok de Wit's "uncompromising attention to detail" and depth of research. [2] Osmond, also writing for Anime News Network, said that the work analyses "a mentality that Japan was the 'victim' in World War II." [8] Oliver Jia of the Asia Times wrote that the book was a "valuable service to Japanese animation studies", but felt that Dudok de Wit's conclusions lacked depth. [6]
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