Abstract: Hayao Miyazaki’s“historical view of civilization reincarnation”carries forward historian
Spengler’s“historical pessimism”and Toynbee’s“historical view of cultural forms”, even reaching a higher
level. Miyazaki adopts a techno-critical view of history, which is similar to that of scientist Albert Einstein and
that embraced by such thinkers and philosophers as Marx, Engels, Heidegger and Habermas. He believes that
high-tech warfare is the driving force and culprit of the destruction of human beings and civilization
reincarnation. The“heroic view of history”he holds, is in line with that of historians Toynbee and Liang Qichao,
“great man view of history”held by Carlyle, and“Superman view of history”held by Nietzsche, a great thinker.
Abandoning commercial animation, Miyazaki produces animation from the perspective of a historian and
thinker. His makes his thoughts into films attempting to wake up, warn and save the world by hewing out a most
difficult and challenging new path, which puts him on a par with great thinkers of our time. It is of great
significance for Chinese historical view of science and technology, of heroes, and of civilization as well as
Chinese creation of ecological animation.

Key words: Hayao Miyazaki’s animations, civilization reincarnation, technological alienation, heroic
view of history