Studio Ghibli shared some original art from Hayao Miyazaki, which depicts an optimistic interpretation of 2021's arrival, imagining the New Year -- drawn as an ox -- crushing a manifestation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) under its hooves.

Posted from the official Studio Ghibli Twitter account, the illustration personifies 2021 as an ox that crushes a measly COVID-19 beneath its hooves. The imagery is metaphorical, incorporating the Chinese zodiac to bring the year to life. Regarding the personification of the year, the ox seems strong, healthy and even happy. All of this contrasts with the tiny virus trampled beneath its body.

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Referencing the Chinese zodiac, 2021 is the Year of the Ox. However, the depiction of COVID-19 is more ambiguous. Unlike the cow, the purple creature lacks any identifying numbers, though it is wearing a mask unlike the ox, who is maskless. Translated, part of the tweet reads, "Happy new year."

This image is one of the first tweets posted to Studio Ghibli's Twitter account. Studio Ghibli, a famously old-fashioned company, only recently joined Twitter in Dec. 2020 despite the studio's long history. According to its first tweet, the account's purpose is to share information regarding "new works and small events" happening around the studio.

Miyazaki first founded Studio Ghibli in 1985 alongside Takahata Isao and Suzuki Toshio. The studio's first film was Castle in the Sky (1986), although a previous film by Miyazaki is often credited as the first, despite predating the studio. That film was Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), and it would become a part of the 21 films in the Studio's collection, of which Miyazaki was heavily involved in 13. He is set to return to direct for the studio in the upcoming film, How Do You Live?

Studio Ghibli films that were also written and directed by Miyazaki include Kiki's Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, Ponyo and The Wind Rises.

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Source: Twitter