is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated
feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli, an animation studio and production company. The success of Miyazaki's films has invited comparisons with American animator Walt Disney, British animator Nick Park and Robert Zemeckis, and he has been named one of the most influential people by ''Time'' magazine.
Miyazaki began his career at Toei Animation as an in-between artist for ''Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon'' where he pitched his own ideas that eventually became the movie's ending. He continued to work in various roles in the animation industry over the decade until he was able to direct his first feature film ''Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro'' which was released in 1979. After the success of his next film, ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'', he co-founded Studio Ghibli where he continued to produce many feature films until ''Princess Mononoke'' whereafter he temporarily retired.
While Miyazaki's films have long enjoyed both commercial and critical success in Japan, he remained largely unknown to the West until Miramax released his 1997 film, ''Princess Mononoke''. ''Princess Mononoke'' was the highest-grossing film in Japan—until it was eclipsed by another 1997 film, ''Titanic''—and the first animated film to win Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards. Miyazaki returned to animation with ''Spirited Away''. The film topped ''Titanic''s sales at the Japanese box office, also won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards and was the first anime film to win an American Academy Award.
Miyazaki's films often incorporate recurrent themes like humanity's relationship to nature and technology, and the difficulty of maintaining a pacifist ethic. Reflecting Miyazaki's feminism, the protagonists of his films are often strong, independent girls or young women. Miyazaki is a vocal critic of capitalism and globalization. While two of his films, ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' and ''Castle in the Sky'', involve traditional villains, his other films like ''Nausicaä'' or ''Princess Mononoke'' present morally ambiguous antagonists with redeeming qualities.
Early life and education
Miyazaki, the second of four sons, was born in the town of Akebono-cho, part of Tokyo's
Bunkyō. During
World War II, Miyazaki's father, Katsuji, was director of Miyazaki Airplane, owned by his brother (Hayao Miyazaki's uncle), which made rudders for
A6M Zero fighter planes. During this time, Miyazaki drew airplanes and developed a lifelong fascination with aviation, a penchant that later manifested as a recurring theme in his films.
Miyazaki's mother was a voracious reader who often questioned socially accepted norms. Miyazaki later said he inherited his questioning and skeptical mind from her. From 1947 until 1955 his mother underwent treatment for Pott disease. The first few years were spent mostly in the hospital, but was eventually able to be nursed from home.
During his childhood, Miyazaki was forced to switch schools several times. These would all impact elements of his films. First, when he was three, Miyazaki's family was forced to evacuate Bunkyō. He began school as an evacuee in 1947. At age nine his family returned home, but the following year he switched to another American-influenced elementary school. Miyazaki attended Toyotama High School. In his third year there, he saw the film ''Hakujaden'' (''The Tale of the White Serpent''), which has been described as "the first-ever Japanese feature length color anime." After high school, Miyazaki attended Gakushuin University, from which he would graduate in 1963 with degrees in political science and economics. He was a member of the "Children's Literature research club," the "closest thing to a comics club in those days."
Manga and anime interest
Like many children in
postwar Japan, Miyazaki decided he wanted to become a
manga artist during high school. However, his talents were limited to things like planes, tanks and battleships; he had an especially hard time drawing people. Famous manga artists like
Osamu Tezuka,
Tetsuji Fukushima and
Sanpei Shirato influenced his early works. In order to distance himself from the criticism he expected from following Tezuka's form, he consciously developed his own style, but was unable to fully shake Tezuka's influence off until he began studying animation.
His interest in animation began during high school after watching Japan's first full-length feature animation ''The Tale of the White Serpent'' by Taiji Yabushita. Miyazaki "fell in love" with the movie's heroine and it left a strong impression on him. It was after this Miyazaki decided to stop his pursuit of being a manga artist and pursue animation. However, in order to become an animator, he had to learn to draw the human figure, since his prior work had been limited to airplanes and battleships.
Animation career
Toei Animation
In April 1963, Miyazaki got a job at
Toei Animation, working as an in-between artist on the anime ''
Watchdog Bow Wow'' (''Wanwan Chushingura''). He was a leader in a labor dispute soon after his arrival, becoming chief secretary of Toei's labor union in 1964. He first gained recognition while working as an in-between artist on the Toei production ''
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon'' (''Garibā no Uchuu Ryokō'') in 1965. He found the original ending to the script unsatisfactory and pitched his own idea, which became the ending used in the final film. In October 1965, he married fellow animator Akemi Ota, who later left work to raise their two sons,
Gorō and Keisuke.
In 1968 Miyazaki played an important role as chief animator, concept artist, and scene designer on ''Hols: Prince of the Sun'', a landmark animated film directed by Isao Takahata, with whom he continued to collaborate for the next three decades. In Kimio Yabuki's ''Puss in Boots'' (1969), Miyazaki again provided key animation as well as designs, storyboards and story ideas for key scenes in the film, including the climactic chase scene. Shortly thereafter, Miyazaki proposed scenes in the screenplay for ''Flying Phantom Ship,'' in which military tanks would roll into downtown Tokyo and cause mass hysteria, and was hired to storyboard and animate those scenes. In 1971, Miyazaki played a decisive role in developing structure, characters and designs for ''Animal Treasure Island'' and ''Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves''. He also helped in the storyboarding and key animating of pivotal scenes in both films.
Works for other studios
Miyazaki left Toei in 1971 for
A Pro, where he co-directed six episodes of the first ''
Lupin III'' series with
Isao Takahata. He and Takahata then began pre-production on a ''
Pippi Longstocking'' series and drew extensive story boards for it. However, after traveling to
Sweden to conduct research for the film and meet the original author,
Astrid Lindgren, they were denied permission to complete the project, and it was canceled.
Instead of ''Pippi Longstocking'', Miyazaki conceived, wrote, designed and animated two ''Panda! Go, Panda!'' shorts which were directed by Takahata. Miyazaki then left Nippon Animation in 1979 in the middle of the production of ''Anne of Green Gables'' to direct his first feature anime ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' (1979), a Lupin III adventure film.
Miyazaki's next film, ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' (''Kaze no Tani no Naushika,'' 1984), was an adventure film that introduced many of the themes which recur in later films: a concern with ecology and the human impact on the environment; a fascination with aircraft and flight; pacifism, including an anti-military streak; feminism; and morally ambiguous characterizations, especially among villains. This was the first film both written and directed by Miyazaki. He adapted it from his manga series of the same title, which he began writing and illustrating two years earlier, but which remained incomplete until after the film's release.
Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli was originally established in 1985, as a subsidiary of
Tokuma Shoten. In 2005, Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki and Isao Takahata established a new Studio Ghibli in Koganei, Japan and acquired all the copyrights of Miyazaki's works and business rights from Tokuma Shoten.
Works
Following the success of
''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,'' Miyazaki co-founded the animation production company Studio Ghibli with Takahata in 1985, and has produced nearly all of his subsequent work through it.
Miyazaki continued to gain recognition with his next three films. ''
Laputa: Castle in the Sky'' (1986) recounts the adventure of two orphans seeking a magical castle-island that floats in the sky; ''
My Neighbor Totoro'' (''Tonari no Totoro,'' 1988) tells of the adventure of two girls and their interaction with forest spirits; and ''
Kiki's Delivery Service'' (1989), adapted from a novel by
Eiko Kadono, tells the story of a small-town girl who leaves home to begin life as a
witch in a big city. Miyazaki's fascination with flight is evident throughout these films, ranging from the
ornithopters flown by pirates in ''Castle in the Sky,'' to the Totoro and the Cat Bus soaring through the air, and Kiki flying her broom.
''Porco Rosso'' (1992) was a notable departure for Miyazaki, in that the main character was an adult male, an anti-fascist aviator transformed into an anthropomorphic pig. The film is set in 1920s Italy and the title character is a bounty hunter who fights air pirates and an American soldier of fortune. The film explores the tension between selfishness and duty. The film can also be viewed as an abstract self-portrait of the director; its subtext can be read as a fictionalized autobiography. Like many of his movies, it is richly allusive and generates a lot of its humour and charm out of its references to American film of the 1930s and 1940s. Porco Rosso, for instance, owes much to the various screen personae of Humphrey Bogart.
1997's ''Princess Mononoke'' (''Mononoke-Hime'') returns to the ecological and political themes of ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.'' The plot centers on the struggle between the animal spirits who inhabit the forest and the humans who exploit the forest for industry. Both movies implicitly criticize the adverse impact of humans on nature, and portray the military in a negative light. Princess Mononoke is also noted as one of his most violent pictures. The film was a huge commercial success in Japan, where it became the highest grossing film of all time, until the later success of ''Titanic,'' and it ultimately won Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards. Miyazaki went into what would prove to be temporary retirement after directing ''Princess Mononoke.''
During this period of semi-retirement, Miyazaki spent time with the daughters of a friend, one of whom became his inspiration for ''Spirited Away'' (''Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi,'' 2001). ''Spirited Away'' is the story of a girl, forced to survive in a bizarre spirit world, who works in a bathhouse for spirits after her parents are turned into pigs by the sorceress who owns it. Released in Japan in July 2001, the film broke attendance and box office records with ¥30.4 billion (approximately $300 million) in total gross earnings from more than 23 million viewings. It has received many awards, including Best Picture at the 2001 Japanese Academy Awards, Golden Bear (First Prize) at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival, and the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
In July 2004, Miyazaki completed production on ''Howl's Moving Castle'', a film adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones' fantasy novel. Miyazaki came out of retirement following the sudden departure of original director Mamoru Hosoda. The film premiered at the 2004 Venice International Film Festival and won the Golden Osella award for animation technology. On November 20, 2004, ''Howl's Moving Castle'' opened to general audiences in Japan where it earned ¥1.4 billion in its first two days. An English language version was later released in the US by Walt Disney.
In 2005, Miyazaki received a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival.
Later that year, Chinese media reported that Miyazaki's final film project would be ''I Lost My Little Boy,'' based on a Chinese children's book. This later proved to be faked news.
In 2006, Miyazaki's son Gorō Miyazaki completed his first film, ''Tales from Earthsea'', based on several stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. Hayao Miyazaki had long aspired to make an anime of this work and had repeatedly asked for permission from the author, Ursula K. Le Guin. However, he had been refused every time. Instead, Miyazaki produced ''Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind'' and ''Shuna no tabi'', (''The Journey of Shuna'') as substitutes (some of the ideas from ''Shuna no tabi'' were diverted to this movie). When Le Guin finally requested that Miyazaki produce an anime adaptation of her work, he refused, because he had lost the desire to do so. The Author, Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers this differently: "In August 2005, Mr Toshio Suzuki of Studio Ghibli came with Mr Hayao Miyazaki to talk with me and my son (who controls the trust which owns the Earthsea copyrights). We had a pleasant visit in my house.
It was explained to us that Mr Hayao wished to retire from film making, and that the family and the studio wanted Mr Hayao's son Goro, who had never made a film at all, to make this one. We were very disappointed, and also anxious, but we were given the impression, indeed assured, that the project would be always subject to Mr Hayao's approval. With this understanding, we made the agreement." Among fans of the nearly forty year old books, this film was mostly disappointing.
Throughout the film's production, Gorō and his father were not speaking to each other, due to a dispute over whether or not Gorō was ready to direct. This movie was originally to be produced by Hayao Miyazaki, but he declined as he was already in the middle of producing ''Howl's Moving Castle''. Ghibli decided to make Gorō, who had yet to head any animated films, the producer instead.
In 2006, Nausicaa.net reported Hayao Miyazaki's plans to direct another film, rumored to be set in Kobe. Among areas Miyazaki's team visited during pre-production were an old café run by an elderly couple, and the view of a city from high in the mountains. The exact location of these places was censored from Studio Ghibli's production diaries. The studio also announced that Miyazaki had begun creating storyboards for the film and that they were being produced in watercolor because the film would have an "unusual visual style." Studio Ghibli said the production time would be about 20 months, with release slated for Summer 2008.
In 2007, the film's title was publicly announced as ''Gake no ue no Ponyo'', literally "Ponyo on a Cliff." The story revolves around a five-year old boy, Sousuke, and the Princess goldfish, Ponyo, who wants to become human. Studio Ghibli President Toshio Suzuki noted that "70 to 80% of the film takes place at sea. It will be a director's challenge on how they will express the sea and its waves with freehand drawing." The film does not contain any computer generated imagery (CGI) in contrast to Miyazaki's other recent work. ''Ponyo'' was released in July 2008 in Japan, then in North America and the UK in 2009 and 2010, respectively.
Hayao Miyazaki recently worked on a new film, titled ''Kokurikozaka kara'' (From up on Poppy Hill). The film is based on the 1980 two-volume manga of the same name written by Tetsurō Sayama and drawn by Chizuru Takahashi. the film is a collaboration between Hayao Miyazaki, (wrote the screenplay) and his Son Gorō. (who directed the film) The story takes place in Yokohama and revolves around Umi Komatsuzaki, a high school student who is forced to fend for herself when her sailor father goes missing from the seaside town.
Television
Miyazaki's work in television is less known than his films. In the 1970s he worked as an animator on the
World Masterpiece Theater television animation series under
Isao Takahata. His first directorial credit is for the television version of ''
Lupin III'' in 1971; he was co-director (with Takahata) of the second half of the first television series, and director of two episodes of the second series.
Miyazaki's most famous television work was his direction of ''Future Boy Conan'' (1978), an adaptation of the children's novel ''The Incredible Tide'' by Alexander Key. The main antagonist is the leader of the city-state of Industria who attempts to revive lost technology. The series also elaborates on the characters and events in the book, and is an early example of characterizations which recur throughout Miyazaki's later work: a girl who is in touch with nature, a warrior woman who appears menacing but is not an antagonist, and a boy who seems destined for the girl. The series also featured imaginative aircraft designs.
Miyazaki also directed six episodes of ''Sherlock Hound'', an Italian-Japanese co-production which retold Sherlock Holmes tales using anthropomorphic animals. These episodes were first broadcast in 1984-85.
Manga
Miyazaki has illustrated several
manga, beginning in 1969 with ''
Puss in Boots'' (''Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko''). His major work in this format is the seven-volume manga version of his tale ''
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'', which he created from 1982 to 1994 and which has sold millions of copies worldwide. Other works include , , , which was the basis of his film ''
Porco Rosso''.
In October 2006, ''A Trip to Tynemouth'' was published in Japan. Miyazaki based it on the young adult short stories of Robert Westall, who grew up in World War II England. The most famous story, first published in a collection called Break of Dark, is titled ''Blackham's Wimpy'', the name of a Vickers Wellington Bomber featured in the story, whose nickname comes from the character J. Wellington Wimpy from the Popeye comics and cartoons (the Wellington was named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor over Napoleon).
In early 2009, Miyazaki returned with a new manga called , telling the story of Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter designer Jiro Horikoshi. The manga was published in two issues of the Model Graphix magazine, published on February 25 and March 25, 2009.
Creation process and animation style
Miyazaki takes a leading role when creating his films, frequently serving as both writer and director. He personally reviewed every frame used in his early films, though due to health concerns over the high workload he now delegates some of the workload to other Ghibli members. In a 1999 interview, Miyazaki said, "at this age, I cannot do the work I used to. If my staff can relieve me and I can concentrate on directing, there are still a number of movies I'd like to make."
Miyazaki uses very human-like movements in his animation. In addition, much of the art is done using water colors.
In contrast to American animation, the script and storyboards are created together, and animation begins before the story is finished and storyboards are developing.
Miyazaki has used traditional animation throughout the animation process, though computer-generated imagery was employed starting with ''Princess Mononoke'' to give "a little boost of elegance". In an interview with the ''Financial Times'', Miyazaki said "it's very important for me to retain the right ratio between working by hand and computer. I have learnt that balance now, how to use both and still be able to call my films 2D." Digital paint was also used for the first time in parts of ''Princess Mononoke'' in order to meet release deadlines. It was used as standard for subsequent films. However, in his 2008 film ''Ponyo'', Miyazaki went back to traditional hand-drawn animation for everything, saying "hand drawing on paper is the fundamental of animation." Studio Ghibli's computer animation department was dissolved before production on ''Ponyo'' was started, and Miyazaki has decided to stick to hand drawn animation.
Themes and devices
Miyazaki’s works are characterised by the recurrence of progressive themes such as the absence of villains; environmentalism; pacifism; and feminism. His films are also frequently concerned with childhood transition and a marked preoccupation with flight.
Miyazaki's narratives are notable for not pitting a hero against an unsympathetic antagonist. In ''Spirited Away'', Miyazaki states "the heroine [is] thrown into a place where the good and bad dwell together. [...] She manages not because she has destroyed the 'evil,' but because she has acquired the ability to survive." Even though Miyazaki sometimes feels pessimistic about the world, he prefers to show children a positive world view instead, and rejects simplistic stereotypes of good and evil
Miyazaki's films often emphasize environmentalism and the Earth's fragility.
In an interview with ''The New Yorker'', Miyazaki claimed that much of modern culture is "thin and shallow and fake", and "not entirely jokingly" looked forward to an apocalyptic age in which "wild green grasses" take over. Growing up in the Shōwa period was an unhappy time for him because "nature — the mountains and rivers — was being destroyed in the name of economic progress." Miyazaki is critical of capitalism, globalization and their impacts on modern life. Commenting on the 1954 Animal Farm animated film, he has said that "exploitation is not only found in communism, capitalism is a system just like that. I believe a company is common property of the people that work there. But that is a socialistic idea." Nonetheless, he suggests that adults should not "impose their vision of the world on children."
''Nausicaä'', ''Princess Mononoke'' and ''Howl's Moving Castle'' feature anti-war themes. In 2003, when ''Spirited Away'' won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Miyazaki did not attend the awards show personally. He later explained that it was because he "didn’t want to visit a country that was bombing Iraq".
Miyazaki has been called a feminist by Studio Ghibli President Toshio Suzuki, in reference to his attitude to female workers. This is evident in the all-female factories of Porco Rosso and Princess Mononoke, as well as the matriachal bath-house of Spirited Away. Many of Miyazaki's films are populated by strong female protagonists that go against gender roles common in Japanese animation and fiction.
Influences
A number of Western authors have influenced Miyazaki's work, including
Ursula K. Le Guin,
Lewis Carroll, and
Diana Wynne Jones. Miyazaki confided to Le Guin that ''Earthsea'' had been a great influence on all his works, and that he kept her books at his bedside. Miyazaki and French writer and illustrator
Jean Giraud (aka Moebius) have influenced each other and have become friends as a result of their mutual admiration.
Monnaie de Paris held an exhibition of their work titled '''' (Two Artists’s Drawings Taking on a Life of Their Own) from December 2004 to April 2005. Both artists attended the opening of the exhibition. Also Moebius named his daughter Nausicaa after Miyazaki's heroine. Miyazaki has been deeply influenced by another French writer,
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. He illustrated the Japanese covers of Saint-Exupéry's ''
Night Flight'' ('''') and ''
Wind, Sand and Stars'' (''''), and wrote an afterword for ''Wind, Sand and Stars''.
In an interview broadcast on BBC Choice on 2002-06-10, Miyazaki cited the British authors Eleanor Farjeon, Rosemary Sutcliff, and Philippa Pearce as influences. The filmmaker has also publicly expressed fondness for Roald Dahl's stories about pilots and airplanes; the image in ''Porco Rosso'' of a cloud of dead pilots was inspired by Dahl's ''They Shall Not Grow Old.'' As in Miyazaki's films, these authors create self-contained worlds in which allegory is often used, and characters have complex, and often ambiguous, motivations. Other Miyazaki works, such as ''My Neighbor Totoro,'' ''Princess Mononoke,'' and ''Spirited Away,'' incorporate elements of Japanese history and mythology.
Miyazaki has said he was inspired to become an animator by ''The Tale of the White Serpent'', considered the first modern anime, in 1958. He has also said that ''The Snow Queen'', a Soviet animated film, was one of his earliest inspirations, and that it motivated him to stay in animation production. Yuriy Norshteyn, a Russian animator, is Miyazaki's friend and praised by him as "a great artist." Norshteyn's ''Hedgehog in the Fog'' is cited as one of Miyazaki's favourite animated films. Miyazaki has long been a fan of the Aardman Studios animation. In May 2006, David Sproxton and Peter Lord, founders of Aardman Studios, visited the Ghibli Museum exhibit dedicated to their works, where they also met Miyazaki.
Pete Docter, director of the popular films ''Up'' and ''Monsters Inc.'' as well as a co-creator of other Pixar works, has praised Miyazaki and described him as an influence. Glen Keane, the animator for successful Disney films such as ''The Little Mermaid'', ''The Rescuers Down Under'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Aladdin'', and ''Tangled'', has also credited Miyazaki as a "huge influence" on his work and on Disney in general during the past two decades.
Miyazaki has also been cited as an influence on various role-playing video games. The creator of Square's ''Final Fantasy'' series, Hironobu Sakaguchi, cited Miyazaki as inspiration for elements such as the airships and chocobos featured in the series. The post-apocalyptic setting of SNK's ''Crystalis'' was inspired by Miyazaki's ''Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind'', and ''Crystalis'' in turn influenced Square's ''Secret of Mana''.
Family life
Miyazaki's dedication to his work has often been reported to have impacted negatively on his relationship with his son Gorō. He has expressed he does not wish to create a dynasty of animators and his son has to create a name for himself.
Filmography
Director, screenplay and storyboards
''Lupin III Part I'', 1971-72 anime series (with Isao Takahata)
''Yuki's Sun'', 1972 (Pilot film for a never-realized anime series)
''Future Boy Conan'', 1978 anime series
''The Castle of Cagliostro'', 1979 film
''Lupin III Part II'', 1980 anime series (2 episodes in season 4 under the pseudonym Tsutomu Teruki)
''Sherlock Hound'', 1984 anime series
Films in the Studio Ghibli canon
''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'', 1984 film
''Castle in the Sky'', 1986 film
''My Neighbor Totoro'', 1988 film
''Kiki's Delivery Service'', 1989 film
''Porco Rosso'', 1992 film
''Princess Mononoke'', 1997 film
''Spirited Away'', 2001 film (winner, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, 2002)
''Howl's Moving Castle'', 2004 film (nominee, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, 2005)
''Ponyo'', 2008 film
Shorts
"On Your Mark", 1995 music video for ''Chage and Aska''
"The Whale Hunt", 2001 (Short film exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
"Koro's Big Day Out", 2001 (Short film exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
"Mei and the Kittenbus", 2002 (Short film exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
"Imaginary Flying Machines", 2002 (Short film exclusive to the Ghibli Museum as a part of the exhibited material)
"Ornithopter Story: Fly! Hiyodori Tengu Go!", 2002 (Short film exclusive to the Ghibli Museum as a part of the exhibited material)
"Monmon the Water Spider", 2006 (Short film exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
"House-hunting", 2006 (Short film exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
"The Day I Harvested A Planet", 2006 (Short film exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
"
Film Guruguru", (2001–2008) (Short film exclusive to the Ghibli Museum as a part of the exhibited material)
"Pandane to tamago hime", 2010 (Short film exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
Other work
''Hols: Prince of the Sun'', 1968 film: Key animation, storyboards, scene design
''Puss 'n Boots'', 1969 film: Key animation, storyboards, design
''Flying Phantom Ship'', 1969 film: Key animation, storyboards, design
, 1971: Story consultant, key animation, storyboards, scene design
, 1971 film: Organizer, key animation, storyboards
''Panda! Go, Panda!'', 1972 short film: Concept, screenplay, storyboards, scene design, key animation
, 1973 short film: Screenplay, storyboards, scene design, art design, key animation
''Heidi, Girl of the Alps'', 1974 anime series: Scene design, layout
''3000 Leagues in Search of Mother'', 1976 anime series: Scene design, layout
''Anne of Green Gables'', Episodes 1-15, 1979 anime series: Scene design, layout
''Pom Poko'', Executive Producer, Story concept
''Whisper of the Heart'', 1995 film: Screenwriter, storyboards, executive producer, sequence director
''The Cat Returns'', 2002 film: Executive Producer, Project Concept Designer
''
The Borrower Arrietty'', 2010 film: Executive Producer, screenwriter, animation planning supervisor
''From up on Poppy Hill'', 2011 film: Planning, screenwriter
References
Further reading
Cavallaro, Dani (2006). ''
The Animé Art of Hayao Miyazaki''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786423699. .
Miyazaki, Hayao (2009). ''Starting Point: 1979–1996''. Beth Cary and Frederik L. Schodt, trans. Foreword by
John Lasseter. San Francisco: VIZ Media. ISBN 9781421505947. .
Miyazaki, Hayao (1996). . Tokyo: Studio Ghibli, Inc./Hatsubai Tokuma Shoten. ISBN 978-4198605414. . Original Japanese edition.
Odell, Colin, & Le Blanc, Michelle (2009). ''
Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and
Isao Takahata''. Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England: Kamera. ISBN 9781842432792. .
Schodt, Frederik L. (1996) Dreamland Japan
External links
The Official Studio Ghibli Site (Japanese)
Miyazaki Information at Nausicaa.net
Profile at Japan Zone
Interview in ''The Guardian''
August 1997 interview -(''Nikkei Entertainment'')
Links from Miyazaki’s Laputa to the works of Jules Verne.
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