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Hayao Miyazaki began his animation career in 1963 at Toei Douga studio. He co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985 after the success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984. His film Princess Mononoke 1997 won the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year and became Japan’s highest-grossing domestic film at the time. Miyazaki has received an Academy Honorary Award and multiple Oscars for Best Animated Feature.
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Hayao Miyazaki — early life, career, personal life, and legacy.
Hayao Miyazaki was born in Tokyo, Japan, on January 5, 1941. He completed elementary school at Eifuku Elementary in 1953, junior high at Omiya Middle School in 1956, and high school at Toyotama High School in 1959. He graduated from Gakushuin University in 1963. These formative years in Tokyo laid the groundwork for his future in animation.
Miyazaki began his animation career at Toei Douga in 1963. He moved to A Pro with Isao Takahata in 1971 and to Nippon Animation in 1973, where he contributed to World Masterpiece Theater. In 1978, he directed his first TV series, Future Boy Conan, and in 1979 his first film, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro. The 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, based on his manga, was a breakthrough that led to the founding of Studio Ghibli. Princess Mononoke 1997 won the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year and set box office records. He also authored manga, including Nausicaä 1982-1984 and Hikotei Jidai, which inspired Porco Rosso 1992.
Miyazaki married Akemi Ôta in October 1965. The couple has two sons, Gorō Miyazaki and Keisuke Miyazaki. Gorō followed his father into animation, directing films like Tales from Earthsea. He has maintained friendships with fellow animators, including Pixar’s John Lasseter. He has stated his dislike for being called the Japanese Walt Disney.
Miyazaki’s work has had a lasting influence on animation. He co-founded Studio Ghibli, a studio that has produced award-winning films. His films have inspired animators including John Lasseter. He received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2005 and an Academy Honorary Award in 2014. In 2014, he was inducted into the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame. His films Princess Mononoke and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind are among his most recognized works.
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I’m Not Going to Make Movies That Tell Children, You Should Despair and Run Away.
The Concept of Portraying Evil and Then Destroying It – I Know This Is Considered Mainstream, but I Think It Is Rotten. This Idea That Whenever Something Evil Happens Someone Particular Can Be Blamed and Punished for It, in Life and in Politics Is Hopeless.
When I Talk About Traditions, I’m Not Talking About Temples, Which We Got from China Anyway. There Is an Indigenous Japan, and Elements of That Are What I’m Trying to Capture in My Work.
When You Watch the Subtitled Version You Are Probably Missing Just as Many Things. There Is a Layer and a Nuance You’re Not Going to Get. Film Crosses so Many Borders These Days. of Course It Is Going to Be Distorted.
Actually I Think CGI Has the Potential to Equal or Even Surpass What the Human Hand Can Do. but It Is Far Too Late for Me to Try It.
Personally I Am Very Pessimistic. but When, for Instance, One of My Staff Has a Baby You Can’t Help but Bless Them for a Good Future. Because I Can’t Tell That Child, Oh, You Shouldn’t Have Come into This Life. and yet I Know the World Is Heading in a Bad Direction. so with Those Conflicting Thoughts in Mind, I Think About What Kind of Films I Should Be Making.
Well, Yes. I Believe That Children’s Souls Are the Inheritors of Historical Memory from Previous Generations. It’s Just That as They Grow Older and Experience the Everyday World That Memory Sinks Lower and Lower. I Feel I Need to Make a Film That Reaches Down to That Level. If I Could Do That I Would Die Happy.
I Can’t Believe Companies Distribute My Movies in America. They’re Baffling in Japan! I’m Well Aware There Are Spots . . . Where I’m Going to Lose the Audience . . . Well, It’s Magic. I Don’t Provide Unnecessary Explanations. If You Want That, You’re Not Going to Like My Movie. That’s Just the Way It Is.
When I Think About the Way the Computer Has Taken Over and Eliminated a Certain Experience of Life, That Makes Me Sad. When We Were Animating Fire Some Staff Said They Had Never Seen Wood Burning. I Said, Go Watch! It Has Disappeared from Their Daily Lives. Japanese Baths Used to Be Made by Burning Firewood. Now You Press a Button. I Don’t Think You Can Become an Animator If You Don’t Have Any Experience.
I Think 2-D Animation Disappeared from Disney Because They Made so Many Uninteresting Films. They Became Very Conservative in the Way They Created Them. It’s Too Bad. I Thought 2-D and 3-D Could Coexist Happily.
Do Everything by Hand, Even When Using the Computer.
Last Year and This Year, Several Friends and Colleagues of Mine Died in Their 40S and 50S. Death Comes to the Young and Old Alike in No Set Order. It Compels You to Imagine That the Grim Reaper Is Ever Lurking Behind You. I Myself Become Terrified of Death When I Am in a Negative State of Mind. but the Thought of Death Ceases to Bother Me Once I Become Productive.
I Have Learned to Accept the Fact That I Can Be Useful Only in an Area in My Immediate Proximity – Say Within a 30-Meter Radius, or 100 Meters at Most, in a Manner of Speaking. I’ve Got to Accept My Own Limitations. in the Past, I Used to Feel Obliged to Do Something for the World or Humanity. but I Have Changed a Lot Over the Years. There Was a Time When I Dabbled in the Socialist Movement, but I Must Say I Was Quite Naive. When I Saw Mao Tse-tung’s Picture for the First Time, I Found His Face Revolting. but Everyone Told Me That He Was a Great, Warmhearted Man, so I Tried to Think It Was Just a Bad Picture. I Should Have Trusted My Own Gut Feeling. That Certainly Wasn’t the Only Time When I Made a Bad Decision. I Still Am a Man of Many Mistakes.
The World Isn’t Simple Enough to Explain in Words.
To Choose One Thing Means to Give up on Another. That’s Inevitable.
You See, What Drives Animation Is the Will of the Characters.
My Process Is Thinking, Thinking and Thinking. Thinking About My Stories for a Long Time. If You Have a Better Way, Please Let Me Know.
Little-known facts about Hayao Miyazaki — origins, oddities, and behind-the-scenes details from a public life.
He is a friend of Disney and Pixar animator John Lasseter.
He is sometimes called the Walt Disney of Japan but has said he dislikes that title.
He graduated from Eifuku Elementary School in 1953.
He graduated from Toyotama High School in 1959.
He graduated from Gakushuin University in 1963.
He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame in 2014.
He graduated from Omiya Middle School in 1956.
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