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By Chris BarillaNov. 25 2021, Published 2:00 p.m. ET
Through a career spanning the last sixty years or so, Hayao Miyazaki has become one of the most important individuals working in the realm of animation. As a co-founder of Studio Ghibli, the award-winning, world-renowned animation studio, he has helped create hit films such as My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away. His remarkable work set a precedent for design in films and has been referenced by countless contemporary peers.
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Throughout his long and remarkable career, the Japanese artist has decided to stop working in animation at various different points. Now, he has emerged from retirement once again to create one final Studio Ghibli film. So, how many times has Hayao Miyazaki retired during his career? Furthermore, what are the details of his forthcoming final film, How Do You Live? Here's what we know.
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There is no real official number for how many times Miyazaki has decided to retire from animation, but it's worth noting that he has stepped back from his work on multiple occasions in the past. After making Princess Mononoke in 1997, Miyazaki teased the idea of going into retirement, but he never actually went through with it, continuing to work on projects such as Ghiblies, Kujiratori, and Koro No Daisanpo.
In 2013, after releasing The Tale of Princess Kaguya and The Wind Rises, Miyazaki announced his retirement once again, and this time the decision seemed to be a bit more permanent than before. Although he officially stepped back from making feature films at that time, he did contribute to a short film as well as a visual project for the Ghibli Museum. This all changed once again in 2017, however, when he announced that he was breaking retirement once more to make one final Studio Ghibli film.
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For however much fanfare the notion of a new Studio Ghibli film helmed by Miyazaki has caused, fans shouldn't expect to see a finished project any time soon. Despite it being almost five years since How Do You Live? was initially teased, the production schedule for the average Studio Ghibli film is so drawn-out that it takes about a year to create 12 minutes of animated film.
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Per a 2020 Entertainment Weekly interview with producer and former Studio Ghibli president Toshio Suzuki, the film should be done by 2023. At the time the interview was conducted, roughly 36 minutes of the film had been completed.
For fans eager for Studio Ghibli content who don't want to wait, 2020 also saw the release of a new project that deviates completely from the studio's traditional hand-drawn animation style.
Hayao's son, Goro Miyazaki, created Earwig and the Witch, Studio Ghibli's first entirely computer-animated film. That project is currently available for streaming on Vudu and Apple TV.
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Last week, it was reported that world-renowned, award-winning Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki would be coming out of his retirement to direct the newest Studio Ghibli film, How Do You Live?.
While this is exciting news, the first thought that occurred to me wasn’t “I wonder what this new movie is about?” But, instead was, “Wait, Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement? What retirement?”
The fact that it has been reported on multiple platforms that Miyazaki is not only “coming out of retirement” to direct this newest Ghibli endeavor, but also that this will be the “last Studio Ghibli film” is, simply put, laughable.
Don’t get me wrong. I have immense respect and admiration for the director behind arguably some of the best animated films in existence, from Howl’s Moving Castle to Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. And most of us are beyond thrilled by the news that this anime legend will be directing yet another fantastical fantasy.
HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 08: Honoree Hayao Miyazaki (C) accepts an Honorary Award onstage during the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ 2014 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on November 8, 2014 in Hollywood, California.
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The new film is based on a 1937 coming-of-age novel by Genzaburo Yoshino, which follows fifteen-year-old Tokyo schoolboy Copper as World War Two approaches. Sure, we’d be lying if we said this wouldn’t be an incredible film to end Miyazaki’s career, especially with it being a childhood book favorite of his.
But, the truth is, there is very little chance of this being the Japanese director’s last studio Ghibli film, because Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement is more like a term of irony than fact.
In 2013, Miyazaki made his first, real steps toward retirement after completing his film The Wind Rises. The director had made claims even prior to the aviation-inspired film that he would retire, but promised that, “This time, is for real.” Are you laughing yet? You should be. This was his sixth “retirement” announcement.
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The first time Miyazaki claimed he would retire was in 1998.
He gave it a solid try, and then, a year later, produced the acclaimed Spirited Away, which went on to win the 2002 Academy Award for the best-animated feature. That was probably a decent motivator to continue making films.
However, Miyzaki aimed to retire again in 2005, leading to his son Goro directing Tales from Earthsea. Of course, we all know a couple years later, Miyazaki returned to create three short films and the beloved Ponyo feature. And yet, the director’s claims of retirement continued on.
While Miyazaki did stick to his promise–at least temporarily–that The Wind Rises would be his last feature film, the director’s “retirement” lasted about two years before he decided, in 2015, to begin production on the Studio Ghibli short film, Boro the Caterpillar. The film was released in 2018. Another two years later, Miyazaki served as a writer and developer on his son Gorô Miyazaki’s film, Earwig and the Witch.
And here we are again, right on schedule with another Miyazaki work being acknowledged as “the last.
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We’re sorry Mr. Miyazaki, but when it comes to your retirement, we didn’t believe you eight years ago, and we don’t believe you now.
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When Miyazaki was asked why he would be making another feature, he said: “Because I wanted to.” Well, that seems about right, since the famed creator hasn’t stopped working since he began as an animator in 1963, having directed twenty-four films and four television series over the last five decades.
But, as the cruel hand of time ticks on, we cannot be so naive as to believe that Miyazaki will be directing films until the earth turns cold. Still, the creator is a young 80-years-old and as imaginative as ever. And if we were to bet money on him directing yet another film in yet another two years, we’re fairly certain our finances would be safe.
One day, we will have to acknowledge the legitimate possibility of Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement becoming reality. But that day is definitely not today.
Are you excited for Miyazaki’s new film? Let us know in the comments below!
fm Miyazaki first retired in the late 1990s . He returned in 2002 to direct Spirited Away, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He retired again in 2013 but returned to create Earwig and the Witch for the Ghibli Museum with his son Goro. Released in 2020, it was the studio's first CG film.
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Famous Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki is ready to forget about retirement for a while to make another full-length animated film. The master did not go into details, only mentioning that the project would be based on Genzaburo Yoshino's 1937 book, How Do You Live?.
The story is about a teenager from Tokyo who moves in with his uncle after the death of his father. Miyazaki admitted that this is one of his favorite works. He did not specify whether his film adaptation would have the same title as the book.
When asked by journalists why he was returning to create a new cartoon, he simply replied, “Because I wanted it.”
Studio Ghibli co-founder and producer Toshio Suzuki has confirmed work on the new project and described it as "fantasy on a grand scale."
Recall that Miyazaki announced his retirement several times throughout his career. The first time was in the late 1990s. However, a year later, he announced a return to direct Studio Ghibli's Academy Award-winning animated film Spirited Away. His latest project as of this writing was the 2013 World War II parable The Wind Rises.
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