Current Events > Hayao Miyazaki got so bored with retirement, started directing again 'to live'

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Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki revealed in October 2017 that Hayao Miyazaki was ending his retirement from directing after four years in order to leave behind a feature film project for his grandson. Suzuki explained in a television interview, Miyazaki is making the new film for his grandson. Its his way of saying, Grandpa is moving on to the next world, but hes leaving behind this film. But it turns out there was another reason Miyazaki ended his retirement, and its the simple fact that he was too restless for a life of retirement.

Speaking to /Film ahead of the HBO Max streaming release of Earwig and the Witch, Hayao Miyazakis son and fellow filmmaker Goro Miyazkai said his fathers retirement got so aimless that Hayao needed to create something in order to live, basically. Studio Ghibli reopened its animation facility for production on Earwig and Hayaos upcoming feature film How Do You Live?, the experience of which Goro touched upon.

I did Ronja, the Robbers Daughter, a TV series, with an outside studio. After doing that, when I came back to Studio Ghibli, nobody was here and it was like storage, very empty, Goro said. And I thought, Okay, so I wont be making films anymore. And when I saw Toshio Suzuki, our producer, he actually looked happy, and said, I can retire now! But then Hayao Miyazaki, he wasnt able to stay away that long. He needed to create something in order to live, basically. So he started with making a short film for the [Ghibli] museum, and then he went on to making his new feature-length film.

Goro continued, Hayao Miyazakis wife, who is my mother, she used to say [to him], I wish you would retire and take it easy and enjoy the rest of your life. But recently, shes come to accept the fact that he cannot stop creating, so she knows that, so shell be like, Okay, if youd rather create until the end of your life, then go to the studio, go to the office everyday.'

While Goros Earwig is hitting HBO Max on February 5, Hayaos How Do You Live? is still years away from its release date. Suzuki said in 2020 that production on the film would last another three years because of the hand-drawn animation style being used on the feature.

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/hayao-miyazaki-came-out-retirement-live-1234614579/

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Please dont let it be more 3d anime

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refmon posted...

Please dont let it be more 3d anime

Haha, I was late by only a few seconds editing the contents of the article in. Nope, good news:

Shablagoo posted...

Suzuki said in 2020 that production on the film would last another three years because of the hand-drawn animation style being used on the feature.

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sweet. i loved The Wind Rises so I look forward to another "final" work

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Retirement was a mistake. It's nothing but trash.

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How old is he?

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This makes perfect sense to me. Creative people tend to feel restless when they don't have an outlet to express it.

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Cant wait for this.

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Hasnt he retired multiple times? Sounds like a ploy to get people to watch his films.

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So basically he's saying anime is life lol

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

Hasnt he retired multiple times? Sounds like a ploy to get people to watch his films.

imagine trolling over Ghibli.....imagine

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That totally makes sense. Making movies, especially movies as riches those by Miyazaki, I can't fathom how fulfilling it is.

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The man chooses to create, retirement does bore the creative minds like his, and honestly he has tried to retire before but again it bored the hell out of him.

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E32005 posted...

imagine trolling over Ghibli.....imagine

This is literally the third or fourth time hes come out of retirement to create one final movie.

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Come on mizayaki, claystop motion is all the rage right now!

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