Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazakiis a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist. Through a career that has spanned five decades, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of anime feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli, a film and animation studio...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 January 1941
CityTokyo, Japan
CountryJapan
Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know. It's produced by humans who can't stand looking at other humans. And that's why the industry is full of otaku!
In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.
I think it's really good for a family or children to have a dog, cat, bird or whatever to grow up with.
But remember this, Japanese boy... airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.
Its not a story in which the characters grow up, but a story in which they draw on something already inside them, brought out by the particular circumstances. I want my young friends to live like that, and I think they, too, have such a wish.
You should despair and run away.
What you mean by 'peace' is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.
I'm not going to make movies that tell children, "You should despair and run away".
If you're going to retire, retire early.
See with eyes unclouded by hate.
Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite.
[on the future of hand-drawn animation] I'm actually not that worried. I wouldn't give up on it completely. Once in a while there are strange, rich people who like to invest in odd things. You're going to have people in the corners of garages making cartoons to please themselves. And I'm more interested in those people than I am in big business.