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Hayao Miyazaki

Writer

Miyazaki has written numerous of the scripts he later adapted into animated film. In his earlier years as a filmmaker, the auteur wrote and drew for some manga series as well.

Director

Co founder of the hugely successful Japanese animation company, Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki has directed a total of eleven masterful animated films. Many of his works broke popularity records in Japan, and his 2001 film "Spirited Away" won an Academy Award for best animated feature.

Artist

Despite digital rendering taking over as the predominant means of animation, Miyazaki strongly advocates for hand drawn work. All the Ghibli films are hand drawn, featuring a style of scenic, painterly backgrounds and simple, expressive characters.

Filmography

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Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro

A dashing thief and his gang struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

Csstle in the Sky

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

My Neighbor Totoro

When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

Kiki’s Delivery Service

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Porco Rosso

In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.

Princess Mononoke

On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.

Spirited Away

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits.

Howl’s Moving Castle

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

Ponyo

A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.

The Wind Rises

A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.

Scenic Stills from Miyazaki's Films

Studio Ghibli is known for it's beautiful, hand drawn animation. The backgrounds are often very detailed, dreamy, and beautiful, juxtaposed with expressive, colorful characters.