The musical theme for Hayao Miyazaki’s new, and likely final, film is a question — just like the film’s original Japanese title. “How Do You Live?” was (regrettably) renamed “The Boy and the Heron” ...

As Hayao Miyazaki’s staff at Studio Ghibli celebrated winning the Best Animated Feature Oscar for "The Boy and the Heron," the famed anime maestro remained out of sight. But that didn't mean that ...

Hayao Miyazaki's son Goro says his father is just too restless for retirement. Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki revealed in October 2017 that Hayao Miyazaki was ending his retirement from ...

Ever watched a Studio Ghibli film and thought, “This place feels real”? That’s because it kind of is. Let’s travel the world ...

Yoshiharu Sato shares how Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki supposedly abandoned an early anime project.

Whether referring to an A.I.-driven animation demo as “an insult to life itself,” walking out of a movie directed by his own son (“It feels like I was sitting there for about three hours”), or ...

The twinkly eyed visionary behind Spirited Away expresses some non-magical feelings about making movies and suffering in the documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness. To a subset of film fanatics ...

Fresh off winning his second Academy Award in March, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki has earned another accolade, selected to Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people for 2024. Miyazaki, 83, ...

Legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement in 2013, following his final film, The Wind Rises. It was his sixth "retirement" and, like his previous five, hasn't stuck -- the auteur ...

Danny Cox has never seen a movie in his entire life. It was such a relief when Hayao Miyazaki announced he was un-retiring. While it was far from his first attempt at retirement, the announcement that ...

Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. A child is spirited away into a whimsical world populated ...

A new documentary on animation giant Hayao Miyazaki just premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It’s a treasure trove of insights that will delight the director’s admirers. Freelance Writer Animation ...