Hayao Miyazaki Is out of Retirement

Hayao Miyazaki is out of retirement to make a movie called How Do You Live?

If you don't know this man, he is the creator of all these movies: Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, and Castle in the Sky.

Some history of Miyazaki: he retired in 2013 after the movie, The Wind Rises. He has a nickname called the Japanese Walt Disney. He was born in Tokyo and started his career at age 22. If that doesn't make you feel incompetent like I do, then you can see how accomplishing this man really was.

In 1984, he released Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, based on the manga of the same title Miyazaki started two years before its release. The success of the film led to the creation of the infamous animation studio, Studio Ghibli.

The reason for his coming out of retirement may shock you... (This is taken from an interview, translated from Japanese).

“[Miyazaki] said, ‘I’m making it for my grandson,'” Suzuki explained. The producer added Miyazaki said his grandson might say something like, “Grandpa passed into the next world, but he left this work.” Suzuki must have realized this explanation isn’t the most profound of reasons, so he continued, “No doubt Ghibli fans are looking at the TV, blurting, ‘Hey! Wait a second. That’s the reason?!'”

That's the reason, people...but hey, who cares, he's coming out of retirement to create another masterpiece.

So let's get to the movie that Miyazaki will be producing out of the studio film place he created. It's called How Do You Live? and it is a novel written by Genzaburou Yoshino back in 1937.

The novel is centered around a teenage boy named Koperu who lives with his uncle. Through Koperu’s spiritual growth, we start to understand what it means to live as human beings.

Yoshino started his career mostly in journalism in the 1930's. He also was a children's author and wrote for mostly younger audiences. Most of the themes in his works are about philosophical conquests and political ideologies, which is probably why Miyazaki took a liking too.

Miyazaki's movies are about political ideologies and conquests that show teenagers and children can play a big part in the system. His movies are inspiring.

Apparently, Miyazaki has been writing about this project for awhile and that surprised none of his colleagues saying that he will probably be writing stories like that until the day he dies. Which, who would expect any less?

If you haven't seen any Miyazaki films, even if you don't like anime or animation movies, you need to find one of his films, sit down and watch his movie with popcorn and candy. But watch it with an open mind because his movies have strong hidden ideals. But the animation is bound to be perfection as usual.

Unfortunately, it will take up to three to four years to complete, which means that we won't see it in Japan until 2020-21 and then probably in English another year or two after that. So here's to waiting in the dark for another five years. Cheers!

For me, I freakin' love Miyazaki movies. The animation is fantastic—it's very visually stimulating, and the stories are so creative and interesting. They just draw you in! At least if you like that stuff (my husband does not like anime :( sad for me! ha).I am so glad that he is coming out of retirement even though we won't be able to see it soon. It will definitely be well worth it though! Miyazaki is a very fun, interesting man who has a lot of vision! I can't wait until it comes out! I will probably wait until it comes out online though! Ha! I'm cheap!