Studio Ghibli: Hayao Miyazaki announces the title of his next feature film
With his retirement on hold, anime maestro Hayao Miyazaki revealed on Oct. 28 the title of his next feature film is an adaptation of the 1937 book “Kimitachi wa Do Ikiru ka” which translates to “How do you live?”.
“The film is about how this particular book featured prominently in the protagonist’s life,” Miyazaki, 76, said at an event commemorating the opening of the Natsume Soseki Memorial Museum at Waseda University in Tokyo. “It will take three to four years to complete the anime.”
Miyazaki announced earlier this year that he would work on a new anime, rescinding his retirement announcement in 2013 from feature films.There were initially rumours that Miyazaki would convert the short film project “Boro the Caterpillar” into a feature film following the documentary film “Hayao miyazaki: Never Ending Man” however these news stories have have turned out to be false.
“Kimitachi wa Do Ikiru ka” is a highly acclaimed book written by Genzaburo Yoshino (1899-1981), a journalist who served as the chief editor of Sekai (The world), a progressive monthly magazine, for many years and was an opinion leader in postwar Japan and was particularly known for his commitment to pacifism, just like Miyazaki.
He discussed his new project with Kazutoshi Hando, an author and historian of modern Japan, before about 1,000 audience members during the event.
“For the hero of the film, this book has great value,” explained Hayao Miyazaki, which provides that it will take another “three or four years” to bring the project to its term.
Source: ATSUSHI OHARA
Where’s that comic of Miyazaki cat unable to decide if he wants to be in or outside?
is no one talking about the fact that this guy said that howl’s moving castle was his last film but came back like terminator with a new movie release coming soon to a theatre near you?!?!
At the time he also announced that Princess Mononoke (1997) would be his final film, but later said that he felt forced into making the announcement due to the stress of making the film and grief of losing his friend, protege and Whisper of the heart director Yoshifumi Kondo who died at the age of 47 from over work. Which makes it even more incredible that Miyazaki at the age of 76 is doing this process all over again and will be 80 years of age by the time the film is finished! What a living legend!
