Hayao Miyazaki
Also Known As: Сабуро Акицу, 宮崎 駿, 秋津 三朗, Akitsu Saburo, हयाओ मियाज़ाकी, 宮﨑駿, هایائو میازاکی, Хаяо Миядзаки, Хаяо Міядзакі, Hayao Miýazaki, ಹಯಾವೊ ಮಿಯಾಜಾಕಿ, ሃያኦ ሚያዛኪ, ฮายาโอะ มิยาซากิ, 照樹務
Biography: Hayao Miyazaki (Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly five decades, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli, an animation studio and production company. The success of Miyazaki's films has invited comparisons with American animator Walt Disney, British animator Nick Park as well as Robert Zemeckis, who pioneered Motion Capture animation, and he has been named one of the most influential people by Time Magazine. Miyazaki began his career at Toei Animation as an in-between artist for Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon where he pitched his own ideas that eventually became the movie's ending. He continued to work in various roles in the animation industry over the decade until he was able to direct his first feature film Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro which was published in 1979. After the success of his next film, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, he co-founded Studio Ghibli where he continued to produce many feature films until Princess Mononoke whereafter he temporarily retired. While Miyazaki's films have long enjoyed both commercial and critical success in Japan, he remained largely unknown to the West until Miramax released his 1997 film, Princess Mononoke. Princess Mononoke was the highest-grossing film in Japan—until it was eclipsed by another 1997 film, Titanic—and the first animated film to win Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards. Miyazaki returned to animation with Spirited Away. The film topped Titanic's sales at the Japanese box office, also won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards and was the first anime film to win an American Academy Award. Miyazaki's films often incorporate recurrent themes, such as humanity's relationship to nature and technology, and the difficulty of maintaining a pacifist ethic. Reflecting Miyazaki's feminism, the protagonists of his films are often strong, independent girls or young women. Miyazaki is a vocal critic of capitalism and globalization. While two of his films, The Castle of Cagliostro and Castle in the Sky, involve traditional villains, his other films such as Nausicaa or Princess Mononoke present morally ambiguous antagonists with redeeming qualities.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
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Professional Special: Director Miyazaki Hayao
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-23
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Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
Overview: EVANGELION is coming to an end. NHK spent 4 years with exclusive access to director Hideaki Anno, documenting the creative process behind the final EVANGELION: 3.0+1.0 THRICE UPON A TIME. For the first time, the camera is allowed inside Anno's studio. The documentary attempts to capture why master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (STUDIO GHIBLI) describes him as one who sheds blood for his films.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-22
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Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion
Overview: Yasuo Ōtsuka was the mentor of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, the man who taught them to feel the joy of animation. As the supervising animator of their films and through the creation of superb scenes such as Lupin leaping from turret to turret in Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, Ōtsuka made the impossible believable, and touched people’s emotions. To look back at the many works he was involved in is to review the history of Japanese animation after WWII. This film is a must for anime fans who want to learn how Japanese animation evolved.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-23
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Mei and the Kittenbus
Overview: Mei is eating a caramel on one very windy day, when suddenly a whirlwind appears and starts chasing her. The whirlwind turns out to be a baby cat bus. Mei offers the kitten a caramel and the two become friends. That night, the baby cat bus visits Mei. Letting Mei ride inside him, he leaps out into the sky. They head for the midnight forest full of ghosts. Other cat buses large and small have also gathered together.
Genres: Adventure Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-01
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Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point
Overview: In this documentary we travel to the Swiss Alps and to the Canadian Prince Edward Island looking at the origins of the two classic TV series - Heidi, the Girl of the Alps and Anne of Green Gables. We will also learn how the Japanese scenery found its way into the latter. As the documentary was released as part of the From up on Poppy Hill promotion, a portion of it is dedicated to Yokohama, where the events of the film by Goro Miyazaki take place.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-12-31
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Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
Overview: The short focuses on the God Warrior from Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind (1984). Super-powered bio-weapons in ceramic armor begin attacking Tokyo, annihilating human civilization.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-10
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Kurosawa's Way
Overview: Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-05-13
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The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Overview: Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-16
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The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 1: A Drama on Paper
Overview: Part 1 of Mononoke Hime wa koushite umareta, also known as The Making of "Princess Mononoke", an exhaustive three-part making of documentary of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-02-04
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Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Overview: For his first film in fourteen years animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptuous adaptation of "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya". A dream project for the director that would hopefully establish the recently formed Ghibli Studio 7, created to meet the demands of a new type of modern animation process. But almost immediately the epic production is faced with difficulties and falls dramatically behind schedule. In this compelling and insightful documentary we follow Isao Takahata and his dedicated team of artists as they frantically strive against adversity to make their vision a reality and bring Studio Ghibli into a new Era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-27
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25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
Overview: Concert held on August 4, 5 and 6, 2008 at the Nippon Budōkan hall in Tokyo to commemorate both the Japanese theatrical release of Ponyo (2008) and the 25 years of musical collaboration between composer Joe Hisaishi and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-31
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A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog
Overview: Norstein conquered the world 36 years ago with the creation of the legendary Hedgehog in the Fog. It was recognized as the best cartoon of all times and peoples according to a survey of film critics and animators from different countries.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2011-09-15
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2399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli
Overview: A documentary produced by NHK following the production of "The Boy & The Heron" over 7 years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-12-16
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Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Overview: A legendary entertainer and a pioneer of gay activism, Miwa was born Akihiro Maruyama. As a young singer, Miwa popularized androgyny as a fashion statement, fusing the masculine and the feminine into a signal of a new generation of aesthetics. This evolved into performing as a woman and living off-stage as a man. With glitter, wit, evening gowns, and enchanting storytelling, Miwa looks back over a 50-year career and a fascinating life in music, film, and television.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-08-31
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Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
Overview: A documentary that chronicles the making of The Boy and the Heron, filmed with exclusive access to Studio Ghibli across an astonishing seven years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-10-10
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Making of Ponyo
Overview: Making of documentary on the Hayao Miyazaki film "Ponyo".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-20
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The Secrets of My Neighbors the Yamadas
Overview: Nippon Television "Super TV Information Frontline Exclusive Coverage of 15 Months! The Secrets of the Rumored Movie "My Neighbors the Yamadas""
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
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Japanese Cinema: New Territories
Overview: This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-03-25
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Princess Mononoke: Making of a Masterpiece
Overview: Making of princess mononoke
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-24
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The Work of Toshio Suzuki Don't Believe in Myself, I Believe in People
Overview: A documentary program that thoroughly delves into the "work" of leading professionals who are active on the front lines of various fields. This episode explores Suzuki's success as producer of Studio Ghibli and asks, 'What is behind the "Suzuki Magic"?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-04-06
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The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Hayao Miyazaki
Overview: A documentary film starring Hayao Miyazaki as he follows in the footsteps of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-05-09
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Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature
Overview: A documentary that focuses on Hayao Miyazaki’s deep connection to nature and the environmental themes expressed through his films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-05-09
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Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-08-06
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Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
Overview: A documentary about the Ghibli Museum. It features Goro Miyazaki speaking with Isao Takahata about the "charm" of the museum and its various influences. Goro tours the viewer around the museum, explaining the intricate details that his father, Hayao Miyazaki made during its construction. The documentary highlights the strong European influences in the museum's architecture, featuring footage of the medieval mountainous city of Calcata in Italy and the historic port city of Genoa, which Miyazaki had visited in the past. These trips would go on to influencing the imagery seen in Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, and Spirited Away.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-18
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Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
Overview: A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-14
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The Nippon Television Special
Overview: View this Japanese television special to get an insider's peek into Studio Ghibli during the creation of Spirted Away.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-15
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Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son
Overview: NHK TV special about the making of the Japanese animated film "From Up on Poppy Hill" (コクリコ坂から)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-08-09
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The Work of Hayao Miyazaki "The Wind Rises" Record of 1000 Days/Retirement Announcement Unknown Story
Overview: NHK TV Special
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-27
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Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
Overview: This short documentary follows director Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki as they attend two film festivals showing the film Princess Mononoke and answer questions. Miyazaki discusses his experience in LA before founding Studio Ghibli.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-21
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Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
Overview: Studio Ghibli is Japan's most successful animation studio, with helmers Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away," "My Neighbor Totoro") and Isao Takahata ("Grave of The Fireflies," "The Tale of Princess Kaguya") creating a bonanza for producer/prexy Toshio Suzuki. Generously adorned with clips from their films and their influences, the docu follows Ghibli's arc from a mid-'60s rebellion against working conditions at Toei Co. to its present powerhouse position, complete with public fun park. All interviews are illuminating, but Miyazaki is teasingly confined to pic's tete-a-tete finale with esteemed French comic artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud. Meeting of the wizened European, whose imprint is on films from "Blade Runner" to "The Fifth Element," and the apparently relaxed Nipponese helmer makes an interesting contrast, and will be of special interest to Francophiles. All credits are impeccable
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-01-07
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The Art of 'Spirited Away'
Overview: The people that brought the film Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (a.k.a. "Spirited Away") to the US explain how it was converted into English, with some minor confusion between languages, and how well it did in both Japan and America.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-15
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How Ponyo Was Born: Hayao Miyazaki's Thought Process
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary directed by Kaku Arakawa, documenting Hayao Miyazaki's creative process in creating the character of Ponyo during the production of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-12-08
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How Ghibli Was Born
Overview: A contemporary look at the creation and evolution of Studio Ghibli, from ‘The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun’ (1968) to ‘Princess Mononoke’ (1997).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 2: Life Has Been Breathed Into It!
Overview: Part 2 of Mononoke Hime wa koushite umareta, also known as The Making of "Princess Mononoke", an exhaustive three-part making of documentary of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-02-04
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The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 3: The Day The Record Was Broken
Overview: Part 3 of Mononoke Hime wa koushite umareta, also known as The Making of "Princess Mononoke", an exhaustive three-part making of documentary of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-02-04
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A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest
Overview: From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honouring Kazuo Oga, the art director and background artist for many famed works from Japan's Studio Ghibli. Over 600 works from the artist were on display, and numerous fans flocked to the one-of-a-kind exhibition celebrating the lush, gorgeous background artwork typifying many a work from Hayao Miyazaki and other Ghibli filmmakers. International fans of Oga and Studio Ghibli have not been left out, however. A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest allows fans the opportunity to attend the exhibition, as well as watch interviews and testimonials with Oga's contemporaries and collaborators, all subtitled in English.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-19
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"The Ornithopter Story: Fly, Hiyodori Tengu!"
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-02
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In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki
Overview: An hour-long conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki which took place in Kurosawa's home near Mt. Fuji.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-12-31
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Imaginary Flying Machines
Overview: Kuso no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi (Imaginary Flying Machines) is a 2002 Japanese animated short film produced by Studio Ghibli for their near exclusive use in the Ghibli Museum. It features director Hayao Miyazaki as the narrator, in the form of a humanoid pig, reminiscent of Porco from Porco Rosso, telling the story of flight and the many machines imagined to achieve it.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-02
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The Making of Only Yesterday
Overview: A making of documentary on the Studio Ghibli film Only Yesterday
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-22
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Lasseter-san, Thank You
Overview: Depicts the 2002 trip by several employees of Studio Ghibli to promote the movie Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) in North America. It was originally made as a private thank-you gift from Ghibli to John Lasseter, the Lasseter-San of the title. The show appears similar to a home movie, or private documentary. This footage includes snippets from some of Miyazaki's films, as well as some Pixar shorts. The most striking part were clips from Porco Rosso, interchanging with images of Miyazaki flying a red double-decker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-19
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Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director
Overview: Stepping closer and closer to his retirement, Hayao Miyazaki has no other means, but to choose up a new director. Ghibli's given some creative freedoms in the past, but they hardly lasted. Maro, an animator of 37 years. has done a good deed of works in his prior days. Thus, Miyazaki-san decides to appoint him as a new director for the upcoming feature of 'Arrietty the Borrower'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-15
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The Cat Returns - Making of
Overview: A promotional film by Studio Ghibli about the work on the film "The Cat Returns" (directed by Hiroyuki Morita)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-11
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Manga!
Overview: BBC's 1994 documentary on the manga and anime phenomenon that was just starting to hit the UK at the time, and its origins in Japan. Presented by Jonathan Ross.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-07
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Ghibli's Bookshelf
Overview: This August 2010 NHK documentary explores the influence of selected children's literature on Miyazaki and Takahata's body of work and on Studio Ghibli as a whole. Also included is a conversation between Miyazaki and Japanese author and TV personality Sawako Agawa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-07
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Ghibli Landscapes - The Japan Depicted In Miyazaki's Works
Overview: Tsuruta Mayu visits the places of “good old Japan” and discovers profound attractions like Totoro and Spirited Away and also shows the charm of Ponyo.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-01
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The Birth of Studio Ghibli
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-19
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Miyazaki
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2025-01-28
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