Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)
In this Japanese name, the family name is Miyazaki.

Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿, Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941) is a leader in the area of anime, or Japanese animation. His name is pronounced "Ha-ya-oh Me-ya-za-key". He worked with Isao Takahata.

Hayao Miyazaki

His company made the animated movies Spirited Away (2001), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Porco Rosso (1992) and Princess Mononoke (1997).

His company is named Studio Ghibli. In 2001, he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Spirited Away. It was the first anime to win the award in that category.

During a press conference at Italy's Venice Film Festival, he announced that he was going to retire from the production of feature-length films.[1]

Miyazaki announced his retirement on September 2, 2013.[2]

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  1. "Hayao Miyazaki Retires From Making Feature Films". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  2. "Japan's Hayao Miyazaki to retire after 11 feature films". MSN.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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