Hayao Miyazaki - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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]

• The Castle of Cagliostro, 1979
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984
• Castle in the Sky, 1986
• My Neighbor Totoro, 1988
• Kiki's Delivery Service, 1989
• Porco Rosso, 1992
• Princess Mononoke, 1997
• Spirited Away,2001
• Howl's Moving Castle, 2004
• Ponyo on the Cliff, 2008
• The Wind Rises, 2013

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hayao Miyazaki.

• Hayao Miyazaki on IMDb
• Nausicaa.net
• Stubio Ghibli site (in Japanese)

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