Hayao Miyazaki’s Retirement Press Conference to be Streamed Live on Nico Nico

September 5 at 10:00 p.m. (PST)

Mikikazu Komatsu (from crunchyroll.com)

September 04, 2013 7:30pm PDT (22 minutes ago)

As reported, it was announced by Koji Hoshino, President of Studio Ghibli, at Venice Film Festival on September 1 that The Wind Rises is 72-year-old anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s last feature film. Hoshino didn’t accept any questions at the conference, but many fans expect Miyazaki will keep making anime short films as supporting features for other directors’ Studio Ghibli films, or for Ghibli Museum. Miyazaki made an anime short Mai and the Kittenbus, a sequel to My Neighbor Totoro, for the museum in 2003. Some think he will be the director of Ghibli Museum. His son Goro Miyazaki served as its director from 2001 to 2005 before he directed Tales from Earthsea in 2006.

 

And there has been a speculation that Hideaki Anno, who voiced the protagonist of The Wind RisesJiro Horikoshi, will finally direct the sequel or reboot of Miyazaki’s 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. That’s the reason why Anno, who has little experience as a voice actor, accepted the offer.

Does Miyazaki choose Anno as his successor instead of his son?

 

Nico Nico Live will stream Miyazaki’s retirement press conference live on Friday, September 6 at 2:00 p.m.

(JST), September 5 at 10:00 p.m. (PST). Let’s hope Miyazaki will answer to all of the questions.

Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki to Retire, “The Wind Rises” is His Final Feature

Studio President Koji Hoshino announces retirement of 72-year-old director

Joseph Luster

September 01, 2013 6:12am PDT (one day ago)

For years people have been speculating which film would be acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki’s last, and now we have the answer. Koji Hoshino—President of Studio Ghibli, which was co-founded by Miyazaki—announced that the master is retiring.

Hoshino didn’t go too in depth on the announcement made at Italy’s Venice Film Festival, saying that Miyazaki is retiring from feature-length films and that The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) is his last.

The 72-year-old director’s career has spanned over fifty years and includes many celebrated features, from The Castle of Cagliostro to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and beyond. Hopefully we’ll see something new from him outside of the world of feature film direction in the future.

The Wind Rises opened in Japanese theaters in July, and Disney is set to distribute the film in North America.

T-Shirt Site Offers Hayao Miyazaki x “Wizard of Oz” Mash-up

Design wins Woot’s 300th derby

Scott Green

April 30, 2013

(from crunchyroll.com)

Online retailer Woot’s t-shirt subsite is now selling shirts featuring the design that won its 300th derby. Wizard of “Aw”s is a mash-up of The Wizard of Oz and the works of Hayao Miyazaki, though Spanish artist dijay admits to having never actually seen/read The Wizard of OZ and instead managed to piece enough information together from cultural references to make this design.