Hayao Miyazaki
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- Name Hayao Miyazaki
- Japanese: 宮崎駿（みやざき はやお)
- Birthdate: January 5, 1941
- Birthplace: Bunkyo-ku, Japan
- University: Gakushuin University
- Major: Political Science
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- Blood Type: O
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Hayao Miyazaki), one of the modern masters of Japanese cinema, has created some of the most admired and influential animated films of recent decades. He made his feature film directing debut in 1979 with “Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro” and has gone on to direct such impressive films as “Laputa: Castle in the Sky” (1986), “My Neighbor Totoro” (1988), “Kiki’s Delivery Service” (1989), “Porco Rosso” (1992), “Princess Mononoke” (1997) and “Spirited Away” (2001). The latter became the most successful film ever released in Japan.
Born in Tokyo in 1941, Miyazaki graduated from the prestigious Gakushuin University in 1963 with a degree in political science and economics. As a university student, he became deeply interested in children’s literature and read a wide variety of books written for children all over the world. Miyazaki became interested in animation after seeing Taiji Yabushita’s “White Snake Enchantress” (1959) and Lev Atamanov’s “The Snow Queen” (1957). Combining superb draftsmanship with his academic credentials, Miyazaki joined Toei Animation Company and launched his filmmaking career, beginning as an inbetweener on the feature “Watchdog Bow Wow” (1963). Miyazaki worked his way up through the studio ranks doing animation, storyboards and designs for numerous TV series and feature films, often in collaboration with his friend and mentor, Isao Takahata. He provided key animation for episodes of the television program “Secret Little Akko” (1969-1970), directed “Lupin III” (1971-1972), and created the concept and wrote the screenplay for “Panda! Go Panda!” in 1972. He went on to direct episodes of several other series, including “Conan, The Boy in Future” (1978), “Lupin III: Albatross: Wings of Death” (1980), “Lupin III: Aloha, Lupin!” (1980), “Sherlock Hound” (1984).
“Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” (1984), a feature based on his popular manga series, established Miyazaki as one of the most talented directors in the burgeoning Japanese animation industry. In 1985, Miyazaki and Takahata founded Studio Ghibli in conjunction with Tokuma Shoten Publishing Ltd. “Laputa: Castle in the Sky” (1986) began his unbroken string of hits, culminating in the record-breaking “Spirited Away” (2001) and his latest film "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea."
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[edit] Feature Length Films
- Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea | Gake no ue no Ponyo (2008)
- Howl's Moving Castle | Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)
- Spirited Away | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
- Princess Mononoke | Mononoke-hime (1997)
- Porco rosso | Kurenai no buta (1992)
- Kiki's Delivery Service | Majo no takkyûbin (1989)
- My Neighbor Totoro | Tonari no Totoro (1988)
- Castle in the Sky | Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)
- Warriors of the Wind | Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)
- Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro | Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro (1979)
[edit] Short Films
- Hoshi wo katta hi (2006)
- Mizugumo monmon (2006)
- Yadosagashi (2006)
- Mei and the Kitten Bus | Mei to Koneko basu (2002)
- Koro no dai-sanpo (2002)
- Kujira tori (2001)
- On Your Mark (1995)
