Hayao Miyazaki is Officially Back Out of Retirement Working on Latest Studio Ghibli Film
Founder of Studio Ghibli and longtime director Hayao Miyazaki is now working on a new feature length project two years after announcing his retirement. During a pre-Oscars interview with Studio Ghibli regarding the award-nominated animation The Red Turtle, producer Toshio Suzuki let it slip that the acclaimed director had begun work on a new feature film, confirming rumors of a return that had been floating around since last year.
Reporter Chuck D. for 47News, who attended the interview, posted about the exciting news on Twitter yesterday evening.
BREAKING: Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki confirms that Hayao Miyazaki is currently working on his next feature length film
— Chuck D. お茶係 (@WolfgangChuckD) February 24, 2017
According to Chuck D., Suzuki said that he had been presented with a storyboard for the proposed film by Miyazaki last year. Suzuki described Miyazaki’s pitch for the film to be great and attached himself to produce the project, knowing that his retirement would be postponed for a few years as well.
Suzuki agonized that his retirement would be over if he said it was interesting, but he honestly told Miyazaki that it was
— Chuck D. お茶係 (@WolfgangChuckD) February 24, 2017
Rumors of Miyazaki once again foregoing his retirement came about last year when he appeared in the Japanese documentary titled Hayao Miyazaki: The Man Who Is Not Done. In it, he revealed his dissatisfaction with Kemushi no Boro or “Boro the Caterpillar”, a 12-minute CGI animation he had been working on at the time. Miyazaki, having developed the story over 20 years, revealed that he’d like to turn the the short into a feature-length film instead. Though it’s strongly believed that Boro the Caterpillar is Miyazaki’s next film, it has not been confirmed by any party as of late. You can check back here on DFTG for more information in the future.
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