Hayao Miyazaki
Hiyao Miyazaki
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Born: January 5, 1941
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Akebono-cho, Bunkyō-ku,
Tokyo, Japan
Began drawing airplanes
while his father worked in
his uncle’s aircraft
manufacturing plant.
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Aviation would become a
major theme in his later
work.
Hayao Miyazaki
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Director
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Animator
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Began as in-betweener
Manga-ka
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Head of Studio Ghibli
Creates, writes, draws
manga (Japanese comics)
Considered the Crèmede-la-crème of Japanese
animation industry.
Hayao Miyazaki
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While attending Toyotama High School, he
saw Hakujaden, the first full-length Japanese
anime movie.
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Film makes him decide to become a comic artist
He had to learn to draw the human figure
Went to Gakushuin University, graduating
with degrees in political science and
economics in 1963
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A member of the Children’s Literature Research
Club – only club that was similar to a manga club
at the time
Hayao Miyazaki
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In 1963, joins Toei Dōga
(Toei Animation) as an inbetweener.
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No formal schooling for
animation
Was trained for 3 months
before being assigned to
Watchdog Bow Wow
Hayao Miyazaki
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Other studios he’s
worked for
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A-Pro
Nippon Animation
Established Studio Ghibli
in 1985
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Subsidiary of Tokuma
Shōten
Reestablished Studio
Ghibli in 2005 as a
separate studio
Hiyao Miyazaki
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Recurring themes in his work
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Aviation
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Ecology
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How humans have impacted
their environment
Feminism
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Born from spending time in his
uncles factory
There is often two central
female characters who embody
idealism and realism
Pacifism
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Anti-military
Hayao Miyazaki
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Body of work: 1963-Present
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Some examples of his
animated work
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1963 Watchdog Bow Wow
1971 Lupin III - Series
1979 Lupin III: Castle of
Cagliostro
1984 Nausicaa of the Valley
of Wind
1989 Kiki’s Delivery Service
2002 The Cat Returns
2004 Howl’s Moving Castle
2006 Gedo Senki (Tales of
EarthSea)
2010 Karigurashi no Arrietty
(The Borrowers)
Hayao Miyazaki
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Examples of his manga
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1969 Puss in Boots
1972 Animal Treasure
Island
1982-1994 Nausicaa Valley
of the Wind
1990 The Age of the Flying
Boat
1998-1999 Tigers Covered
With Mud
Sources
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The Ghibli Blog. Daniel Thomas
MacInnes Internet source:
http://ghiblicon.blogspot.com/
The Hayao Miyazaki Web. Internet
source:
http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/miya
zaki/
Odell, Colin, & Le Blanc, Michelle
(2009). Studio Ghibli: The Films of
Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.
Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England:
Kamera.
Miyazaki, Hayao (2009). Starting
Point: 1979–1996. Beth Cary and
Frederik L. Schodt, trans. Foreword by
John Lasseter. San Francisco: VIZ
Media.
Cavallaro, Dani (2006). The Animé Art
of Hayao Miyazaki. Jefferson, NC:
McFarland & Company, Inc.