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Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki. Hiyao Miyazaki. Born: January 5, 1941 Akebono-cho, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo, Japan Began drawing airplanes while his father worked in his uncle’s aircraft manufacturing plant. Aviation would become a major theme in his later work. Hayao Miyazaki. Director Head of Studio Ghibli

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Hayao Miyazaki

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  1. Hayao Miyazaki

  2. Hiyao Miyazaki • Born: January 5, 1941 • Akebono-cho, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo, Japan • Began drawing airplanes while his father worked in his uncle’s aircraft manufacturing plant. • Aviation would become a major theme in his later work.

  3. Hayao Miyazaki • Director • Head of Studio Ghibli • Animator • Began as in-betweener • Manga-ka • Creates, writes, draws manga (Japanese comics) • Considered the Crème-de-la-crème of Japanese animation industry.

  4. Hayao Miyazaki • While attending Toyotama High School, he saw Hakujaden, the first full-length Japanese anime movie. • 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 • A member of the Children’s Literature Research Club – only club that was similar to a manga club at the time

  5. Hayao Miyazaki • In 1963, joins Toei Dōga (Toei Animation) as an in-betweener. • No formal schooling for animation • Was trained for 3 months before being assigned to Watchdog Bow Wow

  6. Hayao Miyazaki • Other studios he’s worked for • A-Pro • Nippon Animation • Established Studio Ghibli in 1985 • Subsidiary of Tokuma Shōten • Reestablished Studio Ghibli in 2005 as a separate studio

  7. Hiyao Miyazaki • Recurring themes in his work • Aviation • Born from spending time in his uncles factory • Ecology • How humans have impacted their environment • Feminism • There is often two central female characters who embody idealism and realism • Pacifism • Anti-military

  8. Hayao Miyazaki • Body of work: 1963-Present • Some examples of his animated work • 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)

  9. Hayao Miyazaki • Examples of his manga • 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

  10. Sources • The Ghibli Blog. Daniel Thomas MacInnes Internet source: http://ghiblicon.blogspot.com/ • The Hayao Miyazaki Web. Internet source: http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/miyazaki/ • 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.

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