Hayao Miyazaki returns from retirement yet again!

Links234

According to this, Miyazaki is back from retirement.

I suppose this isn't one bit surprising seeing as he's been "retiring" since the 80's, and this has been the 7th time he's done so, but after such an incredible career, he's been working since the late 60's, and the fact that he's 72 (and turning 73 in a couple of days, so happy birthday Miyazaki!) you'd be very tempted to take him more seriously one of these days. No doubt he is actually gonna retire some day, but we can be happy that it's not this time around.

SV

He was excellent in Karate Kid.

Fox_In_Socks

OSI wrote: »

Who?

Some Japanese lad. One of the Miyazakis from Knockeennahawn.

brevity

OSI wrote: »

Who?

Did a lot of work with Studio Ghibli, an animation studio in Japan.

Caliden

OSI wrote: »

Who?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Hayao+Miyazaki

conorhal

Cool. Spirited Away is still one of my all time favorite films!

Links234

Derp! Had meant to post this is the Anime & Manga forum

P_1

Somehow I get the impression you may have thought you were in Anime & Manga rather then AH Links? I have no idea who this chap is but it sounds like big news in the world of Manga.

Czarcasm

OSI wrote: »

Who?

I was about to say "It's in the link in the OP?", but come on Links, it's in Japanese!


Anyway, Japanese film director -

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki

Hande hoche!

Is his son an animator?

Links234

P_1 wrote: »

Somehow I get the impression you may have thought you were in Anime & Manga rather then AH Links? I have no idea who this chap is but it sounds like big news in the world of Manga.

Yup, I guess that's what I get for being tired and not paying too much attention to which tab I'm on when I click create thread.

He's probably the most prolific Anime director there is. You might have have heard of some of his movies like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, he's definitely big news alright

Links234

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Is his son an animator?

Yup, his son Goro Miyazaki did the recent From Up On Poppy Hill, and before that, Tales From Earthsea

Dravokivich

Links234 wrote: »

Yup, I guess that's what I get for being tired and not paying too much attention to which tab I'm on when I click create thread.

He's probably the most prolific Anime director there is. You might have have heard of some of his movies like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, he's definitely big news alright

Yeah, but its hard to keep track of who's who when their names look all funny.

cml387

I've often wondered what would happen if some thread from another forum was randomnly transplanted in AH for the lols.

Dyr

Spirited away was a load of ****e

Links234

cml387 wrote: »

I've often wondered what would happen if some thread from another forum was randomnly transplanted in AH for the lols.

Well, now you know! I'm not even sure I should ask the mods to move it or not, seems to be doing ok here anyway, and I'm sure there's a few fans around anyway. I did post a thread asking if there were any anime fans in AH and it was a pretty successful thread, so I guess it should be cool here.

mikom

Hayao Pappa Burgundy!!

Frank Black

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Is his son an animator?

No, I think he's real.

Birneybau

cml387 wrote: »

I've often wondered what would happen if some thread from another forum was randomnly transplanted in AH for the lols.

I hope something from the Mustard forum turns up sometime. Crazy place.

biko

If I have to google the person they're not famous enough.

riffmongous

I thought this thread might have some potential at first, since he's a foreigner, but then you mentioned he's still working and AH is no place for a thread about a foreigner who isn't on welfare I am afraid. Where is the faux outrage supposed to come from?

Daqster

Wasn't there a movie about him with that guy from Johnny Handsome.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

biko wrote: »

If I have to google the person they're not famous enough.

If you have to google him, you're not cultured enough. :pac:

wendell borton

I for one welcome our new Japanese overlord.

ixoy

Thanks to him and his enchanted goldfish, I no longer had a ham sandwich for lunch I had a HAAMMMM!!! sandwich.

Daqster

Daqster wrote: »

Wasn't there a movie about him with that guy from Johnny Handsome.

You idiot!

The actor you're thinking of was Michael Keaton and the film was not Johnny Handsome, but Johnny Dangerously.

Also, the film he made, Gung Ho, was not about Hayao Miyazaki, but about a Japanese guy who took over an American autp plant and so you are being racist by even thinking it was him!

Porco Rosso was good.

SV

Daqster wrote: »

You idiot!

The actor you're thinking of was Michael Keaton and the film was not Johnny Handsome, but Johnny Dangerously.

Also, the film he made, Gung Ho, was not about Hayao Miyazaki, but about a Japanese guy who took over an American autp plant and so you are being racist by even thinking it was him!

Porco Rosso was good.

You quoted yourself.

Daqster

SV wrote: »

You quoted yourself.

I know. Reported myself for personal abuse too.

Forgot to take my meds you see. Be alright in the morning.

J_E

What Miyazaki does in animation today is what Disney wishes they could do for the last 20-30 years

Bambi wrote: »

Spirited away was a load of ****e

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Links234

Cydoniac wrote: »

What Miyazaki does in animation today is what Disney wishes they could do for the last 20-30 years

you know all the folks at Pixar are gigantic fans? you can really see Miyazaki's influence there

Fox_In_Socks

Links234 wrote: »

you know all the folks at Pixar are gigantic fans? you can really see Miyazaki's influence there

What!? How can a fan be sentient?

http://previewcf.turbosquid.com/Preview/2010/12/03__07_16_00/Fans_Views_COMP.jpgc6aa9bd6-d737-4cef-9765-99793384d44bLarger.jpg

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

What!? How can a fan be sentient?

http://previewcf.turbosquid.com/Preview/2010/12/03__07_16_00/Fans_Views_COMP.jpgc6aa9bd6-d737-4cef-9765-99793384d44bLarger.jpg

Clearly you've never been to a football match (well, maybe Spurs...)

TheIrishGrover

Wow, Anime thread on AH and it's not gone all 4chan yet.

DesperateDan

I love Studio Ghibli's stuff and obviously it's beautiful, but I don't know, a lot of the time it gets a bit too weird for me to relate - so it loses almost all emotional resonance.

Still very interesting cinema though

Karl Stein

I'm more of a 'Bugs Bunny' and 'Tom and Jerry' man meself.

Links234

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

Wow, Anime thread on AH and it's not gone all 4chan yet.

You had to go and tempt fate, didn't you? It'll be all ecchi this and hentai that and anata no banana punyu punyu... the other! :eek:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Links234 wrote: »

You had to go and tempt fate, didn't you? It'll be all ecchi this and hentai that and anata no banana punyu punyu... the other! :eek:

Not entirely sure 4chan anime is the way the powers that be would like this thread to go....!

Vincent Vega

Bambi wrote: »

Spirited away was a load of ****e

Bit of an overstatement.
However, I did find the english dub detracted from the film's quality.

They even had the gall to add extra dialogue to the ending to make everything wrapped up in a neat little package for american audiences, whilst the original japanese version's ending is more contemplative.

Links234

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Not entirely sure 4chan anime is the way the powers that be would like this thread to go....!

I'm pretty sure 4chan is not the way they'd like any thread to go

But I have a little more respect for the average AH'ers than I would folks from 4chan.

e_e

biko wrote: »

If I have to google the person they're not famous enough.

The guy won an Oscar and has films that have grossed hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide.

One of the greatest directors ever tbh.

ElvisChrist6

I'm glad you mistakenly posted here or I wouldn't have heard this great news! Was just thinking it'd be great to get another film out of him. He'll never beat Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service or My Neighbour Totoro but his later ones, even Ponyo, were still great. And since he makes kids films, no weird **** so it has mass appeal too.

J_E

Links234 wrote: »

you know all the folks at Pixar are gigantic fans? you can really see Miyazaki's influence there

Yeah, John Lasseter was all over him when he watched his stuff and was probably the main reason they partnered with Disney for the release. You can definitely see the influences in their work.

Links234

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

And since he makes kids films, no weird **** so it has mass appeal too.

Well I don't know if Princess Mononoke or Nausicaa could be considered kids films, but when you say no weird ****, I'm guessing you mean that anime in general is weird? I don't know about that, I find there's a lot that's quite mundane, and that I'd actually prefer a good head**** of a show like Paranoia Agent to some of the other stuff.

I kinda think people focus a bit too much on the 'weird ****' to notice that the majority of anime is actually quite mundane.

Cydoniac wrote: »

Yeah, John Lasseter was all over him when he watched his stuff and was probably the main reason they partnered with Disney for the release. You can definitely see the influences in their work.

Even pre-Pixar Brad Bird was doing pure Ghibli fare with the excellent Iron Giant

ElvisChrist6

Links234 wrote: »

Well I don't know if Princess Mononoke or Nausicaa could be considered kids films, but when you say no weird ****, I'm guessing you mean that anime in general is weird? I don't know about that, I find there's a lot that's quite mundane, and that I'd actually prefer a good head**** of a show like Paranoia Agent to some of the other stuff.

I kinda think people focus a bit too much on the 'weird ****' to notice that the majority of anime is actually quite mundane.

You're right, they're not exactly kids' films.

I'm not talking about Hentai or anything, just they have a lot of stuff Westerner's would find odd. Not necessarily the sex stuff. I generally stick to the mainstream stuff like Akira, but some of my friends favourite animes are just a bit weird. In a good way though.

Links234

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

I'm not talking about Hentai or anything, just they have a lot of stuff Westerner's would find odd. Not necessarily the sex stuff. I generally stick to the mainstream stuff like Akira, but some of my friends favourite animes are just a bit weird. In a good way though.

Oh no, I didn't think you meant that at all! And yeah, of course there's some anime that is weird in a good way, or a bit WTF and out there. I mean, just try to explain what the hell Neon Genesis Evangelion is all about? There's some amazingly dark, psychological anime out there that can be a bit of a mind****. What would be ones you'd call weird, or what are your friends favourites?

ElvisChrist6

Links234 wrote: »

Oh no, I didn't think you meant that at all! And yeah, of course there's some anime that is weird in a good way, or a bit WTF and out there. I mean, just try to explain what the hell Neon Genesis Evangelion is all about? There's some amazingly dark, psychological anime out there that can be a bit of a mind****. What would be ones you'd call weird, or what are your friends favourites?

I'd say Gankutsuou is weird, but mainly the style, the animation and the glaring brightness in some scene, whereas it wouldn't be as weird thematically as one of my friend's favourites, Mind Game... But that's just beyond weird for anime...

Links234

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

I'd say Gankutsuou is weird, but mainly the style, the animation and the glaring brightness in some scene, whereas it wouldn't be as weird thematically as one of my friend's favourites, Mind Game... But that's just beyond weird for anime...

Hadn't heard of Gankutsuou before, but it looks like good so I'll have to take a look at it at some point! I've not seen Mind Game yet, but I know of it.