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«Nunca he leído críticas. No me interesa. Pero valoro mucho las reacciones de los espectadores»
Hayao Miyazaki (Bunkyō, Tokio, Japón; 5 de enero de 1941) es un director de cine de animación, productor, animador, ilustrador, dibujante de mangas (mangaka) y productor de anime japonés de renombre internacional y con una carrera de cinco décadas.
Junto con Isao Takahata, fundó Studio Ghibli, un estudio de películas y animación. Ha sido comparado con Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg u Orson Welles. Entre sus filmes de animación más populares se hallan títulos como «El viaje de Chihiro» (que rebasó los ingresos en taquillas de Japón y superó el éxito obtenido por «Titanic», también obtuvo el premio como Película del Año en los Premios de la Academia de Japón, y fue la primera película de anime en ganar un Premio Óscar), «La princesa Mononoke», «Mi vecino Totoro», «El castillo ambulante» y «Ponyo en el acantilado».
El 1 de septiembre de 2013 anunció, a través de un comunicado del presidente de la compañía, Koji Koshino, que su película «El viento se levanta» (estrenada en Japón el 20 de julio de 2013) sería su último largometraje, y que se retiraría como director de proyectos de animación de Ghibli.
En agosto de 2014, la Academia de Artes y Ciencias de Hollywood informó de la concesión a Mizayaki del Óscar honorífico como reconocimiento a toda su trayectoria. Este premio le fue entregado en la ceremonia de los Óscar en enero del 2015.
El 25 de febrero de 2017, el estudio Ghibli confirmó oficialmente el regreso de Miyazaki. Varios medios apuntaron a que dicho retorno vendrá de la mano de una adaptación al largo del cortometraje «Kemushi no Boro» («Boro la oruga»), confiando en que la película esté lista antes de los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio, previstos para 2020.
«I never read reviews. I’m not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators»
Hayao Miyazaki (born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist.
Through a career that has spanned over five decades, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of anime feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli, a film and animation studio.
Born in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Miyazaki began his animation career in 1963 when he joined Toei Animation. From there, Miyazaki worked as an in-between artist for «Gulliver’s Travels Beyond the Moon», where he pitched ideas that eventually became the film’s ending. Hayao Miyazaki was also associated with Tokyo Movie Shinsha. He co-directed «Lupin III» with Isao Takahata, provided the screenplay and key animation for «Panda! Go Panda!», provided key animation for the first episode of «Tokyo Giants», provided the original concept for «Jungle Kurobe», provided the director role for «Lupin III: Tales of the Wolf», provided key animation for the «Ulysses 31» pilot in conjunction with Diffusion Information Communication, provided the director role for «The New Adventures of Zorro», provided key animation for the «Inspector Gadget» pilot, and provided the chief director role for season 1 of «Sherlock Hound».
He continued to work in various roles in the animation industry with various studios until he directed his first feature film, «The Castle of Cagliostro», a Lupin the Third story, released in 1979. After the success of his next film, «Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind» (1984), he co-founded Studio Ghibli, where he continued to produce many feature films.
While Miyazaki’s films have long enjoyed both commercial and critical success in Japan, he remained largely unknown to the West until Miramax Films released «Princess Mononoke» in 1997. «Princess Mononoke» was briefly the highest-grossing film in Japan until it was eclipsed by another 1997 film, «Titanic», and it became the first animated film to win Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards. Miyazaki’s next film, «Spirited Away» (2001), won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards, and was the first anime film to win an American Academy Award.
He co-wrote films «The Secret World of Arrietty», released in July 2010 in Japan and February 2012 in the United States; and «From Up on Poppy Hill» released in July 2011 in Japan and March 2013 in the United States.
Miyazaki’s newest film «The Wind Rises» was released on July 20, 2013 and screened internationally in February 2014. The film would go on to earn him his third American Academy Award nomination and first Golden Globe Award nomination.
Miyazaki announced on September 1, 2013 that «The Wind Rises» would be his final feature-length movie. In November 2014, Miyazaki was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his impact on animation and cinema. He is the second Japanese filmmaker to win this award, after Akira Kurosawa in 1990.
