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Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki reveals his relief in a new video at finishing The Boy and the Heron. Legendary director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki shared heartfelt relief in a new Oscar video, announcing the completion of his latest film, The Boy and the Heron, after seven long years of production.
During a live-streaming panel dedicated to the candidates for the 96th Academy Award for Best Animated Film, Hayao Miyazaki and the president of Studio Ghibli, Toshio Suzuki, participated by sending a video message. When Suzuki asked Miyazaki about the film, the director reflected briefly before responding with a sense of relief: “I'm happy I made it to the end. All that remains now is my exhausted self.” The feature film, The Boy and the Heron required seven consecutive years of work by Hayao Miyazaki, whose production schedule was longer than any of his previous films. In response to Suzuki, the director joked that he thought the film would never be completed, adding wryly that it was only finished because "the money kept coming."
Despite Hayao Miyazaki's previous declarations of retirement, this is the fourth time the director has announced his retirement, without ever fully implementing it. Studio Ghibli Vice President Junichi Nishioka revealed that Miyazaki is already working on new ideas for an upcoming film, demonstrating his inexhaustible passion for cinema. The Oscar nomination for The Boy and the Heron represents Miyazaki's fourth, tying Disney and Pixar's Pete Docter's record as the director with the most Best Animated Feature nominations. The film will compete against other titles such as Elemental, Nimona, Robot Dreams, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Source: CBR
