A luminary of the film industry is throwing in the towel. With the release of The Wind Rises, his eleventh feature film, Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki has announced his retirement from filmmaking. The sudden announcement was perhaps inevitable given Miyazaki’s age, but his absence from the world of animation will be felt immediately. Miyazaki’s production house, Studio Ghibli, has often been called the Japanese equivalent of Disney; Ghibli is responsible for many critically acclaimed Japanese films, including 2010’s The Secret World of Arrietty.
Miyazaki will probably still have a hand in the operations of Studio Ghibli and in producing more animated films, but his absence in the director’s chair will be sorely missed. Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away are among the most cherished and lauded animated films ever.
Luckily, Miyazaki leaves behind three decades of quality animated features. We have the director’s entire filmography available for checkout in Media Services. Watch one or two and pay tribute to his enormous and acclaimed body of work.
Spirited Away – HU DVD 586
Princess Mononoke – HU DVD 1206
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – HU DVD 2977
Castle in the Sky – HU DVD 2978
Howl’s Moving Castle – HU DVD 2979
My Neighbor Totoro – HU DVD 4709
Kiki’s Delivery Service – HU DVD 6077
Ponyo – HU DVD 6937
Porco Rosso – HU DVD 10216
The Castle of Cagliostro – HU DVD 10694