Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 

Think Hayao Miyazaki has gone soft in his old age? Nope.

[Image via NHK]

As our colleagues at Gizmodo reported, Miyazaki is keen to come out of semi-retirement to make one last feature film. Back in 2013, he officially announced that he would no longer make full-length movies.

Since then, he’s worked on other projects, including a short film called Kemushi no Boro, which he now hopes to expand to a full-length film.

A recent NHK special showed how Miyazaki has been spending his time. When it starts, Studio Ghibli’s production studio is empty, as it was dissolved back in 2014. But during the course of the TV special, it begins teeming with life.

In one scene, Miyazaki learns to use a tablet for animation. This is a big deal, because for most of Miyazaki’s life, he’s been, well, analogue.

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 
(Image via Chu2byokun | NHK)

[Image via Chu2byokun | NHK]

“Until now, I’ve never thought about touching a computer,” says Miyazaki.

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 
(Image via Chu2byokun | NHK)

[Image via Chu2byokun | NHK]

The subtitle says that if he touches here, then it will cause the animation to move.

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 
(Image via Chu2byokun | NHK)

[Image via Chu2byokun | NHK]

“Huh? What? An eraser,” says Miyazaki.

It also shows that Miyazaki is still infamously picky about quality.

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 
(Image via fjkt_tv | NHK)

[Image via fjkt_tv | NHK]

“Terrible,” says Miyazaki. “Draw them all again.”

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 
(Image via fjkt_tv | NHK)

[Image via fjkt_tv | NHK]

“Draw and really think about what you are doing.”

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 
(Image via fjkt_tv | NHK)

[Image via fjkt_tv | NHK]

“Are you living your life without thinking about anything?”

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 
(Image via fjkt_tv | NHK)

[Image via fjkt_tv | NHK]

“If that’s no good, then step down. Quit ASAP.”

At the end of the documentary, Miyazaki gives Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki a pitch for a feature film.

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 
(Image via 10jp | NHK)

[Image via 10jp | NHK]

Here, Miyazaki says he wants to make “one more feature film”.

His handwritten pitch includes a schedule, which lists pre-production until the middle of next year, and production until early 2019, releasing the film before the Tokyo Olympics.

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 
(Image via NHK)

[Image via NHK]

Under the star, Miyazaki wrote how he’ll be 78 when he finishes the film, adding, “Maybe I’ll be alive?”

Suzuki says Miyazaki might die during production, while another Ghibli staffer off camera said, “Then it will be a big hit.” Suzuki then begins cracking up, laughing.

Hayao Miyazaki Is Still A Hard-Arse 
(Image via NHK)

[Image via NHK]

“I think it’s still better to die when you are doing something than dying when you are doing nothing,” Miyazaki says later. “It’s better to think about not dying when you die.”


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