Sunday 14 March 2010

Hayao Miyazaki 1941 - Modern Date

Hayao Miyazaki was born in 1941 and is a Japanese animator. He is a co-founder of Studio Ghibi and is very well known in Japan. However, he wasn't known in western countries untill 1997, when he released the film 'Princess Mononoke'. The said film was the first animated film to win a 'Picture of the Year' award at the Japanese Accademy Awards. It was also the highest- grossing film in Japan untill Titanic was released in the same year.


Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind- 1984


Princess Mononoke- 1997


Howls Moving Castle- 2004
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2 comments:

  1. Ath31as16 March 2010 at 03:02

    Sometimes I think people forget that the animation industry is more than Pixar and Disney.

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  2. Charlotte16 March 2010 at 09:13

    Yes. I can't belive I forgot about him. He's one of my favourite animators.

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