Hayao Miyazaki





Hayao Miyazaki

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in Tokyo, Japan
January 05, 1941

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宮崎 駿

Hayao Miyazaki was born in Tokyo on January 5, 1941. He started his career in 1963 as an animator at the studio Toei Douga, and was subsequently involved in many early classics of Japanese animation. From the beginning, he commanded attention with his incredible ability to draw, and the seemingly-endless stream of movie ideas he proposed.

In 1971, he moved to A Pro with Isao Takahata, then to Nippon Animation in 1973, where he was heavily involved in the World Masterpiece Theater TV animation series for the next five years. In 1978, he directed his first TV series, Conan, The Boy in Future, then moved to Tokyo Movie Shinsha in 1979 to direct his first movie, the classic Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro.

In 1984, he released Nausicaä of...more


Average rating: 4.48 · 14,587 ratings · 531 reviews · 113 distinct works · Similar authors
Nausicaä of the Valley of t...
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 2,046 ratings — published 1982 — 14 editions
Nausicaä of the Valley of W...
4.49 of 5 stars 4.49 avg rating — 993 ratings — published 1995
Nausicaä of the Valley of t...
4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 920 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions
Nausicaä of the Valley of t...
4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 860 ratings — published 1984 — 10 editions
Nausicaä of the Valley of t...
4.59 of 5 stars 4.59 avg rating — 681 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions
Nausicaä of the Valley of t...
4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 780 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions
Nausicaä of the Valley of t...
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 673 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions
Nausicaä of the Valley of t...
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 686 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions
Howls Moving Castle Picture...
4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 2005
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 428 ratings3 editions
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“We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation. ”
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“You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.”
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“I'm not going to make movies that tell children, "You should despair and run away".”
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