Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki calls off retirement for the fourth time, working on new material (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, September 9 — Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki will not be putting his pen down anytime soon., will be his final film for the animation house, Studio Ghibli executive Junichi Nishioka told“Other people say that this might be his last film, but he doesn't feel that way at all.“This time, he's not going to announce his retirement at all. He's continuing working just as he has always done,” Nishioka said.

The 82-year-old filmmaker, animator and manga artist first announced plans to retire following the release of, a film that set new records at the box office for Japanese animation and revolutionised the medium.before repeating it in 2013 following the release ofThe Boy and the Heronmarked Miyazaki’s return after a decade.

The fantastical story revolves around a boy called Mahito who explores a world between the living and the dead to find his late mother.Amongst Miyazaki’s most notable works includes animated films such aswon Best Animated Feature at the 2001 Academy Awards making it the first, and to date only, hand-drawn and non-English-language animated film to win the award.

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