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Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

Original title: Owaranai hito: Miyazaki Hayao
  • TV Movie
  • 20162016
  • 1h 10m
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Hayao Miyazaki in Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016)
A documentary on the iconic, Academy Award-winning director and co-founder of Studio Ghibli.
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A look at famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.A look at famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.A look at famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.
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    • Kaku Arakawa
  • Stars
    • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Toshio Suzuki
    • Yuhei Sakuragi
    • Kaku Arakawa
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    • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Toshio Suzuki
    • Yuhei Sakuragi
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    Yukinori Nakamura
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    Nobuo Kawakami
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    I really didn't know much about the man, himself: Hayao Miyazaki. I knew of his work and have been bouncing around watching many of his films for the first time, every time in the original Japanese language.

    Man, this was tough. It's a struggle: retire and be bored to tears or go back to working in an extreme way? I don't know any circumstances outside of this documentary, but what frustrated me is it seemed like such a simple solution, especially for a man as revered as himself: stick to 2D animation! Don't do anything OTHER than 2D animation, his absolute bread and butter for decades.

    Ignoring that, we get a time capsule in his life from ~2014-2016. Often times, a bit sad. He treats his chiropractor like his therapist. I appreciate him agreeing to be a part of this documentary, I only wish we get to see this sort of thing in his more recent years.

    This really makes me appreciate the attention to detail in all of his films, I truly had no idea he was such a perfectionist, probably too much with regards to his poor staff. Literally a Kubrick in a different medium. I'd recommend a watch, although it's definitely frustrating at times, it's worth it!
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