Hayao Miyazaki has announced his retirement at least four times and come back every time. He hand-draws thousands of frames for films that gross hundreds of millions, rages against the modern world while making art that celebrates its beauty, and runs Studio Ghibli with a perfectionism that exhausts everyone around him.
This episode traces Miyazaki from his childhood in wartime Japan through the founding of Studio Ghibli, the creation of Spirited Away, and his refusal to stop working despite repeatedly promising to.
Spirited Away won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and remains the highest-grossing film in Japanese history
He has announced his retirement at least four times and returned to filmmaking each time
He hand-draws key frames for his films despite the industry's shift to digital animation
He refused to attend the Academy Awards ceremony, citing opposition to the Iraq War
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