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The co-founder of [[Studio Ghibli]], '''Hayao Miyazaki''' (宮崎駿, Miyazaki Hayao) is the single most successful and renowned animator in Japan since [[Osamu Tezuka]], and by far the most famous Japanese animator worldwide.

He began his career in the eary-'60s at Toei, but came to prominence writing and directing anime for television in the '70s; not only did he direct several episodes of the original ''[[Lupin III]]'' TV series, his first feature film was an action-adventure caper flick starring the ''Lupin'' characters: ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'' (which is now an acknowledged classic, despite some wholesome liberties). In addition to his early writing and directing work, he also lent his artistic talents to numerous anime series during this time, providing - among other things - storyboards, scene design, organisation, and occasional key animation for the early entries into the [[World Masterpiece Theater]] series.

It may be some indicator of the stature and craftmanship of Miyazaki to know that Disney has paid exorbitant amounts of money to be the exclusive distributor of his works in English ''on his terms'', ''Nausicaa'' having previously suffered both a [[Macekre]] (''Warriors of the Wind'') and [[The Problem with Licensed Games|video game derivatives]] that [[CompletelyDramatically Missing the Point|completely missed the point]]. Legend has it that when he heard that ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' was going to be altered for American audiences, he sent Miramax (the American-language version's producers) a katana with a two-word note attached: "No cuts". He has gained notoriety for being bitingly vocal in his own beliefs, making him a unique case of an executive who goes by his word; he explained that he was not present to accept the Academy Award in 2003 because America was at war with Iraq. He is also a feminist, which should make it no big surprise that nearly all of his films feature female main characters. He doesn't keep in touch in high-tech gadgets and consumer products, with only his most popular titles having CG elements in them... later [[Good Old Ways|shutting down his CG department entirely.]] In fact, he's quite critical to the high-tech materialistic society as [http://kotaku.com/5584759/hayao-miyazaki-compares-ipad-use-to-masturbation he compared the iPad to "masturbation"], as well as [[Moe/Analysis|Moe and otaku culture]], which he perceives as being overtly sexist, despite his being considered part of the Superflat art movement.

Currently,Miyazaki heis standsone asof the only anime directordirectors to be recognized with Hollywood's highest honor: the Academy Award ([[Isao Takahata]] was nominated in 2014 for ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]'' and Mamoru Hosoda was nominated in 2018 for ''Mirai''). His 2001 film ''[[Spirited Away]]'' won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film in 2003, improbably defeating both ''[[Ice Age]]'' and ''[[Lilo &and Stitch (Disney film)|Lilo and Stitch]]''; the film's unprecedented and unexpected Oscar win caused Disney to widen the film's theatrical release for a few weeks prior to the film's DVD release, and the film itself was widely applauded by film critics, anime fans, and animation enthusiasts alike. (MiyazakiIn wouldfact, bethe nominatedfilm for,remains the highest rated animated feature on the [https://www.imdb.com/chart/top/?ref_=nv_mv_250 IMDB Top 250 Movies Ranking]. In 2005 and lose2013, Miyazaki was nominated for the same award three years lateragain, with ''[[Film/HowlsHowl's Moving Castle (anime)|HowlsHowl's Moving Castle]]''. and ''[[The Wind Rises]]'', losing both to ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'' and ''[[Frozen (Disney film)|Frozen]]'', respectively.

* ''[[Lupin III]]'' series 1, Monkey Punch/[[T MsTMS]] stationed at A-Productions, 1971, Key animation

* ''Lupin III'' series 2, Monkey Punch/TMS, 1977 (however, Miyazaki's episodes did not show up until 1980) stationed at Telecom Animation Film, director of the episodes [[Lupin III/Recap/S2 /E145|#145]] and #155

* ''[[Ulysses 31]]'' (pilot), TMS/[[Di CDiC]] stationed at Telecom, 1980, key animation

'''{{filmography|[[Notable]] films:'''}}

* ''[[NausicaaOn ofYour theMark]]'' Valley([[Animated ofMusic the WindVideo]]''), 19841995

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