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Currently, he stands as the only anime director to be recognized with Hollywood's highest honor: the Academy Award. His 2001 film ''[[Spirited Away]]'' won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film in 2003, improbably defeating both ''[[Ice Age]]'' and ''Lilo & 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. (Miyazaki would be nominated for, and lose, the same award three years later with ''[[Film/Howls Moving Castle|Howls Moving Castle]]''.)
 
He enjoys [[Green Aesop|Green Aesops]] and [[Scenery Porn]], has an unexplained love for pigs, and he's also responsible for a fair amount of [[Hayao Miyazaki/Nightmare Fuel|Nightmare Fuel]]. His films all have flying scenes with the exception of ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' and ''[[Anime/Ponyo On A Cliff By The Sea|Ponyo On A Cliff By The Sea]]''. He also has his own [http://ulp.ottawa-anime.org/index2.html fan-made Religion.]