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In 1984, Miyazaki and producer [[Isao Takahata]] scraped together a staff and enough financial support to make a feature film: ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'', based on a manga Miyazaki was writing at the time. It was so successful that Takahata and Miyazaki were able to set up their own studio -- [[Studio Ghibli|Ghibli]] -- which has been their base of operations since.
 
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.
 
Miyazaki is one of the only anime directors 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. In fact, the film 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 2013, Miyazaki was nominated for the same award again, with ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (anime)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' and ''[[The Wind Rises]]'', losing both to ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'' and ''[[Frozen (Disney film)|Frozen]]'', respectively.
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