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Nestled between two of the biggest hits in the history of the company — Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away — is this family comedy from the underrated Isao Takahata, the co-founder of Ghibli, who doesn’t get the attention lavished on his longtime business partner <anchor>Hayao Miyazaki</anchor>. Takahata often worked better in a more serious register ( Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Kaguya), and his sparse visual style when compared to Miyazaki makes for a comedy that feels a little slight. It doesn’t help that this is a very purposefully episodic film, divided into vignettes about modern Japanese family life. While there are elements that keep this culturally distant for American audiences, and it doesn’t transcend its genre like the best Ghibli, one can still see Takahata’s deep empathy in Studio Ghibli’s first completely digital film.
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# Hayao Miyazaki Is Calling It Quits … on Retirement

By[Emma Barrie](//www.vulture.com/author/emma-barrie/)

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Hayao Miyazaki, the writer and director behind Oscar-nominated animated films _Howl’s Moving Castle_ and _The Wind Rises_ and the Oscar-winning _Spirited Away_ (oh, and the winner in everyone’s heart, _My Neighbor Totoro_), had announced in 2013 that he was retiring. “This time is for real,” Miyazaki said. But now, his longtime producer Toshio Suzuki at Studio Ghibli confirmed during a pre-Oscars interview for the studio’s short, _The Red Turtle_,that Miyazaki is once again working on a feature film. According to [_Kotaku_](http://kotaku.com/hayao-miyazakis-retirement-is-officially-over-1792704177), “After initially stepping away from directing features, Miyazaki began learning how to animate on a computer and was working on a CG short called _Kemushi no Boro_.”

“Right now in Tokyo, he’s putting all his effort into making it \[the feature\],” Suzuki said. Suzuki is producing the film, which the duo plans to have out before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. No word on whether it will be CG, but we can assume it will be awesome.

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