Hayao Miyazaki's New Movie!

[angilasman]

From Nausicaa.net:

"Hayao Miyazaki's next film was announced today. The title is "Gake no ue no Ponyo" (Ponyo On A Cliff) and is scheduled for release in the summer of 2008.

The plot revolves around the Princess goldfish Ponyo who wants to become human and 5 years old boy named Sosuke. Key words of the film are "father", "mother", and "a cliff".

While not announced as the location Tomo-no-Ura in Seto-naikai is the likely setting as Miyazaki spent some time there last spring.

The model for Sosuke is Goro Miyazaki (Hayao's son) when he was 5 years old.

This film is expressed in a watercolor and pastel-like freehand drawing. Studio Ghibli President Toshio Suzuki mentioned, "70 or 80% of the stage is the sea. How will we express the sea and a wave in a freehand drawing, it's the director's challenge."

Additional news and commentary from GhibliWorld.

Thanks to T.Ishikawa for the news."


The more Hayao Miyazaki movies there are, the better off the human race is.

[Trumpy's Magic Snout]

A new Miyazaki film makes me feel that everything is okay with the world.

Got to love one of the key words being "a cliff". Understated or what?

[doctorz]

I've seen and own most of his films. He is one of my favorite directors.

[eliservo2]

Yay! I love "Spirited Away" and I've seen a few others. I've also heard a great deal of praise about "Howl's Moving Castle" but haven't yet gotten a chance to watch it.

[iamdorf]

Yeah I love Spirited Away too!

[mightyjack]

I love this guys movies.

I just watched Princess Monokee (sp?) again and it's was even better than I remembered. I think it's his masterpiece. But I have a soft spot for Totoro (The first I'd ever seen of his)

But all of his movies have been high quality, imaginative. He might very well be the best, most consistent director/film-maker working today (yes, I like him more than Scorsese)

[angilasman]

mightyjack said:

But all of his movies have been high quality, imaginative. He might very well be the best, most consistent director/film-maker working today

The best Hayao Miyazaki movie is whichever one you watched last and is still fresh in your mind.

For those who haven't seen 'em all, his films are:

Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Castle in the Sky
My Neighbor Totoro
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle

also
Whisper of the Heart (not directed by him, but written and storyboarded by Miyazaki)