James, Caryn. "The Boy and the Heron review: Miyazaki's 'last' film is a masterpiece". BBC. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023 . Retrieved September 10, 2023. Live-Action Don't Call It Mystery Film Stays at #1 for 2nd Straight Weekend". Anime News Network. September 26, 2023. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023 . Retrieved September 26, 2023. By the end, the world is a shambles with the survivors left to clean up the mess. It's a strong ending, one I'd rank up there with the Elric Saga or the Amber books. While I was sad it was over, I'm glad it ended rather than dragging on forever.

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Speaking of which, who knew that Miyazaki himself wasn't fond of flying? I suppose on one level this makes perfect sense, because how could real world flying ever compare to flight in Miyazaki's films – which itself may only be an approximation of his own dreams of flying. Consider also his fraught relationship with his family's own history, and the way it intertwines with the story of the Mitsubishi Zero, for which they did very nicely by making parts, a situation which in turn enabled them to escape the worst of the bombing at the war's end – while leaving others in need behind, something about which Miyazaki still seems to feel furiously guilty, despite being only a child at the time. I think I was dimly aware from around the time of The Wind Rises that he had some personal connection to the Zero, and obviously one can sense from most of his films his guilt at the past century or so of Japanese history, but I had no idea it was quite so fraught or personal. And then add to that his fractious relationship with his womanising dad, the respectful but argumentative one with his mum, the difficulties both with his actual son and with Ghibli's other young animators, his surrogate children...it seems to have been a very frustrating life. And that love of the purity of warplanes, married to a fierce disdain for the very fact of war which engenders them, has its mirror in his own work: the master of animation, devoting his life to his art, then insisting he takes no pride in what he's done, and only wishes kids would go play outside instead of watching his films. McCullough, Hayley (July 8, 2023). "Hayao Miyazaki's How Do You Live? Is the First Studio Ghibli Movie Ever Released in IMAX". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023 . Retrieved July 10, 2023. Director Hayao Miyazaki prepares for new feature film, effectively withdrawing his "retirement"]. 産経ニュース (Sankei News) (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun. February 24, 2017. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017 . Retrieved October 11, 2023.THE BOY AND THE HERON | Official Teaser Trailer. YouTube. GKIDS Films. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023 . Retrieved September 13, 2023. MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ） (in Japanese). September 11, 2023. Archived from the original on September 12, 2023 . Retrieved September 11, 2023. Fuge, Jonathan (October 3, 2023). "The Boy and the Heron Trailer & Posters Tease Studio Ghibli's Acclaimed Fantasy Film". MovieWeb . Retrieved October 16, 2023. The Boy and the Heron". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on September 12, 2023 . Retrieved September 9, 2023. I had not seen a single Miyasaki film before 2021. Now I've seen all of them. What can I say other than I'm thrilled I finally listened to the person who hounded me for the better part of a decade to watch them. They are delightful pieces of art and I was thoroughly entranced.

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I am a fan of Hayao Miyazaki and for me his films have always inspired a sense of wonder and awe. Every frame communicates a mood or an emotion that lets us get into the characters and immerse ourselves into the world. His movies do not shy away from dealing with darker themes but they have this vitality and they leave me with a sense of hope. Maybe this has partly to do with how Miyazaki works. Rather than starting with a script he always starts with and works through images. This allows the script and the film to grow organically as he draws. It is always the characters will that drives the story and they end with the characters emotional growth as they learn and adapt. This also makes his worldbuilding to be so full of life. We also look at his worlds through the eyes of his protagonists who are more often than not kids who are open minded and "see with eyes unclouded". He is also a master animator who can communicate a lot just through the movement of his characters. Leston, Ryan (October 3, 2023). "Hayao Miyazaki Is Already Working On His Next Film". IGN. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023 . Retrieved October 3, 2023.Film journalist Hiroo Ōtaka noted the industry's astonishment at the rapid box office achievement for the film's unconventional "minimalist promotion" strategy. The success has evoked mixed feelings among industry insiders, with distribution representatives expressing concerns to Ōtaka, fearing the challenge of this no-promotion strategy on their livelihoods and the necessity of traditional advertising methods. In addition to this marketing strategy, Ōtaka identified two important aspects of the film's commercial success. The first is that the deliberate approach of leaving the film by itself capitalized on its existing fan base by generating discussion and interaction on social media. He also mentioned Ghibli's earlier works, regularly featured on Friday Road Show for a decade, indirectly promoted the film. [103] Critical response [ edit ] Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki". NHK. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019 . Retrieved July 15, 2023.