Hayao Miyazaki & Toshio Suzuki discussing Princess Mononoke as potential last Ghibli movie (1996). Miyazaki talked about retiring as movie director in 1986, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2008, and also in 2013 during a famous press conference. His retirement is his best running gag since almost 40 years ;-] https://catsuka.com/breves/2023-09-08/le-running-gag-d-hayao-miyazaki-sur-sa-retraite | Catsuka

In 1997, Hayao Miyazaki spent night after night hand-drawing more than 80,000 animation frames — refusing shortcuts, refusing compromise, and refusing to let magic be anything less than perfect. He started as a nobody in animation studios where most quit or sold out, but Miyazaki built Studio Ghibli so he could create art his way: by hand, by heart, frame by frame. When Spirited Away was released, it broke records, won an Oscar, and became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history. But Miyaz