Miyazaki’s 1st fully CG film is story of tiny caterpillar

At the press conference, in which Miyazaki took questions rather than offering a speech, he criticized Prime Minister Abe’s support of United States military expansion and Japan’s own shifting military footing.

“The years of war were a awful experience for Japan, with some 3 million people losing their lives”, added Miyazaki, whom some see as Japan’s answer to Walt Disney. “Little hairy caterpillar clinging to a tiny leaf”, he said, making a gap between his thumb and index finger the width of a pencil to indicate its size.

Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki told a speech in Tokyo last week that the new film had been planned before the production of 2003 Oscar winning film “Spirited Away“. “I believe Prime Minister Abe wishes to leave his name in history as a great man who revised the Constitution and its interpretation, which I think is despicable.” said Miyazaki. He said the upcoming film, “Kemushi no Boro” (Boro, the caterpillar), will be about 10 minutes long. Any thoughts on Miyazaki’s first CG project? “It seems the world has been changing fundamentally”, he said.

“That war of aggression was completely wrong, and we must express deep remorse over the tremendous damage we caused to the people of China”.

After an impressive career that included wearing various hats such as screenwriter, animator and magna artist, Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki made a decision to retire his chair back in 2013 after the release of his farewell animated feature film The Wind Rises. “Now, Hayao Miyazaki is trying to make a short with CG to screen at the Ghibli Museum“, Goro said.

“The Wind Rises“, Miyazaki’s last feature-length movie before retirement, was a fictionalized account of the life of Jiro Horikoshi, designer of the Mitsubishi Zero warplane used in the attack on Pearl Harbor that drew the USA into the war.