After spending the last week watching every Hayao Miyazaki documentary I could find from "The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness" to "Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki" none gave me a deeper insight into Miyazaki's creative process than "10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki" which taught me invaluable lessons on what it means to be an artist. Every single Studio Ghibli film from My Neighbor Totoro to The Wind Rises brings something new to the table and that is all thanks to Miyazaki's innovative genius and the incredible team of animators behind him.
“The reason I wasn’t here for the Academy Award was because I didn’t want to visit a country that was bombing Iraq. At the time, my producer shut me up and did not allow me to say that, but I don’t see him around today. By the way, my producer also shared in that feeling.”
