Happy 70th

The Japanese animation movie director, Hayao Miyazaki.

Almost all of animators all over the world admire him like a god.
He is sometimes called the "Walt Disney of Japan", but he hates that title.


His works are adorable, funny, cute, touching and pure. However the main value in all of his movies is environmental awareness, which is something we should be teaching our younger generations about. His works always include female characters who are very strong- either mentally or physically.

He said once "Personally I am very pessimistic. But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can't help but bless them for a good future. Because I can't tell that child, "Oh, you shouldn't have come into this life." And yet I know the world is heading in a bad direction. So with those conflicting thoughts in mind, I think about what kind of films I should be making."

A little known fact is that he is a big fan of WW2 machinery likes of tanks and reciprocating engine fighter planes. At one point, he even had water colored graphic novel about them in a monthly Japanese hobby magagine, "Model Graphix". He also had things on small European cars likes of Fiat 500, Citroen 2CV, which he used in this directorial debut. "Castle of Cagliostro"

I put a car chase footage from the movie but sorry about the Victoria Secret ad in the beginning. I couldn't get rid of it.