Opposite to common perception, How Do You Dwell? (aka The Boy and the Heron) will now not be Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki’s remaining movie.
In a current pink carpet interview on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition, Studio Ghibli vice chairman Junichi Nishioka advised CBC reporter Eli Glasner that the enduring director has been coming into the workplace with new film concepts following The Boy and the Heron’s worldwide launch. This information comes after years of Studio Ghibli by no means releasing a single trailer to advertise Miyazaki’s remaining movie, sharing solely the title and a single poster within the run-up to launch, and working on the intriguing premise of it being Miyazaki’s remaining animated film.
“Different folks say that this is perhaps [Miyazaki’s] final movie, however he doesn’t really feel that approach in any respect,” Nishioka advised the CBC. “He’s presently engaged on concepts for a brand new movie. He comes into his workplace on daily basis and does that. This time, he’s not going to announce his retirement in any respect. He’s persevering with working simply as he has all the time finished.”
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As longtime Ghibli watchers might recall, Miyazaki’s earlier, supposed “remaining” movies had been 2013’s The Wind Rises after which 2018’s animated brief movie Boro the Caterpillar. But right here we’re right now, tricked as soon as extra by this grasp of pretend retirement.
Based on Anime Information Community, How Do You Dwell? is a couple of boy named Mahito Maki who, after the loss of life of his mom within the firebombings of Tokyo throughout World Warfare II, strikes together with his father to the countryside. Issues take a dramatic flip for Mahito when his father remarries his mom’s pregnant sister. It’s right here that Mahito meets a speaking heron who guarantees him that he can see his mom once more if he follows him into one other mysterious world, one which critics are praising for its visible inventiveness and gorgeous animation.
For those who’re nonetheless planning on going into Miyazaki’s newest “remaining movie” with none information of what the movie appears to be like like, I recommend you don’t click on on the trailer under. I’m advised it’s fairly candy—like price paying $300 to snag the ultimate film ticket on Ticketmaster kinda candy.
Personally, I’m gonna choose to not watch the trailer as a result of I wanna watch How Do You Dwell? with contemporary eyes. If Japanese audiences may do it, why can’t we?