New NHK Studio Ghibli Documentary following Hayao Miyazaki during the making of Boy and the Heron ends with a hint that Miyazaki’s next film may be a long awaited sequel to 1984’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
Can't stop thinking about how in the Boy and the Heron the old man went to great pains to create a world free of malice but was still unable to create a world free of suffering. So many of the beings there still had to fight and kill, not out of hatred but because the imbalanced empty world was more phantom than substance and there wasn't enough there to sustain all the life trapped in it. That suffering there is not a side effect of evil intent but a side effect of scarcity to the point where sapient beings had no choice but to consume one another. A beautiful microcosm plagued by chaos and death even as it cultivated amazing beauty and stood apart from time. Immune to age and ugliness but at what cost.
"Studio Ghibli does not have a successor to Hayao Miyazaki's role and legacy"
Damn Im going to have to sit with this
just… Goro Miyazaki starting his animation career with having a son kill his father, the king of kingdom where magic is disappearing, and run away and Hayao (possibly ending) his career with a young boy refusing to take on his family’s powerful legacy over a magical world, knowing the world would die without him in favor of not abandoning his family and choosing to live contentedly in the mundane world…
"Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" ("Kaze no tani no Naushika") (1984)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
(Anime/Adventure/Sci-Fi)
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"Laputa: Castle in the Sky" ("Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa") (1986)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
(Anime/Adventure/Fantasy)
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"My Neighbor Tortoro" ("Tonari no Totoro") (1988)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
(Anime/Comedy/Fantasy)
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"Grave Of The Fireflies" ("Hotaru no haka") (1988)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
(Anime/Drama/War)
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"Kiki's Delivery Service" ("Majo no takkyûbin") (1989)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
(Anime/Fantasy)
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"Only Yesterday" ("Omohide poro poro") (1991)
Directed by Isao Takahata
(Anime/Drama/Romance)
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"Porco Rosso" (1992)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
(Anime/Adventure/Comedy)
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"Ocean Waves" ("Umi ga kikoeru") (1993)
Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki
(Anime/Drama/Romance)