Human and robots fight to save the world. Animals with magical powers have great adventures. The world of anime is an exciting and colorful place. And who takes us there? Animators such as Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki.
Miyazaki started working in animation in 1963 and directed his first animated movie in 1979. More movies followed, including Nausicaa of the Calley of the Wind, Produced in 1984. The following year Miyazaki started his own company, Studio Ghibi. Since then, the studio’s films have won various prizes, including an Academy Award in 2001 for Spirited Away.
Miyazaki’s studio also produces manga, or comic books. Nausicaa began as a popular manga series set in the future. In the 1984 movie based on the series, Princess Nausicaa travels in a flying machine to study poisonous plants. It’s just the beginning of a complex and exciting story.