Studio GhibliArts+CultureNewsHayao Miyazaki ditches retirement to direct a feature filmIn the year that Princess Mononoke celebrates its 20th anniversary, more news arrives to confirm a feature-length movie from the Studio Ghibli founderShareLink copied ✔️February 25, 2017Arts+CultureNewsTextAnna Cafolla Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki is reportedly making a new feature film. The legendary director behind classics like Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro and Princess Mononoke announced his official retirement in 2013. Rumours about the project first cropped up in 2015, years after Miyazaki bowed out after his final release, The Wind Rises. According to Kotaku, Toshio Suzuki, a producer from the Japanese animating house Ghibli, related the news that further confirmed Miyazaki’s exit from retirement at a pre-Oscars interview for Ghibli co-produced The Red Turtle. A journalist from the Kyodo agency was one of the main sources: BREAKING: Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki confirms that Hayao Miyazaki is currently working on his next feature length film— Chuck D. (@WolfgangChuckD) February 24, 2017@WolfgangChuckD According to Suzuki while working on the Red Turtle, Miyazaki presented him a storyboard he did in about 20 min last year— Chuck D. (@WolfgangChuckD) February 24, 2017@WolfgangChuckD Suzuki agonized that his retirement would be over if he said it was interesting, but he honestly told Miyazaki that it was— Chuck D. (@WolfgangChuckD) February 24, 2017 Miyazaki is in Tokyo “putting all his effort into making it”, reports say. It was reportedly constructed from a storyboard drawn in 20 minutes, and the film is meant to be released before the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. In 2015, news arrived that Miyazaki was working on Boro the Caterpillar, a short film intended to be played at Tokyo’s Ghibli Museum. He’s been teaching himself CGI animation for the upcoming visuals. A television special saw Miyazaki talk about plans to make Boro, a story about a caterpillar, into a feature-length film. Suzuki seems to confirm this – or, it could be a totally new project. Read here why the iconic, emotionally-charged Studio Ghibli will live on forever. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhy did Satan start to possess girls on screen in the 70s?Learn the art of photo storytelling and zine making at Dazed+LabsVanmoofDJ Fuckoff’s guide to living, creating and belonging in Berlin8 essential skate videos from the 90s and beyond with Glue SkateboardsThe unashamedly queer, feminist, and intersectional play you need to seeParis artists are pissed off with this ‘gift’ from Jeff KoonsA Seat at the TableVinca Petersen: Future FantasySnarkitecture’s guide on how to collide art and architectureBanksy has unveiled a new anti-weapon artworkVincent Gallo: mad, bad, and dangerous to knowGet lost in these frank stories of love and loss