Studio Ghibli fans can rejoice once again. According to Hayao Miyazaki's son Goro, the legendary animator had decided to work on a short film, and this time he will be making using of CG effects.
"Now, Hayao Miyazaki is trying to make a short with CG to screen at the Ghibli Museum," Goro said. "He gets bored when his goal is maintaining [the museum], so he needs things to fiddle around with."
Goro Miyazaki has followed in his father's footsteps. He has previously worked on 'From Up On Poppy Hill,' 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter' and 'Tales from Earthsea.'
The younger Miyazaki is not the only Studio Ghibli member spreading the news. The studio's co-creator Toshio Suzuki, the CG film will be ten minutes long and actually took three years to reach completion.
The yet-untitled CG-animated short film will be a slight departure from Miyazaki's traditional hand-drawn works.
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Last year, Hayao Miyazaki was given an honorary Academy Award. The animator had previously explained his retirement in detail.
"I intend to work until the day I die," he said. "I retired from feature-length films but not from animation. Self-indulgent animation."
Miyazaki also revealed that he had no problem with CG animation.
"I think talent decides everything," he said. "More than the method, what's important is the talent using it. There's nothing inherently wrong or right about a method, whether it be pencil drawings or 3-D CG."
He also explained why traditional hand-drawn animations might eventually become extinct.
"Pencil drawings don't have to go away, but those who continue to use the medium lack talent," Miyazaki said. "So sadly, it will fade away."
Studio Ghibli was founded in Japan in 1985, and eventually went on to produce highly successful animated films like 'Kiki's Delivery Service,' 'Porco Rosso,' 'Princess Mononoke' and 'Spirited Away.' In 2014, the studio halted production after Miyazaki announced his retirement.
