The work of animator Hayao Miyazaki and his influence on animations.

1. Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese film director, animator,
manga artist, illustrator, producer
and screen writer

2. Who is Hayo Miyazaki?
• Hayo Miyazaki is a Japanese film director, animator, Manga artist,
illustrator, producer and screen writer. He began school in 1947
completing the first three grades then moving schools to complete
his fourth grade, then he went on to Eifuku Elementary School.
Miyazaki aspired to be become and manga author from an early
age.
• He started reading illustrated stories in magazine’s and
acknowledged the influences of creative arts, such as Tetsuji
Fukushima and Osama Tezuka.
• It was a result of Tezuka’s style which influenced Miyazaki, but led
him to destroy the work he done as he believed he was copying the
work of Tezuka’s.
• His main inspiration for animation was by ‘The Tale of the White
Serprent’.

3. Catalogue of Miyazaki’s work
As Miyazaki got a job at Toei Animation in 1963, he was able to work on such
theatrical anime as Watchdog Bow Wow and the TV anime Wolf Boy Ken. He
then went on to collaborating with long time film company Studio Ghibli, here
he produced such famous anime films as:
Howl’s Moving Castle: Ponyo Spirited Away

4. What was the purpose of Hayo
Miyazaki’s Work and the Influence he
had to Audiences?
• Most of Miyazaki’s work had recurring theme’s such as
Humanity's relationship with Nature, technology and
feminism. This shows that Miyazaki supported equality
within gender roles as the protagonist of his films are
often strong independent girls or young women.
• His work, especially his manga reached to world wide
audiences, inspiring many people around the world to
do what he does and to believe in what he supports
which is present in his themes.
• However the main purpose of his work is to entertain
the worldwide audience he has.

5. Technique Used
Miyazaki use of animation would almost always use
hand animation technique, which would result in him
drawing extensive storyboards.
He stated in a recent interview that he will continue to
use pencil for as long as he can, also claiming that
current computer graphics are good
but however can be excessive at
times. Traditional methods of hand
drawn animations will always better
better in his eyes.

6. Quotes From Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obCOSrvn7Wk
These reviews are from one of his most
famous films ‘Sprited Away’
“I was struck by the quality between
generosity and love”
“It has its foundation in the traditional
bedrock of animation, which is frame by
frame drawing”
“It is Realistic, changing, detailed
motion”
“Naturally the animation is a joy to
behold”
“Nominated for the best Animated
features by the Boston film critics”

7. After an illustrators career spanning over
four decades, Miyazaki has created a
legacy of iconic films beloved by millions worldwide. Films such as
Spirited Away is just one example from a list of best films of all
time and Miyazaki is often stated as one of the greatest directors
in history millions worldwide.
Influencing such people as the producers of Toy Story who
described that “when we have a problem and we cant solve it, we
often take one of Miyazaki’s and look at a scene in our screen
shooting room for inspiration”.