Gorō Miyazaki

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Gorō Miyazaki (宮崎吾朗, Miyazaki Gorō) was born on January 21, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan, the son of Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki. He has been reluctant his whole life to follow in his father's footsteps, choosing to work in landscaping rather than animation[2]. But after producer Toshio Suzuki persuaded him to work on the Ghibli Museum he began to be involved in Studio Ghibli.

He was asked to draw the storyboards for the new anime film Tales from Earthsea. After his work on those it was decided by Suzuki that Gorō should direct the film.

The move to direct the film led to a rift between Miyazaki and his father; Hayao Miyazaki explicitly expressed that he felt his son did not have the experience to direct a film and the two were not on speaking terms throughout the movie's development^[1]. Despite this, the younger Miyazaki was determined to complete the project.^[2]

On June 28, 2006, Gorō held the first preview of the completed Tales from Earthsea. Surprisingly, his father attended this preview and "(apparently) accepted Gorō". Later a note was delivered from Hayao to Gorō, reading "It was made honestly, so it was good"^[3] . What this means exactly for Goro's relationship with his father is unknown, but it seems their previous rift is healing. The film has been selected in the Out of Competition section at the 63rd Venice Film Festival^[4].

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• Tales From Earthsea (2006)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ (Japanese) See Eiga.com, June 6, 2006.
2. ^ See Nausicaa.net Goro Miyazaki's Blog Translation (Prologue) December 13, 2005.
3. ^ See Nausicaa.net Goro Miyazaki's Blog.
4. ^ See official website of the festival [1]