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The following is a list of works by Japanese filmmaker and artist Hayao Miyazaki, divided into the categories of his early works, manga works, and filmography. Some of his most widely known works are his animated films created during his time with Studio Ghibli, including Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), and The Wind Rises (2013). [1]
Work | Year | Format | Role |
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Wolf Boy Ken | 1963 | TV series | In-between animation, direction by Isao Takahata and Sadao Tsukioka |
Doggie March | Feature film | In-between animation, direction by Akira Daikubara | |
Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru | 1964 | TV series | In-between and key animation, direction by Daisaku Shirakawa and Kimio Yabuki |
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon | 1965 | Feature film | In-between animation, direction by Masao Kuroda and Sane Yamamoto |
Sally the Witch | 1966 | TV series | Key animation, direction by Toshio Katsuta and Hiroshi Ikeda |
Rainbow Sentai Robin | 1966 | TV series | Key animation (episode 34 and 38) |
The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun | 1968 | Feature film | Key animation, storyboards, scene design, direction by Isao Takahata |
The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots | 1969 | Feature film | Key animation, storyboards, design; direction by Kimio Yabuki |
Moomin | TV series | Key animation; direction by Masaaki Osumi, Noboru Ishiguro, Satoshi Dezaki, Ryosuke Takahashi and Rintaro | |
Flying Phantom Ship | Feature film | Key animation, storyboards, design; direction by Hiroshi Ikeda | |
Animal Treasure Island | 1971 | Feature film | Story consultant, key animation, storyboards, scene design; direction by Hiroshi Ikeda |
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Feature film | Organizer, key animation, storyboards; direction by Hiroshi Shidara | |
Lupin III Part I | TV series (15 episodes) | Co-direction, with Isao Takahata | |
Yuki's Sun | 1972 | Pilot for a never-realized TV series | Direction |
Panda! Go, Panda! | Short film | Concept, screenplay, storyboards, scene design, key animation; direction by Isao Takahata | |
Panda! Go, Panda! The Rainy-Day Circus | 1973 | Short film | Screenplay, storyboards, scene design, art design, key animation; direction by Isao Takahata |
Heidi, Girl of the Alps | 1974 | TV series | Scene design and layout; direction by Isao Takahata |
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother | 1976 | TV series | Scene design and layout; direction by Isao Takahata |
Rascal the Racoon | 1977 | TV series | Key animation |
Future Boy Conan | 1978 | TV series | Direction |
Anne of Green Gables | 1979 | TV series (episodes 1–15) | Scene design and layout; direction by Isao Takahata |
Lupin III Part II | 1980 | TV series (2 episodes) | Direction; under the pseudonym "Tsutomu Teruki" |
Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie | 1982 | Feature film | Key animation |
Sherlock Hound | 1984 | TV series (5 episodes) | Direction |
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water | 1990 | TV series | Writer (original concept written in the 1970s) |
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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1979 | The Castle of Cagliostro | Yes | Yes | No | |
1984 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Yes | Yes | No | Based on his own manga |
1986 | Castle in the Sky | Yes | Yes | No | |
1988 | My Neighbor Totoro | Yes | Yes | No | |
1989 | Kiki's Delivery Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1992 | Porco Rosso | Yes | Yes | No | Based on his own manga |
1995 | Whisper of the Heart | No | Yes | Supervising | |
1997 | Princess Mononoke | Yes | Yes | No | |
2001 | Spirited Away | Yes | Yes | No | |
2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | Yes | Yes | Executive | |
2008 | Ponyo | Yes | Yes | Executive | |
2010 | Arrietty | No | Yes | Executive | |
2011 | From Up on Poppy Hill | No | Yes | No | |
2013 | The Wind Rises | Yes | Yes | No | Based on his own manga |
2023 | The Boy and the Heron | Yes | Yes | No |
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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1995 | On Your Mark | Yes | Yes | No | Music video |
2001 | Whale Hunt | Yes | Yes | No | |
2002 | Koro's Big Day Out | Yes | Yes | No | |
Imaginary Flying Machines | Yes | Yes | No | ||
2003 | Mei and the Kittenbus | Yes | Yes | No | Sequel to My Neighbor Totoro |
2006 | Mon Mon the Water Spider | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
House-hunting | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
The Day I Bought A Star | Yes | Yes | No | ||
2010 | Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess | Yes | Yes | No | |
2018 | Boro the Caterpillar | Yes | Yes | Executive |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | The Cat Returns | Project concept | |
2006 | Tales from Earthsea | Based on his graphic novel Shuna's Journey | |
2007 | The Pixar Story | Thanks | Documentary |
2010 | Toy Story 3 | ||
2011 | Treasure Hunting | Planning | Short film |
La Luna | Thanks | ||
2013 | The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness | Subject | Documentary |
2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Thanks | |
2016 | Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki | Subject | TV documentary film |
2017 | Mary and the Witch's Flower | Thanks | |
2019 | 10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki | Subject | TV documentary mini series |
2020 | Earwig and the Witch | Planning | CG TV movie |
The following list contains Hayao Miyazaki's works, both major and minor, since his debut as manga artist:
Work | Years | Summary |
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Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko ([The Wonderful World of] Puss 'n Boots) | 1969 | Serialization in a newspaper of a feature film by Toei Doga (Toei Animation Studio), for which Miyazaki worked as a key animator. Based on Charles Perrault's book. Pero, the dandy cat, helps a boy defeat an Ogre and win the heart of a princess. |
Sabaku no Tami (People of the Desert) | 1969–70 | Written for a newspaper targeted for children. It deals with the devastation of war, betrayal, and the ugliness of the human nature under desperate situations. |
Doubutsu Takarajima (Animal Treasure Island) | 1972 | Serialization in a newspaper of a feature film by Toei Doga (Toei Animation Studio), for which Miyazaki worked as a key animator. A slapstick adventure story based on Stevenson's Treasure Island . |
Kaze no Tani no Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind) | 1982–94 | Precursor and partial adaptation of the anime film of the same name, with a much more extended plot than the film. |
Imouto he (To my Sister) | 1982 | A six-page graphic poem about a dream a boy has in which he and his sick twin sister fly and travel around the world, and he can bring happiness to her. |
Shuna no Tabi (Shuna's Journey) | 1983 | An all-watercolor 147 page manga considered by some as a Nausicaä prototype. It's about a prince of a very poor country who journeys in search of the Golden Wheat to save his people from starving. |
Miyazaki Hayao no Zassō Nōto (Hayao Miyazaki's Daydream Data Notes) | 1984–92 | Series of manga (or rather, "graphic essays") which Miyazaki has very sporadically wrote in a Japanese monthly scale model magazine, Model Graphix. They are totally independent manga stories, mecha ideas, or movie ideas about tanks, planes, or battle ships from the era before World War II - the "favorites" of Miyazaki. |
Hikōtei Jidai (The Age of the Flying Boat) | 1990 | A 15-page all watercolor manga, which the animated film Porco Rosso is based on. It was serialized in Model Graphix, as a part of Miyazaki's Zassō Nōto series. |
Hansu no Kikan (The Return of Hans) | 1994 | An all-watercolor manga based on the fictional adventures of Hans, a German chief tank mechanic, at the end of World War II, serialized in Model Graphix. |
Kuuchuu de Oshokuji (Dining in the Air) | An all-watercolor short manga about the history of in-flight meals. | |
Doromamire no Tora (Tigers in the Mud) | 1998–99 | An all-watercolor manga based on the memoirs of Otto Carius, a German tank commander. It was serialized in Model Graphix, under a new series name Mousou Nouto (Delusion Notes). |
A Trip to Tynemouth | 2006 | An adapted manga version of a translated collection of three of the young adult short stories written by Robert Westall. |
Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises) | 2009 | The story of Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter designer Jiro Horikoshi, published in Model Graphix with the subtitle Mousou Comeback. |
Teppou Samurai (Gun Samurai) | 2015 | A manga series about samurai in Japan’s Warring States era. |
Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation.
Princess Mononoke is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Dentsu. The film stars the voices of Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijo, Akihiro Miwa, Mitsuko Mori, and Hisaya Morishige.
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Castle in the Sky, also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky, is a 1986 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Isao Takahata, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by the Toei Company. In voice acting roles, the original Japanese version stars Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui, and Minori Terada. The film follows orphans Sheeta and Pazu, who are pursued by government agent Muska, the army, and a group of pirates. They seek Sheeta's crystal necklace, the key to accessing Laputa, a legendary flying castle hosting advanced technology.
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Michiyo Yasuda was a Japanese animator and colour designer who worked for Toei Animation, A Production, Nippon Animation, Topcraft, and Studio Ghibli. Her designs were used by directors such as Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki and Mamoru Oshii. During a career spanning five decades in the animation industry, she worked on animated feature films and short films for theatrical release, original video animation (OVA), promotional music videos, animated television series, documentaries and commercials. Yasuda provided the colour designs for Miyazaki's Academy Award winning animated film Spirited Away. She officially retired after working on Ponyo in 2008, but worked on the Academy Award nominated animated feature The Wind Rises, released in July 2013.
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