CATDOLL: Hayao Miyazaki expresses his intention to make a comeback, new feature animation is expected to be completed in 2019

Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki officially announced his retirement on September 1, 2013, but animation fans know that he is definitely not idle. Previously, Japan's NHK reported that he is making a full-CG short animation "Caterpillar Pineapple". Currently, NHK TV is following up on this work. In the latest episode of the program, Miyazaki Hayao also expressed his desire to make a comeback. He said he wanted to race against time to make a long animation.

Hayao Miyazaki said: "It is better to die in the process of making something than to die without doing anything." In fact, the preparations for this feature-length animation have already begun, and Hayao Miyazaki is to be the storyboard writer for this work. It seems that the old man has made a comeback. It is reported that the production of this animation started in early 2016 and is expected to take 3 years, and is tentatively scheduled to be completed in 2019.

NHK's special program recorded Miyazaki's life for more than two years after his retirement. After announcing his retirement, Miyazaki began to try CG technology and used CG to produce the short animation "The Caterpillar's Flaw (original name: Maochong no Boro)". Industry insiders said that Miyazaki was very much looking forward to CG technology and he had very high requirements for CG. At present, Japan cannot produce CG animations like those in Europe and the United States, so Miyazaki wants to try it even more.

In addition, the program also mentioned that an animation company developed the technology of artificial intelligence animation production, and they used zombie motion pictures to demonstrate to Hayao Miyazaki. After watching it, Hayao Miyazaki said that this demonstration video was an insult to life and made him very unhappy. However, thinking that Hayao Miyazaki's animation has always been full of respect for nature and life, it is really asking for trouble for the old man to watch this kind of animation demonstration.