Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki is renowned for his hand-drawn animated films, including the Oscar-winning Spirited Away and the fantastical Howl's Moving Castle, which blend imaginative world-building with deeply humanistic storytelling. I have reviewed 9 of his films on the site so far.
Rating: 4.0★
There is a particular kind of anticipation that surrounds any new Hayao Miyazaki film, and by 2023 that anticipation had curdled into something closer to disbelief. The director had, after all, announced his retirement in 2013 following the release of The Wind Rises, only to quietly reverse course a few
Genre Adventure
★★★★ — Castle in the Sky (1986)
Genre Adventure
★★★★ — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Genre Animation
★★★½ — Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Genre Fantasy
★★★★ — My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Genre Fantasy
★★★★ — Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Genre Animation
★★★½ — Ponyo (2008)
Genre Animation
★★★★½ — Spirited Away (2001)
Genre Adventure
★★★★ — Princess Mononoke (1997)
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