Kaze Tachinu – That Geek Thing

In an interview on the Japanese channel TBS’s Ō-sama no Brunch program, Hayao Miyazaki said that he would be open to the idea of a possible sequel to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind; although, if it were to happen, he would leave it in the hands of Evangelion director Hideaki Anno.

When Miyazaki was asked if he was interested in making a continuation or part 2 of Nausicaä, he replied, “No, I don’t. I don’t really feel like doing it, but Anno keeps on saying, ‘I want to do it! I want to do it!’ So I tell him now that I’ve come to think lately that if he wanted to do it, it would be fine for him to do it.”

Anno was a key animator on the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind film in 1984. Miyazaki and Anno have remained close colleagues, and Anno has just made his voice-acting debut in Miyazaki’s new Studio Ghibli film Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises).

The full interview is featured below, but the video does not have English subtitles:

[Via Anime News Network]

The first trailer of Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata’s Kaguya-hime no Monogatari (The Tale of Princess Kaguya) was revealed on Japanese variety programme. It is the first film Takahata has done for 14 years (My Neighbors the Yamadas was his last), and it also uses the same water colour style of visuals.

The story is a retelling of 10th century Japanese folktale Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter), and centres around the moon princess Kaguya, who is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.

The film’s release has been delayed as it was meant to open alongside Hayao Miyazaki’s Kaze Tachinu (The Wind is Rising), but it will open in Japan this autumn.

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