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Hayao Miyazaki: The Master Who Dedicated His Life to Animation

宮崎駿みやざきはやお—アニメーションにささげた人生じんせい

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Introduction: Hayao Miyazaki

宮崎駿みやざきはやお

動画どうが日本にほん代表だいひょう宮崎みやざき駿はやおはなし

In this video, we will talk about Hayao Miyazaki, one of Japan’s leading animation directors.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおせん千尋ちひろ神隠かみかく世界中せかいじゅう映画えいがつく

Hayao Miyazaki has created animated films known around the world, including My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお作品さくひんうつく自然しぜん不思議ふしぎ生き物いきものそら場面ばめん登場とうじょう

Beautiful nature, mysterious creatures, and scenes of flying through the sky often appear in Miyazaki’s works.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお最初さいしょ有名ゆうめい映画えいが監督かんとく

However, Miyazaki was not a famous film director from the beginning.

一人ひとりえが仕事しごとはじなが時間じかん自分じぶん世界せかいつく

He began as an animator whose job was to draw countless pictures. Over many years, he went on to create an animated world all his own.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお世界せかいてき監督かんとく

How did Hayao Miyazaki become a world-famous director?

80さい映画えいがつくつづ

And why did he continue making films even after turning eighty?

今回こんかい宮崎みやざき駿はやお人生じんせい

This time, we will look at the life of Hayao Miyazaki, a man who devoted his life to animation.

A Boy Who Loved Drawing and Airplanes

飛行ひこうきだった少年しょうねん

宮崎みやざき駿はやお1941ねん東京とうきょう

Hayao Miyazaki was born in Tokyo in 1941.

当時とうじ日本にほん戦争せんそう

At that time, Japan was at war.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおちい東京とうきょうそら攻撃こうげき宮崎みやざき駿はやお家族かぞく一緒いっしょ東京とうきょうはな

When Miyazaki was little, Tokyo was attacked from the air. Because of this, he once left Tokyo with his family.

戦争せんそう経験けいけんあと宮崎みやざき駿はやお作品さくひんおお

Experiencing war as a child had a major influence on Miyazaki’s later works.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお映画えいが飛行ひこうそら機械きかい登場とうじょう

Airplanes and flying machines often appear in Miyazaki’s films.

そら自由じゆううつく飛行ひこう戦争せんそうひと攻撃こうげき使つか

Flying looks free and beautiful. However, airplanes are also used to attack people in war.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお作品さくひんそら飛行ひこう戦争せんそうかな気持きも一緒いっしょえが

For this reason, Miyazaki’s works sometimes portray both a longing for the sky and airplanes and a sadness about war.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお漫画まんがえがとく飛行ひこう乗り物のりものえが

As a child, Miyazaki loved drawing pictures and manga. He especially liked drawing airplanes and vehicles.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお家族かぞく飛行ひこう部品ぶひんつく仕事しごと関係かんけい飛行ひこう宮崎みやざき駿はやお

Miyazaki’s family was involved in making airplane parts. Airplanes were therefore a familiar part of his life.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお最初さいしょ監督かんとく

However, Miyazaki had not decided from the beginning to become an animation director.

大学だいがく政治せいじ経済けいざいまな物語ものがたり興味きょうみ

He studied politics and economics at university, but his interest in pictures and stories never faded.

大学だいがく卒業そつぎょう宮崎みやざき駿はやおつく会社かいしゃはたらえら

After graduating from university, Miyazaki chose to work for a company that made animation.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおなが人生じんせいはじ

This was the beginning of Miyazaki’s long life in animation.

From Animator to Director

アニメーターから監督かんとく

1963ねん宮崎みやざき駿はやお東映とうえい動画どうが会社かいしゃはい

In 1963, Miyazaki joined a company called Toei Doga.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお最初さいしょ監督かんとくはたら

Miyazaki did not work as a director from the start.

はじえがはたら

At first, he worked as an animator drawing pictures for animation.

すこかたちちがなんまいえがつづひとものうご

In animation, artists draw many pictures with slightly different shapes. Showing these pictures one after another makes people and objects appear to move.

ひとみじかうごつく必要ひつよう時間じかん必要ひつよう仕事しごと

Even one short movement requires many drawings. It was time-consuming work that also required great concentration.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおとおえが

Miyazaki did more than simply draw what he was told to draw.

登場とうじょう人物じんぶつうご物語ものがたりなに必要ひつよう

Why would a character move this way? What was needed to make the story more interesting?

宮崎みやざき駿はやお自分じぶん担当たんとう作品さくひん全体ぜんたいかんが

Miyazaki thought not only about the drawings assigned to him, but about the work as a whole.

会社かいしゃ宮崎みやざき駿はやお出会であ

At this company, Miyazaki met Isao Takahata.

高畑たかはたいさおあと日本にほん代表だいひょう監督かんとく

Takahata would also later become one of Japan’s leading animation directors.

二人ふたり人間にんげん気持きも社会しゃかい問題もんだいふかかんが

The two believed that animation could deeply portray human emotions and social issues.

当時とうじかんがひとおお

At the time, many people thought animation was only for children.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお高畑たかはたいさお大人おとなたの作品さくひんつく

But Miyazaki and Takahata tried to create works that adults as well as children could enjoy.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおおお作品さくひん参加さんかすこ重要じゅうよう仕事しごとまか

Miyazaki took part in many productions and was gradually entrusted with more important work.

1978ねん未来みらい少年しょうねん制作せいさく担当たんとう

In 1978, he played a central role in producing the television anime Future Boy Conan.

作品さくひん自然しぜん機械きかい戦争せんそうつよあと宮崎みやざき作品さくひんおおはい

The series contains many elements that would connect to Miyazaki’s later works: nature, machines, war, and children who live with strength.

1979ねん三世さんせい しろはじ映画えいが監督かんとくつと

In 1979, he directed his first feature film, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro.

現在げんざいおおひとあい映画えいが当時とうじおお成功せいこうおさ

Today the film is loved by many people, but it was not an immediate major success when it was released.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお自分じぶん本当ほんとうつく作品さくひんつく機会きかいさがつづ

Even so, Miyazaki continued searching for opportunities to make the works he truly wanted to create.

His Own World and Studio Ghibli

自分じぶん世界せかいとスタジオジブリ

宮崎みやざき駿はやおほかひとつく登場とうじょう人物じんぶつ自分じぶんかんが世界せかい映画えいがおも

Miyazaki wanted to make films not only with characters created by others, but also from worlds he imagined himself.

おも重要じゅうよう作品さくひん1984ねん公開こうかい

An important work born from this desire was Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, released in 1984.

作品さくひん自然しぜん人間にんげん関係かんけい戦争せんそう宮崎みやざき駿はやおながかんえがつづはい

The film contains themes Miyazaki would continue exploring for many years, including the relationship between nature and humanity and opposition to war.

かぜたにおおひとたか評価ひょうか

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was seen by many people and received high praise.

1985ねん宮崎みやざき駿はやお高畑たかはたいさおつく

Then, in 1985, Miyazaki, Takahata, and their colleagues founded Studio Ghibli.

自分じぶん本当ほんとうつく映画えいがつく場所ばしょ

Studio Ghibli was a place where they could make the films they truly wanted to make.

映画えいがつくおおきん時間じかん必要ひつようあたら映画えいが成功せいこう

However, animated films require a great deal of money and time. There is also no guarantee that a new film will succeed.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお自分じぶんおも作品さくひんつくつづ

Even so, Miyazaki and his colleagues continued making works they believed were good.

名前なまえひろ重要じゅうよう作品さくひんひと1988ねん

One important film that made the name Studio Ghibli widely known was 1988’s My Neighbor Totoro.

あと代表だいひょう

Totoro later became the character that represents Studio Ghibli.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおあと作品さくひんつくつづ1997ねんひめ発表はっぴょう

Miyazaki continued making films and released Princess Mononoke in 1997.

日本にほんおお成功せいこうおさ宮崎みやざき駿はやおおおひと

Princess Mononoke was a major success in Japan, and Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli became known to even more people.

Becoming a Director Known Around the World

世界せかいられる監督かんとくになる

宮崎みやざき駿はやお世界せかいてき監督かんとくもっと重要じゅうよう作品さくひんひと2001ねん

One of the most important films in making Miyazaki a world-famous director was 2001’s Spirited Away.

映画えいがかみさま温泉おんせんふる建物たてもの日本にほん文化ぶんかかんおお登場とうじょう

The film features many things that evoke Japanese culture, including gods, hot springs, and old buildings.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお海外かいがいひと日本にほん

Miyazaki did not remove distinctly Japanese elements to make the film easier for overseas audiences to understand.

映画えいが世界中せかいじゅう人々ひとびとこころとど

Even so, the film touched the hearts of people around the world.

せん千尋ちひろ神隠かみかく日本にほんおお成功せいこうおさ

Spirited Away was a major success in Japan.

国際こくさい映画えいがさい最高さいこうしょうしょう長編ちょうへんしょう受賞じゅしょう

It also won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in the United States.

日本にほんつく映画えいが世界せかいたか評価ひょうか

An animated film made in Japan had earned high praise around the world.

成功せいこう宮崎みやざき駿はやお名前なまえ世界中せかいじゅう

This success made the names of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli known worldwide.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお海外かいがいしょう映画えいがつく

However, Miyazaki was not making films in order to win awards overseas.

自分じぶんえが世界せかいかんがひと作品さくひん大切たいせつ

He valued imagining the world he wanted to portray and shaping it into a single work.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお作品さくひんつくひとある様子ようす料理りょうりつくうごかぜかみふく様子ようす丁寧ていねいえが

When creating a film, Miyazaki carefully drew even the way people walk, the movements of hands preparing food, and hair and clothes swaying in the wind.

普通ふつううご登場とうじょう人物じんぶつ本当ほんとう世界せかい生活せいかつ

These ordinary movements make the characters appear to truly live in that world.

監督かんとくあと宮崎みやざき駿はやお自分じぶんおおえが

Even after becoming a director, Miyazaki drew many pictures himself.

こま部分ぶぶん確認かくにん自分じぶん納得なっとく作品さくひんつく

He checked even the smallest details and tried to create works that satisfied him.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおうご仕事しごと

For Miyazaki, animation was not simply the work of making drawings move.

存在そんざい世界せかい本当ほんとういのち仕事しごと

It was the work of making a world that did not exist appear truly alive.

The Wind Rises and Retirement

かぜちぬと引退いんたい

2013ねん宮崎みやざき駿はやおかぜ発表はっぴょう

In 2013, Miyazaki released The Wind Rises.

作品さくひん宮崎みやざき駿はやお人生じんせいかんが重要じゅうよう映画えいが

This is an important film for understanding Miyazaki’s life.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお飛行ひこう

Airplanes, which Miyazaki had loved since childhood.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおつよ反対はんたい戦争せんそう

And war, which Miyazaki had strongly opposed.

ふたひと作品さくひんなかえが

These two things were portrayed together in a single film.

映画えいが公開こうかいあと宮崎みやざき駿はやおつく仕事しごと発表はっぴょう

After the film was released, Miyazaki announced that he would retire from making feature films.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお70さい

Miyazaki was already over seventy years old.

長編ちょうへん映画えいがつくおお時間じかん体力たいりょく必要ひつよう

Making a feature-length animated film requires a great deal of time and physical strength.

おおひとかぜ宮崎みやざき駿はやお最後さいご長編ちょうへん映画えいがかんが

For this reason, many people thought The Wind Rises would be Miyazaki’s final feature film.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおつく

However, Miyazaki did not stop creating animation.

みじかつくえが仕事しごとつづ

He continued working, making short animations and drawing pictures.

ふたた長編ちょうへん映画えいがつくかんが

Then he began to want to make another feature film.

Completing Another Feature Film

ふたた完成かんせいさせた長編ちょうへん映画えいが

一度いちど引退いんたい発表はっぴょう宮崎みやざき駿はやおふたたあたら映画えいが制作せいさくはじ

Although he had once announced his retirement, Miyazaki began producing a new film.

作品さくひん2023ねん公開こうかい

That film was The Boy and the Heron, released in 2023.

作品さくひん宮崎みやざき駿はやお完成かんせいとく重要じゅうよう映画えいが

It is an especially important film that Miyazaki completed late in his life.

映画えいが戦争せんそう時代じだい家族かぞくわか宮崎みやざき駿はやお自身じしん人生じんせいかんはい

The film also contains elements reminiscent of Miyazaki’s own life, including the wartime era and separation from family.

作品さくひん完成かんせい宮崎みやざき駿はやおなが時間じかん

Miyazaki and the staff of Studio Ghibli spent many years completing the film.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお80さいつくえ作品さくひんづくつづ

Miyazaki was over eighty, but he still sat at his desk and continued creating.

きみ2024ねんしょう長編ちょうへんしょう受賞じゅしょう

The Boy and the Heron won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2024.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお受賞じゅしょう

It was Miyazaki’s second win.

一度いちど引退いんたい発表はっぴょう監督かんとく一度いちど長編ちょうへん映画えいが完成かんせいふたた世界せかい

A director who had once announced his retirement completed another feature film and was once again highly praised around the world.

A Life Devoted to Animation

アニメーションにささげた人生じんせい

宮崎みやざき駿はやおなん映画えいがづくもど

Why did Miyazaki return to filmmaking again and again?

宮崎みやざき駿はやお仕事しごと

For Miyazaki, perhaps animation was more than simply a job.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお作品さくひん戦争せんそうかな気持きも自然しぜんうしな心配しんぱいえが

His works portray sadness about war and concern about the loss of nature.

大変たいへん状況じょうきょうまえすす人々ひとびと姿すがたえが

At the same time, they also portray people trying to move forward even in difficult circumstances.

宮崎みやざき作品さくひん主人しゅじんこう問題もんだい一人ひとり解決かいけつ

The heroes of Miyazaki’s works do not solve every problem by themselves.

こわ失敗しっぱい自分じぶんつづ

They feel afraid and make mistakes, yet they continue doing what they can.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおとお自分じぶんかんがつた

Through animation, Miyazaki may have been trying to pass on what he had seen and thought to the next generation.

世界せかいこわかな

There are frightening and sad things in the world.

うつく自然しぜんひとひと助け合たすけあ

But there is also beautiful nature, and people help one another.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおなが時間じかん世界せかい映画えいがなかえがつづ

Over many years, Miyazaki continued portraying such a world in his films.

Summary

この動画どうがのまとめ

宮崎みやざき駿はやお最初さいしょ世界せかいてき映画えいが監督かんとく

Hayao Miyazaki was not a world-famous film director from the beginning.

会社かいしゃ一人ひとり社員しゃいんなんまいえがはじ

He began as an employee at an animation company, drawing picture after picture.

高畑たかはたいさお仲間なかま出会であ自分じぶん本当ほんとうつく世界せかいすこ

He met colleagues such as Isao Takahata and gradually gave shape to the world he truly wanted to create.

宮崎みやざき駿はやお作品さくひんそらあこがうつく自然しぜん戦争せんそうおも未来みらい人々ひとびと希望きぼうえが

Miyazaki’s works portray a longing for the sky, beautiful nature, thoughts about war, and hope for those who will live in the future.

世界せかいてき有名ゆうめいおおしょう受賞じゅしょうあと宮崎みやざき駿はやお作品さくひんつくつづ

Even after becoming world-famous and winning many awards, Miyazaki continued creating.

宮崎みやざき駿はやおつく物語ものがたり世界中せかいじゅう人々ひとびとあたら世代せだい

The stories Miyazaki created will continue to be watched around the world and passed on to new generations.