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Hayao Miyazaki to Appear in S. California on July 28 (Updated)
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Hayao Miyazaki, the director of the only feature-length Japanese animated film (Spirited Away) to have won an Oscar, will appear at the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) — the people behind the Oscars — in Southern California on July 28. Director John Lasseter will host “A Tribute to Animation Master Hayao Miyazaki” event at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on that date. Lasseter is the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, an Academy governor, an Oscar-winning animator in his own right, and a personal friend of Miyazaki.
Miyazaki was not able to appear in California to earned a nomination in the same category in 2005 for Howl's Moving Castle.
Before Miyazaki's appearance, the Samuel Goldwyn Theater will host a screening of Spirited Away on July 17. Tickets for both the tribute and the screening will go on sale on June 25 for US$5 each (US$3 for Academy and students). The Academy is already appear in Northern California on July 25 to receive the Berkeley Japan Prize.
Update: More background information added.
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