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Ghibli's Suzuki: 'Next Ghibli Film to Be Released Next Summer'
posted on by Sarah Nelkin
Studio Ghibli's 65-year-old producer Toshio Suzuki appeared on NTV's variety program Sekai-ichi Uketai Jugyō and discussed Hayao Miyazaki's September retiring from feature films.
When asked about what Miyazaki will do after retirement, Suzuki replied, "I think he will serialize a manga. From the beginning, he likes to keep doing his favorite things. That is his stress relief."
Program host Masaaki Sakai asked, "Does he like sengoku jidai no chanbara (samurai swordfighting stories set in Japan's Warring States Period)?" Suzuki responded, "That is what is he drawing now. He'll get angry if I talk too much. Let's stop talking about this."
Isao Takahata — another director, Studio Ghibli co-founder, and friend of Miyazaki — also commented on Miyazaki's retirement on Thursday, "[Miyazaki] said, 'This time, I am serious,' but I think there is a decent chance that may change. I think so, since I've known him a long time. Don't be at all surprised if that happens."
Suzuki revealed in a 2012 television special that Miyazaki's son, Goro Miyazaki (Tales from Earthsea, From Up On Poppy Hill) is planning a samurai period work that combines fact and fiction. Suzuki told filmmaker Shunji Iwai that Goro Miyazaki's project is set in the northeastern Tohoku region of Japan during the Middle Ages.
Miyazaki's last feature film, The Wind Rises, is playing now in Japan and will documentary about Studio Ghibli, will open on November 16.
Source: Daily Sports
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