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Hayao Miyazaki was born on the 5th of January 1941, in the town of Akebono-cho in Hongō, Tokyo City, Empire of Japan. He was the second of four sons born to Katsuji Miyazaki, who directed Miyazaki Airplane during World War II.
Hayao Miyazaki experienced the bombing of Utsunomiya in July 1945 and the evacuation to Kanuma when he was four years old, which left a deep scar on him. His mother Yoshiko suffered from spinal tuberculosis from 1947 to 1955, forcing him to take over domestic duties and shaping his early life.
Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata founded Studio Ghibli on the 15th of June 1985, as a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten. The studio was established to handle copyright of their work and produce animated films, with offices in Kichijōji designed by Miyazaki.
Hayao Miyazaki directed his first animated television series Future Boy Conan in 1978, but his first feature film was The Castle of Cagliostro released on the 15th of December 1979. He directed 24 of the 26 episodes of Future Boy Conan, which were broadcast in 1978.
Hayao Miyazaki received the honorary Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival in 2005. This recognition followed the release of Howl's Moving Castle on the 20th of November 2004, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement from the production of feature films in September 2013 due to his age. He later developed Boro the Caterpillar, an animated short film which was screened exclusively at the Ghibli Museum in July 2017.