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Films directed by Hayao Miyazaki

  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)The English version of Nausicaä was cut by about 22 minutes and renamed her Princess Zandra.
  • Castle in the SkyCastle in the Sky began as a way to recover money spent on a canal documentary.
  • My Neighbor TotoroEight animators finished My Neighbor Totoro in just eight months. They spent one full month on a tadpole scene alone.
  • Kiki's Delivery ServiceKiki's Delivery Service was first planned as a 60-minute TV special. It grew into a 102-minute feature.
  • Spirited AwayIn Spirited Away, a girl's parents turn into pigs in an abandoned resort town. Ten-year-old Chihiro is left alone.
  • Princess MononokeHayao Miyazaki spent seventeen years getting Princess Mononoke made.
  • PonyoMiyazaki shut down Studio Ghibli's computer graphics section to make Ponyo. He wanted the film hand-drawn.
  • The Wind RisesIn The Wind Rises, a boy with weak eyes builds planes instead of flying them. It follows engineer Jiro Horikoshi.
  • Porco RossoIn the film Porco Rosso, an Italian war hero has become a pig. Nobody in the story explains why.
  • The Boy and the HeronThe Boy and the Heron reached Japanese theaters with one poster and no trailer.
  • Howl's Moving Castle (film)A curse turns Sophie into a 90-year-old woman, and she becomes bolder.

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