When legendary animation director Hayao Miyazaki recently announced that he would be coming out of retirement to make another theatrical film, anime enthusiasts around the world were ecstatic.
Sure, Miyazaki had said that he was done making feature films after finishing The Wind Rises in 2013.
In the time since, Japan’s Livedoor News reports that Studio Ghibli has dismissed nearly 200 animators.
However, following the release of Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There in 2014, it was looking like the studio itself was done with feature-length animation.