“Ghibli will continue making movies,” veteran producer vows as Miyazaki returns to the genre that made him a legend.
The producer revealed that concurrent with the new Hayao Miyazaki production, Studio Ghibli is also working on a CG film to be directed by the elder Miyazaki’s son, Goro, director of the 2011 Ghibli anime From Up on Poppy Hill and the 2014 CG TV series Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter.
1997’s Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki’s first attempt to put an endnote on his career as an anime filmmaker, also fits into the category.
The film shares its title with a 1937 novel by Genzaburo Yoshino, which follows a teenager’s emotional development and his relationship with his peers and uncle.