New mechanical designs inspired by those of the first Macross series were developed by Shoji Kawamori and Junya Ishikagi, while mecha and sci-fi illustrator Hidetaka Tenjin worked as an animation artist for the CGI mecha action sequences.

Buzz McClain of Video Business asserted that the show is " clearly influenced by the animation style of Hayao Miyazaki ", and that its use of narrative is much more linear and easy to follow than other anime.

, born September 16, 1957 as in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, is a former Japanese comedian who is most known for his role in the popular game show, Takeshi's Castle, and as the governor of Miyazaki Prefecture from 2007 to 2011.

One such early example was Stern's Cliff Hanger, a 1983 game released around the same time which used footage from the Lupin III movies Castle of Cagliostro ( directed by Hayao Miyazaki ) and Mystery of Mamo.

During World War II, Miyazaki's father, Katsuji, was director of Miyazaki Airplane, owned by his brother ( Hayao Miyazaki's uncle ), which made rudders for A6M Zero fighter planes.

Miyazaki came out of retirement following the sudden departure of original director Mamoru Hosoda.

Miyazaki takes a leading role when creating his films, frequently serving as both writer and director.

In the early 1980s animator and director Hayao Miyazaki asked permission to create an animated adaptation of Earthsea.

Akiko composed the music for the film My Neighbors the Yamadas, and created and performed the sound effects using only her voice for two short films Yadosagashi and Mizugumo Monmon by animation director, Hayao Miyazaki.

* Hayao Miyazaki, animated film director

It started on the NEC PC-8801 in 1987, created by Masaya Hashimoto ( director, programmer, designer ) and Tomoyoshi Miyazaki ( scenario writer ).

In 1980, Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki, created an identical robbery with a similarly functioning robot in the last episode of the second Lupin III TV series, a robot design he used again in his feature film, Castle in the Sky.

Hisaishi and the director of the animated film, Hayao Miyazaki, became great friends and would work together on many future projects.

Spanning a total of 26 episodes, the series was produced by Nippon Animation and featured the likes of Hayao Miyazaki ( director, character designs, storyboards ), Isao Takahata ( storyboards ) and Yoshiyuki Tomino ( storyboards ).

On Saturday, March 18, 2006, just past the block's ninth anniversary, Toonami began airing A Month of Miyazaki, a four-week celebration of the works of acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki.

In 2003, Kuroda's work Nasu was brought to the attention of animator and director Kitarō Kōsaka by Kōsaka's long-time collaborator from Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, a fan of cycling .< ref name =" cyclingweb ">

The other two are Sadao Tsukioka who became a visual creator, and award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki.

Begun in 1948 as The Sheperdess and the Chimney Sweep ; cited by the Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki as an influence.

During the 80s and 90s, he worked closely with director Hayao Miyazaki on several movies from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to Princess Mononoke.

Kotabe then worked as character designer on two anime television series from Nippon Animation: Heidi, Girl of the Alps and 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother, with Miyazaki working on scene design and layout and Takahata working as series director and storyboard artist.

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The director and president of Quintet is Tomoyoshi Miyazaki, the scenario writer for the first three entries of Nihon Falcom's classic Ys series.

In 1978 Hayao Miyazaki debuted as an anime director with a 26-episode series called " Future Boy Conan ", based on The Incredible Tide.

Mythic records in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki describe how Jimmu's brothers were born in Takachiho, the southern part of Kyūshū ( in modern day Miyazaki prefecture ), and decided to move eastward, as they found the location inappropriate for reigning over the entire country.

From there, Miyazaki worked as an in-between artist for Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon where he pitched his own ideas that eventually became the movie's ending.

In 1968 Miyazaki played an important role as chief animator, concept artist, and scene designer on Hols: Prince of the Sun, a landmark animated film directed by Isao Takahata, with whom he continued to collaborate for the next three decades.

In Kimio Yabuki's Puss in Boots ( 1969 ), Miyazaki again provided key animation as well as designs, storyboards and story ideas for key scenes in the film, including the climactic chase scene.

Shortly thereafter, Miyazaki proposed scenes in the screenplay for Flying Phantom Ship, in which military tanks would roll into downtown Tokyo and cause mass hysteria, and was hired to storyboard and animate those scenes.

In 1971, Miyazaki played a decisive role in developing structure, characters and designs for Animal Treasure Island and.

Miyazaki left Toei in 1971 for Mushi Production, A Pro, Nippon Animation, and TMS Entertainment where he co-directed six episodes of the first Lupin III series with Isao Takahata.

Porco Rosso ( 1992 ) was a notable departure for Miyazaki, in that the main character was an adult male, an anti-fascist aviator transformed into an anthropomorphic pig.

During this period of semi-retirement, Miyazaki spent time with the daughters of a friend, one of whom became his inspiration for Spirited Away ( Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, 2001 ).

Hayao Miyazaki had long aspired to make an anime of this work and had repeatedly asked for permission from the author, Ursula K. Le Guin.

The studio also announced that Miyazaki had begun creating storyboards for the film and that they were being produced in watercolor because the film would have an " unusual visual style.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Miyazaki said " it's very important for me to retain the right ratio between working by hand and computer.

However, in his 2008 film Ponyo, Miyazaki went back to traditional hand-drawn animation for everything, saying " hand drawing on paper is the fundamental of animation.

The game's story appears to be somewhat influenced by that of the Hayao Miyazaki anime film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and some aspects of the art design appear to be, as well ( for example, the giant insect boss in the swamp appears almost identical to the Ohmu giant insects seen in the movie ).

* The term Emishi is used for the village tribe of the main character Ashitaka in the Hayao Miyazaki animated film Princess Mononoke.

On January 21, 2007, his former comic pupil Hideo Higashikokubaru ran for governor of Miyazaki prefecture and was elected.

One of the relocated Japanese, Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki, an osteopath who was enlisted by local police during the war to serve as a replacement for the town's deceased coroner and who became the region's de facto general practitioner and " bush doctor ", is one of the town's two Companions of the Order of Canada.

Dr. Miyazaki's Lillooet residence, the Miyazaki House, is still open for tours of the doctor's office ( which has been preserved as he left it ).

In 2001, she produced a picture album alongside Joe Hisaishi for the motion picture Spirited Away ( directed by Hayao Miyazaki ).

The company was also known for its 1989 theatrical distribution of the film Laputa: Castle in the Sky directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and its 1992 video dubbing of The Castle of Cagliostro.

Aya is the most famous place in Miyazaki for wine making.