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Jan 21, 2021 · Basically, Miyazaki was fed up with having to clean up after Takahata who constantly caused stress and extra work for others: “I gave Isao Takahata 15 years of my youth. I want them back!” But after losing Miyazaki, Takahata realized that he had no one to fill this gap. This despair “escalated as irritation”.
When it comes to Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki is the most talked about director/writer. However, I just got done watching Only Yesterday and found that it was made by another director/writer, Isao Takahata, who also made Grave of the Fireflies.
Now, people talk about "Miyazaki and Takahata" as a pair, but there were many nakama who tried to express (something) in animation. In the unsatisfied situation with low pay, heavy workloads, frustrations, and such things, we talked with each other.
May 28, 2020 · Takahata’s works are fewer, further between, and practically fated to be less globally successful than Miyazaki’s 11 features for their studio, due to riskier choices in both content and...
May 16, 2018 · Last month, Isao Takahata passed away at the 82. Known for Grave of the Fireflies and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, among others, Takahata co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, who...
Jun 12, 2022 · Yet here we are, nearly four decades after the studio’s founding, with much of the work of its two great directors — Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, etc.) and Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, etc.) — almost entirely unheralded outside of Japan and animation circles.
Apr 22, 2024 · Hayao Miyazaki and Takahata are proof that different approaches to animation can produce equally stellar results. While Miyazaki is a man of strict schedules and routines, Takahata had a more freewheeling approach to his work, often losing track of time while contemplating his projects.
