
, In 1963, Miyazaki was employed at Toei Animation. In November 2016, Miyazaki stated that he believed "many of the people who voted for Brexit and Trump" were affected by the increase in unemployment due to companies "building cars in Mexico because of low wages and them in the US". , Miyazaki began work on the initial storyboards for Princess Mononoke in August 1994, based on preliminary thoughts and sketches from the late 1970s. Spirited Away deals with symbols of human greed, and a liminal journey through the realm of spirits. In November 1992, two television spots directed by Miyazaki were broadcast by Nippon Television Network (NTV): Sora Iro no Tane, a 90-second spot loosely based on the illustrated story Sora Iro no Tane by Rieko Nakagawa and Yuriko Omura, and commissioned to celebrate NTV's fortieth anniversary and Nandarou, aired as one 15-second and four 5-second spots, centered on an undefinable creature which ultimately became NTV's mascot.

Akemi Ota has been married to Hayao Miyazaki since October, 1965. Ponyo features 170,000 frames-a record for Miyazaki. Specific works that have influenced Miyazaki include Animal Farm (1945), The Snow Queen (1957), and The King and the Mockingbird (1980) The Snow Queen is said to be the true catalyst for Miyazaki's filmography, influencing his training and work. The film was critically and commercially successful, remaining the highest-grossing animated film in Japan for several years. The film was produced digitally, but the characters and backgrounds were drawn by hand prior to being digitized. His father was director of Miyazaki Airplane, which made rudders for A6M Zero fighter planes during World War II. The film's seaside village was inspired by Tomonoura, a town in Setonaikai National Park, where Miyazaki stayed in 2005.


Hayao Miyazaki was born on 5 January 1941, in the town of Akebono-cho in Bunkyō, Tokyo, the second of four sons.
