Hayao Miyazaki Quotes

Japan, Film Director
January 5, 1941

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a film and animation studio, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of anime feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest animation directors.

Also known as Producer, Screenwriter, Animator, Author

Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.

Hayao Miyazaki
- Hero
- Capable
Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know. It's produced by humans who can't stand looking at other humans. And that's why the industry is full of otaku!

Hayao Miyazaki
- People
- Real
- Taken

Rather than making that a good project, I like to make the kinds of films that children can understand in five minutes what the film is about.

Hayao Miyazaki
- Children
- Kind
- Film
Life is a winking light in the darkness.

Hayao Miyazaki
- Darkness
- Winking
Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of love.

Hayao Miyazaki
- Real
- Names
- Beats
There are all kinds of values within the films but I don't make message films.

Hayao Miyazaki
- Kind
- Film
- Values
In our work, the question is, how much you absorb from others. So for me, creativity, is really like a relay race. As children we are handed a baton. Rather than passing it onto the next generation as is, first we need to digest it and make it our own.

Hayao Miyazaki
It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.

Hayao Miyazaki

I get inspiration from my everyday life.

Hayao Miyazaki
- Inspiration