‘The Boy and the Heron’ Is So Personal That Hayao Miyazaki Needed a Year to Grieve Before Taking a New Direction
When Hayao Miyazaki pitched “The Boy and the Heron” (GKids, now in select LA and NYC theaters) to Studio Ghibli co-founder/producer Toshio Suzuki in 2016, he asked permission to make the story about himself. This surprised Suzuki – his then friend of almost 40 years –; the legendary anime director isn’t known for getting so … Read more