Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎駿, Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941) is one of the most famous and respected creators of anime, or Japanese animated films.

TV series

Miyazaki's work in TV series is less well known than his films. In the 1970s he worked as an animator on the World Masterpiece Theater TV animation series under Isao Takahata. His first directorial credit is for the TV version of Lupin III in 1971; he was a co-director (with Takahata) of the second half of the first TV series, and director of two episodes of the second. Later he was to make his first feature film, Castle of Cagliostro, based on the same character. He also animated Sherlock Hound, an anthropomorphic retelling of Sherlock Holmes' tales.

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1970s - Isao Takahata - 1971 - Sherlock Hound - Anthropomorphic - Sherlock Holmes

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Perhaps his most famous TV work was directing Future Boy Conan, an adaptation of the children's novel The Incredible Tide by Alexander Key. The main antagonist is the leader of the city-state of Industria who is attempting to revive some banned technology. The series also elaborates on the characters and events in the book but nonetheless is an early example of certain character types which would recur throughout Miyazaki's later work: for example a girl who is in touch with nature, a warrior woman who is not her antagonist, and a boy who seems destined for the girl. The series also featured lots of unusual aircraft.

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Future Boy Conan - The Incredible Tide - Alexander Key - City-state

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