Re: Next Miyazaki film due mid-year
by Mappy » Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:03 am
I am certain that Ghibli have a surplus of directors of talent who are too shitscared of losing their jobs unless they kowtow completely to the whims of their eccentric and unpredictable boss. You can see why a large portion of their talented personnel jumped ship when the studio, Brains Base, was set up in 2001.
And it isn't as if Ghibli are giving others a great chance at directing. They only release a production, on average, once every two years. Apart from Miyazaki's partner in crime, Takahata, there was Mochizuki Tomomi (and he has done practically nothing for Ghibli since.... he had to leave the studio to continue his career), Kondo Yoshifumi (who was being groomed as Miyazaki's successor until his death in 1998 from an aneurism), Morita Hiroyuki (who has done nothing as a director since "The Cat Returns") and, of course, Miyazaki's son. Not exactly a great effort into trying to help Ghibli survive beyond Hayao's eventual demise....