Hayao Miyazaki receives an Honorary Award at the 2014 Governors Awards in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, CA, Saturday, November 8.
The only reason he did this is because of John Lasseter. He was a good friend of Miyazaki. Whenever Pixar was stuck with a story, everyone would gather in the company's theater and watch a Miyazaki movie for inspiration. In the past, Studio Ghibli had other studios translate some of their films, but those translations and edits changed the film dramatically, and the quality suffered. So, Miyazaki turned down all other offers to do dubbing. Disney went to him to convince them to do the English dubbing. They said they would leave the films untouched, he would have final approval of the dub, and they wanted to dub all of his films, simply translate the language to an English-speaking audience. Since Disney acquired Pixar and Pixar was tasked with directing the translations, Miyazaki paid a surprise visit and saw what a huge fan Lasseter was, along with everyone else at the studio. They became very good friends after that. Miyazaki was awarded the Oscar for Spirited Away (Best Animated Feature), but declined coming because of the US's war in Iraq, to which he strongly, strongly opposed. Without any other nomination to accept an award from the Academy, and his 6th. retirement announcement and old age of 74, the Academy seriously wanted him to accept an award. Here, we see Lasseter himself handing the award to a rather disinterested Miyazaki. His short speech makes it clear that he does not enjoy stepping over his deeply held pacifist beliefs for awards. He accepted the award only as a personal favor to Lasseter, and mentioning that he got to see Maureen O' Hara as the highlight of his trip only proves that he did not care about the Academy, the award, or the United States at all. He does not want to see the world perpetuate warfare and destroy the environment like it had when he was young. He also likes the freedom and aesthetic of traditional animation (in spite of his friendship with John Lasseter, a pioneer and current leader of 3D CGI). Miyazaki sees himself as a dying breed of animators in a world that simply refuses to acknowledge or respect the art. Even live-action Oscar-winning films do not portray themselves with the same level of depth and sincerity as Miyazaki's body of works. If you're watching a movie, you're often reminded of the fact that it's a movie with poor acting, 1-dimensional characters, a focus on sexuality, violence, and a variety of often shallow pre-constructed plot points and cheesy camera techniques that "feel" fake. But if you're watching a Miyazaki film, you're just swept away into another world to experience the life of those characters living in that world... or should I say, spirited away.
Great description of Miyazaki. I admire his priorities to create works that are pure and always carries true warmth and meaning. He sees the academy for what it truly is, something that mistakens loud noises and over abundance of violence as works of art.
Dream High Animation He originally let Miramax do the dubbing. Miramax is a subsidiary of Disney in the same way Pixar is separated from Walt Disney Studios Animation and ABC: these might all be owned by Disney, but they operate fairly independently. Miramax was going to trim a number of scenes from Princess Mononoke, and the then-president of Miramax tried to convince Miyazaki on cutting the film down. After that experience, the owner of Ghibli Studios said they were planning on rejecting all other dub offers, but Disney's offer, this time, Walt Disney Animation Studios, was "of another order entirely." Disney was the only company who said they would dub all of his films in English and give him final cut privileges: Miyazaki would personally be able to approve any and all changes to the final product himself, and the dub would not release without his approval. For instance, in Castle in The Sky, the pirates fought over having Sheeta as a mother. But this was changed to having her as a girlfriend in the dub in order to make more sense to English-speaking audiences.
@@glennhonestly6600 although Shinkai’s movies are detailed and...stuff, but I’ll still show Miyazaki’s first. His works touch souls. Personal opinion thoughh
No category for him there. But if there was a nobel prize for cultural impact/film and animation improvement, he would definitely deserve an award of that caliber.
Don't forget Mamoru Hosoda ("The Girl Who Leapt Through Time", "Summer Wars", "Wolf Children", "Mirai"). He was actually supposed to direct Ghibli's "Howl's Moving Castle".
It's better not to dilute handing out these at the larger telecast and to have to have a separate ceremony. Although, the telecast could use a nice, lengthy recap video of the Governor's Ball and all the major moments in the speeches of the recipients.
Thank you for filling my childhood with bright and colorful memories with all of your beautiful movies. They truly are art, and I praise your work. There is no one like you, you are a legend! Congratulations Mr Miyazaki, you deserve it more than anyone else.
a legendary director! I hope "the wind rises" will not be his last movie because I will be sad :( the new generations will need your art so that they can live peacefully, and I will not forget Studio Ghibli as well ;)
My wife tells me that I’m a very lucky man. And I think I’ve been lucky because I’ve been able to participate in the last era when we can make films with paper, pencil, and film. Another fact of luck is that my country has not been at war for the fifty years that I have been making films. Of course, we have profited from wars, but we are very fortunate that we have not had to go to war ourselves. But my greatest luck is that I’ve been able to meet miss Maureen O’Hara today. So, I’ve been so happy and feel so blessed with luck in my life. Thank you.
@@Zain94336American movies have a bigger market than the foreign films. A Japanese film making over $100m is a huge deal, while that’s just penny in America.
Yes Disney was a pioneer in the anime world but even himself can not be compared to Hayao Miyazaki, Ghibli really has made masterpieces, pieces of arts that has a moral story and more sophisticated in human being nature that full of emotion and warmness I have never felt before. It has created every pixel in such a way that no one can ever never add or correct in it. Hayao Miyazaki is one of a kind, irreplaceable also a pioneer, I doubt he don't know how much people in the whole world that supports and respects him. Thank you so much Hayao Miyazaki for being a part of my life and safe go-to zone❤..
In a few hundred years, if humanity will still be out there, we'll be talking about Miyazaki the same way we talk about Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Leonardo. In a way, we already are.
Valar Morghulis I couldn't agree more. The Academy is only dick poop to hayao. even lower than dick poop. dick poop is awesome tho hahahaaha. im so immature....
Matt Choo Tung He did not want to receive anything from a country that bombed innocent people for profit. That was his reason but Ghibli forced him to go anyway.
LOL but in all seriousness, as a source of inspiration. He's such a wonderfully imaginative person, somebody that all filmmakers (or really anybody) should look up to!
Oh my god this is fantastic. "This award is meaningless to me. I hate digital animation, and I hate you too capitalist American warmongers. On the bright side, at least I got to meet my waifu, Maureen O'Hara. Peace, fuckers." - Hayao Miyazaki
Why would he show up to receive an award thats useless to him? Why would he insult the United States when it is the only country keeping China out of Japan? Why would he hate Digital animation when he does in fact incorporate it into some of his film?
David Borgos Officially, no. Japan does not have an armed service dedicated towards its national interests. It does have a peace keeping force that the UN allows for the sake of preventing terrorism, but as far as a military force that can fight against a world power like it did back in the 30's? Nope. Read up on your history.
My mom used to show me all his movies when I was a little boy which inspired me and made me who I am to a certain point. I can’t thank him enough for some wonderful moments I’ll never forget. I’ll show his movies to my children for sure and hopefully they to their childrens… ❤️🌅
Well thankfully Miyazaki pulled yet another “I got one more in me” and is back at Ghibli A great master of animation and storytelling has come back to give a swift kick in the ass to all the studios here
@@MadhavSharma-wz1lv Of course, he announced he’s out of retirement; for the 10th or 11th time; but hasn’t said what movie he’ll make next Whatever it is, we’ll all be there
Proud collector of Studio Ghibli films, they do not sit next to my other movies, no, they sit right next to me on my desk. Miyazaki-san please continue influencing the stories produced by Studio Ghibli, there must be more of your talent in future films.
I feel very sad that he retired from film making, no matter how many times i thank him..i still feel i didn't thank him enough for his extraordinary works.... Love HAYAO MIYAZAKI sensei forever .....
Whenever and whichever studio ghibli movie i watch it simply takes me to a whole new world from where I never want to come out of and thank you Mr Miyazaki I am on your debt for the rest of my life 😭😭😭😭
I am so so happy for him! He has inspired so many people including me. One of the things I have also looked up to is his humbleness and true passion for what he does!
Great personality and an unspeakable story genius. Waiting for my Hayao Miyazaki Gibli Collection with all masterpieces, thank you buddy. May you have a blessed life and a great time!
As an Irish woman I love that he was happy to meet one of our own , Maureen O' Hara 🇮🇪❤🇯🇵 what I love most about him aside of his work that has entranced both children and adults, was that he is outspokenly anti-war despite Japan's history. He refused to attend the Oscars when he won for Spirited away as he did not agree with the US invasion of Iraq.
Ever since watching a badly dubbed arabic tv cartoon "Adnan wa Lina" more commonly known "Future boy conan" I was hooked. Miyazaki can't help but fill his films with wonder, truth and the fantastical. He is a hero to all animators. ありがとう
Unexpectedly, she is translating his short speech exactly, understanding the meanings of his every word. Soon I have noticed that the translation was prepared in advance. It is no wonder because Japanese grammar is quite different from English one.
Miyazaki is the person who makes Animated movies that resonates and leaves behind a lifelong worth of imprints, in the minds of those who have seen what HEART, HURT & Spirit Of Imagination in Animated cinema is all about.
His success and amazing imagination is a product of hard work, dedication, character and passion. There's nothing more common than people with talent, but it's those who persist and work hard that get their talent recognized.respect bow to hayao sama
The woman who is translating Miyazaki's words is incredible. It's very hard to translate in live! Btw... Miyazaki is... oh, I can't even find a good word to describe this master of animation. I'd like to live just for a second in his body, to understand how much he can be satisfied of his own work. He's an idol for a very lot of people (me too). I read comments saying that everybody compare Miyazaki with Disney. And I hate the term "comparasion". I think that we, human being, are incredible just the way we are. We just need to stop to compare one person to another. Disney, who's a big idol for me, always makes me remember that doesn't matter if I fall, even if I fall 100 times; what matters is that you get up and try, and try, and try again and again. You don't have to choose which one is your favourite. You have to understand what you can learn from Miyazaki and what you can learn from Disney. And both are incredible artists.
Miyoshi Umeki is the first person from Japan to win an Oscar. Then came him and the director of Departures and now hopefully Drive My Car would win. He won for Spirited Away. The documentary The Kingdom Of Dreams And Madness should have been nominated
I've always loved Ghibli/Miyazaki movies since my teenage years, and since Netflix recently got the streaming rights, i watched Spirited Away with my nieces and few adult family members. The kids slept off since it was getting a bit late, but the adults finished watching it anyway. It made me realize how timeless his movies and made me thankful of his dedication.
not only he is a master in animation, he truly and accurately captures the beauty in scenery and brings back memories to all of us growing up in that era.
Omedetou! He is the greatest genius and always so humble. He talks about luck, but in fact his success and mastery came with incredibly hard work and discipline.
Prêmio mais do que merecido! Vou levar suas obras e suas palavras comigo pelo resto da minha vida, mestre Hayao Miyazaki! Nunca esquecerei a primeira vez em que sua magia entrou no meu mundo, através da história de uma menina de 10 anos, contada a lápis, papel e filme...