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