In March of
this year, “Ghibli Park,” planned and supervised by Studio Ghibli, finally
opened its doors to the public in Japan. Director Goro Miyazaki, 57
years old and son of founder Hayao Miyazaki ,
offered an interview in which he explained some details about the resort ,
but also spoke about the previous statement by his father, Hayao Miyazaki, that
he was going to retire with his most recent movie.
« We
built it in a big park, so even if you don't pay the entrance ticket, you can
have fun just walking around or taking a look while you walk. We
have prepared a variety of dynamics for this. Even if you can't enter the
amusement park, there is always the opportunity to enjoy the surroundings in
which we have also worked », He commented.
Goro
Miyazaki's previous job was as a construction consultant and environmental
designer, which was a perfect fit for the construction of the park.
« Based
on the idea that the amusement park begins from the entrance to the venue, we
paid particular attention to finishes and textures. Softwoods
and hardwoods are completely different, even though they are the same type. The
buildings themselves are also different in scale and shape, so it was
completely different to build the same floor. Fortunately, we avoided
the effects of recent material price increases .
Interestingly,
just a few days before the amusement park opened, his father's most
recent film, “Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka (The Boy and the Heron),” won the Best
Animated Film Award at the of the Academy.
" It's
definitely incredible that they've won two Academy Awards, but certainly after
this you start to wonder what these two old guys are going to do from now on ,"
Goro commented. It should be noted that both director Hayao Miyazaki
and producer Toshio Suzuki had hinted that this would be his last film, but
Goro denied this completely.
« Those
two have no intention of retiring. They always say something like “leave things
to the new generations,” but they have no intention of doing so. My
father continues to make films even though he is already over 80 years old, and
Suzuki-san simply says that “it can't be helped.” He had already said
it before and I repeat it, surely I will retire before those two .
Source Yahoo!News Japan
