Miyazaki Hayao’s The Wind Rises is now playing, and Takahata Isao’s The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (Kaguyahime no Monogatari) is due out this fall. Wanting to know how Suzuki Toshio, the Representative Director of Studio Ghibli and the producer of these two works, handled these two geniuses named Miyazaki and Takahata, Suzuki’s longtime acquaintance, Shibuya Yoichi, the President of Rockin’ On, interviewed him for over ten hours. While you should read his latest book, Kaze ni Fukarete if you want the entire interview, we share part of it here. Taking up the subject of war — Miyazaki Hayao’s latest work, The Wind Rises, is the first movie he made targeting adults. Why did you want him to make a movie for adults? Suzuki: Actually, I didn’t really think about who the movie would be targeted at, be it adults or kids. I just ... ... [Read more]