Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki: Japan's political shift drew me out of retirement

The anime master, 74, talks about the new film he's working on -  a CGI short - and about his opposition to the redrawing of Japan's pacifist constitution and the expansion of a US air base on Okinawa.
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Hayao Miyazaki was, arguably, born in the wrong era. The acclaimed filmmaker's works are full of steam trains, horse-drawn carriages and propeller-driven aircraft. His characters are straight out of the 1950s - think trilby hats instead of baseball caps and picnic baskets rather than rucksacks - while the views are those of an idyllic childhood of yesteryear.

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