Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata announces new films for Summer 2013
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For the first time since the 1988, Studio Ghibli’s cofounders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata will be releasing anime films in the same season with today’s confirmation of summer 2013 plans for Kaze Tachinu and Kaguya-hime no Monogatari.
Kaze Tachinu is based on Miyazaki’s 2009 manga of the same name, which in turn is based on book by Tatsuo Hori which takes a look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. Joe Hisaishi will providing the music for the film.
The story of moon princess Kaguya-hime, discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant has been hinted as Takahata’s next project since 2009.
