Hayao Miyazaki receives an Honorary Award at the 2014 Governors Awards

I don't think this man knows how much he means to the world.

I wish that Hayao Miyazaki will live forever...

Don't let traditional animation die!

did you notice that when he shares his thoughts about war, nobody clapped?

My kids will grow watching his movies... A living Legend

This guy has every single drop of my respect :"(, people like this come once in a generation .

"he can't die. or the rest of the forest will die too." "he can't die. or else the rest of paper and pencil animation will die too.

Well deserved. A shame they didn't do this the same night of the other Oscars.

I'll probably weep if I see him in person.

The only reason he did this is because of John Lasseter. He was a good friend of Miyazaki. Whenever Pixar was stuck with a story, everyone would gather in the company's theater and watch a Miyazaki movie for inspiration. In the past, Studio Ghibli had other studios translate some of their films, but those translations and edits changed the film dramatically, and the quality suffered. So, Miyazaki turned down all other offers to do dubbing. Disney went to him to convince them to do the English dubbing. They said they would leave the films untouched, he would have final approval of the dub, and they wanted to dub all of his films, simply translate the language to an English-speaking audience. Since Disney acquired Pixar and Pixar was tasked with directing the translations, Miyazaki paid a surprise visit and saw what a huge fan Lasseter was, along with everyone else at the studio. They became very good friends after that. Miyazaki was awarded the Oscar for Spirited Away (Best Animated Feature), but declined coming because of the US's war in Iraq, to which he strongly, strongly opposed. Without any other nomination to accept an award from the Academy, and his 6th. retirement announcement and old age of 74, the Academy seriously wanted him to accept an award. Here, we see Lasseter himself handing the award to a rather disinterested Miyazaki. His short speech makes it clear that he does not enjoy stepping over his deeply held pacifist beliefs for awards. He accepted the award only as a personal favor to Lasseter, and mentioning that he got to see Maureen O' Hara as the highlight of his trip only proves that he did not care about the Academy, the award, or the United States at all. He does not want to see the world perpetuate warfare and destroy the environment like it had when he was young. He also likes the freedom and aesthetic of traditional animation (in spite of his friendship with John Lasseter, a pioneer and current leader of 3D CGI). Miyazaki sees himself as a dying breed of animators in a world that simply refuses to acknowledge or respect the art. Even live-action Oscar-winning films do not portray themselves with the same level of depth and sincerity as Miyazaki's body of works. If you're watching a movie, you're often reminded of the fact that it's a movie with poor acting, 1-dimensional characters, a focus on sexuality, violence, and a variety of often shallow pre-constructed plot points and cheesy camera techniques that "feel" fake. But if you're watching a Miyazaki film, you're just swept away into another world to experience the life of those characters living in that world... or should I say, spirited away.

He shouldn't of won an Oscar, he should of won a Nobel Prize.

Thank you for filling my childhood with bright and colorful memories with all of your beautiful movies. They truly are art, and I praise your work. There is no one like you, you are a legend! Congratulations Mr Miyazaki, you deserve it more than anyone else.

He alone has stood up to the all-powerful Disney and gentlemen has beaten them. This man is a human heritage and Japanese pride.

The guy is a legend and will be remembered forever. Thank you Hayao Miyazaki for your stunning works of art, truly phenomenal creations. 

I just saw his new film “The Boy and The Heron” in Japan today. He still got it 👏

お疲れ様でした 一生の思い出 感謝します 本当にありがとうございました

He's going to win his 3rd Oscar on March 10th.

Hayao Miyazaki is my favourite director of all time and Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa, Mononoke and Spirited Away are all in my top 10 favourite films of all time. This man is a genius of animation and so many people are missing out on these imaginative and wonderful films.

a legendary director! I hope "the wind rises" will not be his last movie because I will be sad :( the new generations will need your art so that they can live peacefully, and I will not forget Studio Ghibli as well ;)

Miyazaki is easily one of the most inspirational film-makers of all time!