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18th Dec 2010 from Twitlonger

Ghibli fans probably think "Why Ghibli makes young director's film?" and "Why Hayao Miyazaki suggested five-year plan?".
For train a successor of Ghibli?

Miyazaki and Suzuki told the true intention about it on the Cut magazine September issue.

According to Suzuki, Myazaki suggested five-year plan after Ponyo production in 2008.(five-year plan has began since 2009. Two young directors film are made in first three years) Because Miyazaki felt the serious situation. People think that Studio Ghibli always succeeds very much, but Ghibli' film box office decrease slowly.
Spirited Away : 30.4 billion yen
Howl : 19.6 billion yen
Ponyo : 15.5 billion yen

Miyazaki says "I thought Ponyo made money more(laughs). Our studio's situation is serious than we think", "We could spend two or three yeras without making a film before by DVD sale and the second fee. But the difficult times has came at last.(laughs)".
The cost to maintain the studio rises because Ghibli employed many young animators. Miyazaki says "It's gamble". And he says "It's an adventure to make one film in one year. But the money we must collect becomes the amount of one year. It's impossible to let a rookie carry two years of Ghibli on his back".

Suzuki says "Ghibli is the studio to create Miya-san's film. We offer a place to the rookies. But I want them to make a film without permission. Training of a successor has nothing to do with us.(laughs)
If I say more honestly, we had to make Arrietty because we want to make Miya-san's film".

The Cut magazine interviewer Yoichi Shibuya asks Suzuki a question.

Shibuya: I think it's love to Hayao Miyazaki not love to Goro-san that you had him make the film(Gedo Senki).

Suzuki: Indeed.

Shibuya: How do you let Hayao Miyazaki make a film and How do you bring a new talent.
Who can survive in discord with Miyazaki.....Oh, it's his son!

Suzuki: (laughs) I surely thought about it a little.

Shibuya: So you had Goro-san make the film. I think it served to maintain a big lifeline of Ghibli.
(Gedo Senki earned 7.5 billion yen)

Suzuki: The fact that happened is so.

Shibuya: Only you can do it. Though the best script is the birth of a big talent to rival with Hayao Miyazaki.

Suzuki: I think so.

Suzuki says "Though this is non-announcement, Ghibli tried a lot of young director, but everybody fell down immediately by strong pressure".













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