Hayao Miyazaki's five-star love movie "Howl's Moving Castle " coincides with the 20th anniversary of its release this year. As a gift to Chinese fans, the film will be released on big screens across the country on April 30. On April 27, the film held a premiere of 1,000 people in Shanghai, attended by Ghibli executive director Junichi Nishioka and special guest Karina. The theme of this premiere is "Reasons to Fall in Love with Hayao Miyazaki", paying tribute to the beautiful world created by director Hayao Miyazaki for everyone.
On April 27, the film held its premiere in Shanghai.
"Howl's Moving Castle" was nominated for the 78th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film and won the Outstanding Technical Contribution Award at the 61st Venice Film Festival's Golden Osella Award. . The film has a romantic and brave fantasy imagination, and it is also a soulful and flowing spiritual poem. Twenty years after the film was created, the film underwent a special restoration and was officially released in mainland China for the first time.
Ghibli Executive Director Junichi Nishioka thanked the audience for their continued support of Mr. Miyazaki and Ghibli during the post-screening exchange meeting, and said that "Howl's Moving Castle" has provided the audience with 20 The anniversary special restored version has never been shown in imax format in any country in the world. Nishioka, who was watching the imax version for the first time, said, "It's very shocking. Every picture is presented very well and deserves everyone's appreciation."
Ghibli Executive Director Junichi Nishioka
Hayao Miyazaki once said in an interview At that time, he said that "Howl's Moving Castle" was his most satisfying work. As a member of Ghibli, Mr. Junichi Nishioka also revealed behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the production of "Howl's Moving Castle". He said that the original director of this work was not Hayao Miyazaki. "In fact, a younger director was scheduled, but this director couldn't continue halfway through. In the end, director Hayao Miyazaki himself was chosen. "Since the work originally had an original work, during the adaptation process, Hayao Miyazaki "created with joy every day, and made every painting with heart and joy. Maybe this movie will finally show The effect is very good, or the reason why he is very satisfied with this work is that he enjoys the creative process very much."
Nishioka also revealed the reason why director Hayao Miyazaki chose Takuya Kimura to voice Hal, "Hal is a human being. Charming, he looks very handsome and can fascinate many girls, but at the same time, he has a soft side in his heart, which is also very thin. Therefore, director Hayao Miyazaki felt that Kimura was the most suitable candidate. "
"Howl's Moving Castle" stills
In addition to the lovable characters in the entire cartoon, the imaginative Moving Castle itself is also one of the most important characters in the film. Nishioka revealed that the image of this castle actually originated from a painting Miyazaki Hayao made for the Mitaka Museum of Art. The inspiration suddenly came to him when the unfinished work was still in the state of graffiti. "As you can see, its shape design is very unique. For such a large castle, the legs underneath it are very slender, not very common, and unforgettable. So based on inspiration, the director thought we could use it, At the premiere of the animated film "Howl's Moving Castle", many viewers wore two-dimensional costumes to express their love for the film. The film crew also specially invited cosplay star Karina to make a surprise appearance. As a loyal fan of director Hayao Miyazaki, Karina has played the role of Hal many times, and her fitting image has been loved by fans of two-dimensional movies.
Karina said excitedly after watching the movie, "Howl's Moving Castle is a movie that changed my life. When I saw the happy ending at the end, I didn't want the story to end." At the scene, Karina showed up in Howl's image. , holding hands with fans to recreate the famous scene in the film. Not only did they dance the waltz together on the stage, but they also took the initiative to take selfies with their faces close to each other, bringing Hal's charming charm into reality and making the fans scream. In order to thank Karina for her continued support of "Howl's Moving Castle", Junichi Nishioka specially presented Karina with the "2D Dream Maker" trophy on behalf of Ghibli.
Junichi Nishioka awarded Karina the "Dream Maker of the Second Dimension" trophy
Of course, at every Ghibli-related event, those present will inevitably have to "explain" Hayao Miyazaki's current situation to the fans. and retirement planning. This time, Nishioka’s answer is still very reassuring – “Director Hayao Miyazaki still comes to the studio to work every day.” He also revealed, “In fact, what Director Hayao Miyazaki cares about in each of his works is whether the audience will Recognition, not only from Japanese audiences, but also from audiences all over the world, he actually cares very much about how his films are evaluated, so after every good work is produced, the response from everyone, including foreign audiences, will be particularly good. If so, director Hayao Miyazaki will have the power to make the next one.”
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