What do you think of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli?

I haven't watched anything of Ghibli, but Miyazaki is just an arrogant and bitter oldman in my eyes and the whole incident with his son made my impression about him even worse.

@pk8list Most of the old people acts like that it's not that big if a deal lol.

His movies are indeed very good, the peak of anime in cinema and one of the best visual storytelling I've seen come from ghibli studio. Totoro, spirited away and tale of princess kaguya are some of my most favourite work from him.

@nishant0

Princess Kaguya was directed by Isao Takahata, not Miyazaki. Get your facts straight.

The best thing he did that I've watched was the second half of Lupin III Part 1. Nearly every episode without his involvement was mid, and basically every episode he touched was better than even the best episodes I've seen of Part 2 and Part 3. Otherwise, I don't really care for the stuff he was credited for. Cagliostro no Shiro wasn't my favorite, I have no idea what episodes of Part 2 he worked on, and I don't really feel a need to watch any Ghibli movies, though I watched Aya to Majo, which was mid.

I like most of Miyazaki & Ghibli's works. I highly respect & admire his craft & works of art. He is a pioneer in the industry & definitely deserved the recognition & esteem he has garnered throughout his career. You can really see the passion he & his team has poured into their films. They all retain a lasting quality that still feels fresh & unique to this day. I have yet to find an anime feels remotely similar to something out of a Ghibli production.

How did you decide to watch that one?

I'm gonna be honest......i don't really like Studio Ghibli movies.....i may be in the minority here though....

I haven't seen enough from Ghibli specifically, Miyazaki's works in general (his non Ghilbi stuff), I could say are fairly solid, though not very ambitious narratively. It's mostly the art/animation that does stand out to me as being very very good.

Miyazaki as a person, well like a lot of well established beloved creators, a very talented person who is also a self righteous POS. Regardless of what some think Miyazaki's personal views aren't just : he doesn't like otaku, oh no! It's more his interactions with people and political/social views that frankly disgust me. Like what he said about the Hebdo victims, frankly he can get fucked for that (honestly I think those comments are borderline evil). Plus he whines about LOTR (while not understanding the work), straight up misrepresents all Hollywood films (yet this is the dude the industry should rely on for writing advice?) and then champions his anti Imperialist views by adapting a work by an unabashed nazi and then hanging out with him. Bad father, quick to misread other creatives intentions (him arguing that an animator's work on this zombie creature is somehow insulting the disabled), like yeah he seems like a POS.

That said yeah he is still one of the more talented artists, animators/directors that the industry has been gifted with. I just wish some would stop putting him on some pedestal. His works are hardly the peak of the medium, forget media in general.

Which work would that be?
Miyazaki was also an animator for Horus, Takahata's unintentionally xenophobic movie.