Hayao Miyazaki was born on 5 January 1941 in Bunkyō-ku. A Japanese animator, director and manga artist, Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli, whose hand-drawn films are among the most loved in animation. His works include My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was for a time Japan's highest-grossing film. His stories often feature strong young heroines, a love of flight, environmental themes and a wariness of war and industrialization. He has announced his retirement several times but returned to make further films, including The Boy and the Heron.
Before and after
- 1941Rise of Vietnamese Independence League
- 1941Publication of Aegukga
- from 1941 to 1945Rise of Chetniks
- 19411941 becomes the warmest year on record
- 5 January 1941Birth of Hayao Miyazaki
- 13 January 1941Death of James Joyce
- 20 January 1941Third inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 16 February 1941Birth of Kim Jong-il
- from 25 February 1941 to 27 February 1941February strike
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