Ghibli Producer Suzuki: Hayao Miyazaki is Preparing to Work on New Feature Film 

Ghibli Producer Suzuki: Hayao Miyazaki is Preparing to Work on New Feature Film

Suzuki stated at U.S. event that Miyazaki showed him storyboards for new work

The joint communications news distribution site 47News (Japan Press Network) is reporting on Friday that according to

is starting preparations to work on a new feature film. The news service stated that Suzuki revealed the news at an event in the United States on Thursday.

Suzuki stated at the event that Miyazaki showed him the storyboards for the new work. Suzuki said, "Even now [Miyazaki] is working very hard in Tokyo to create."

Owaranai Hito Miyazaki Hayao (The Man Who Is Not Done:

that aired in November, Miyazaki reported that he wants to return to making an anime feature film.

Miyazaki had declared in September 2013 that he was retiring from directing feature films.

Most recently, Miyazaki has been working on "Kemushi no Boro" (Boro the Caterpillar), a planned CG short for the Ghibli Museum. The

special in November revealed, however, that Miyazaki was not satisfied with the CG project as a short, and he presented a project proposal for a feature-length film this past August. Despite not officially receiving a green-light for the feature film, Miyazaki decided to start animation work on the project anyway. He plans on creating storyboards for about 100 cuts of footage.

special didn\'t confirm if the project proposal Miyazaki presented last August would be for a project related to "Kemushi no Boro."

Miyazaki rose to prominence in the 1970s on such television anime series as

manga into an anime film in 1984, before he and fellow director

With Ghibli, Miyazaki helmed the feature films

. He also co-produced Takahata\'s directorial efforts and directed smaller projects such as the "experimental film"

remains the highest earning film ever at the Japanese box office, 15 years after it opened in 2001. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 2003.

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