Two years after Hayao Miyazaki announced plans to retire, the legendary Japanese animator said that he has another project in the works. It will be his first 3D computer-animated film.
“I am just starting to work on a new anime,” Miyazaki told reporters at a press conference on Monday, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki explained that the film will only be a 10-minute short during a lecture on Friday in Tokyo, notes Anime News Network. It is set to take three years to make, despite being so short. It will also only be shown at the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo, so fans will have to make the trip there to see it.
Miyazaki announced in September 2013 that The Wind Rises would be his last film. He won the Best Animated Feature Oscar for Spirited Away in 2003 and also received an honorary Oscar last year.
Miyazaki also commented on political issues Monday, suggesting that it is “impossible” for Japan to match China’s military power. “Prime Minister Abe appears to be willing to be remembered in history as the man who revised the Constitution, but that is a foolish thing,” he said.
He also said that Japan must come to terms with the country’s actions in China during World War II. “I understand that there are many people who wish to forget what happened, but we must remain repentant about the senseless acts Japan conducted in China for a long period of time,” the filmmaker said, notes the WSJ.