The legendary Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki made a historic and golden return to the Academy Awards.
EntertainmentFILE - In this Nov. 8, 2014, file photo, Hayao Miyazaki arrives at the 6th annual Governors Awards in Los Angeles. Miyazakis The Boy and Heron, is nominated for best animated feature. the legendary Japanese filmmaker whose anime classics have enchanted fans around the world for decades, has won his second career Oscar.
“Doesn’t an elderly person deluding themself that they’re still capable, despite their geriatric forgetfulness, prove that they’re past their best?” he adds. “You bet it does.” “The Boy and the Heron” follows a boy named Mahito Maki who moves to the countryside after his mother’s death. There, he is lured by a mysterious heron into a secluded tower, a portal that transports him to a fantastical realm amid his grief.