Since late last year, it’s been rumoured that legendary anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki would be coming out of retirement once again to direct a new feature film, and now comes word that the production department of Studio Ghibli has officially reopened in order to begin work on the project.
Empire reports that Miyazaki assembled some of the main people involved with the film to share his ideas and begin the recruitment of artists. Training is set to get underway in October, with full production beginning a couple of months later.
As yet, there’s been no official word on what the new project – Miyazaki’s first since 2013’s The Wind Rises – is, but it is thought that it will be a feature adaptation of a short he has been working on for the Studio Ghibli Museum entitled Kemushi no Boro (Boro The Caterpillar).
