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Kotabe on drawing key scenes in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 2008.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Yoichi Kotabe, age 72. Illustrator for A Link to the Past, Link’s Awakening, and BS Zelda. Former partner of the Studio Ghibli founders. - Hayao Miyazaki, age 67. Co-founder of Studio Ghibli. - Satoru Iwata, age 48. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Kotabe: [Miyazaki] came up to me and asked if I could help him out. I agreed without giving it much thought. … Remember the scene [in Nausicaä] where the tentacles reach out? Miya-san had drawn some layouts, and I was to trace those to create the key frames, but it kept turning out lifeless and ruined. So for the first frame of the tentacles I just used the layout itself. When I saw the finished movie and what an important scene it was, I was shocked. Iwata: I heard Miyazaki-san said you got mad at him. [laughs] Kotabe: Of course! It's such an important scene, but he didn't even show me all the storyboards!
June 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Kotabe on Pippi Longstocking, Heidi, & Ghibli Founders, 2008.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Yoichi Kotabe, age 72. Animation director for Heidi, Key animator for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Illustrator for A Link to the Past, Link’s Awakening, and BS Zelda. - Isao Takahata, age 72. Director of Heidi and Grave of the Fireflies. Studio Ghibli co-founder. - Hayao Miyazaki, age 67. Director of My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away. Studio Ghibli co-founder. QUOTE: Kotabe: ... a certain production company contacted Mr. Takahata, Miya-san [Miyazaki] and I about adapting [Pippi Longstocking]. ... I really wanted to make that animation, so I shook off my fetters and took flight. That was all fine and dandy, but then the original author didn't give the OK. It was quite a jam. That project was the whole reason we'd left [Toei], and now it was dead in the water. … If we quit Tokyo Movie, too, and moved on, it would be our third company. But if we could be certain Mr. Takahata would be able to direct something there, Miya-san and I said we would follow. That led to Heidi.
May 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM