Ghibli President Says No Trailers for New Miyazaki Film

Miyazaki Hayao’s highly anticipated new film is less than two months out from release. Now Ghibli says there won’t be any trailers before the lights dim and the film begins playing!

By Noah Oskow

After nearly a decade between theatrical films, the newest movie from beloved animation house Studio Ghilbi is only 42 days away from release in Japan. What’s more, the film is by one of the world’s most respected directors: the now-legendary Miyazaki Hayao. (If you’re unfamiliar, Miyazaki is the director behind films like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Totoro, and many more of the most popular films in Japan and beyond.) As the 12th and potentially final theatrical film for the 82-year-old Miyazaki, few Japanese films could attract the sort of attention How Do You Live (君たちはどう生きるか) is receiving globally. And all this with hardly any information to go off of!

How Do You Live releases on July 14th. And, As of yet, the film has only a single, ambiguous teaser poster from which perspective viewers can conceptualize the movie. That, perhaps, is why today’s revelation from Ghibli president, producer, and constant hype-man Suzuki Toshio comes as such a shock. During a streamed interview for Bungei Shunjū, Suzuki…