In 1985, two friends and longtime collaborators — Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, fresh off the success of their recent project Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind — founded a company that ...

One of the key figures in this group of protectors is Isao Shinomiya, the Director General and Kikoru’s father. He is a stern man, once considered the strongest soldier in the Defense Force, and ...