Miyazaki Hayao and His Mentor Ōtsuka Yasuo: Learning the Fascination of Animation

The title character of Mirai shōnen Konan (Conan, the Boy in Future). (© Nippon Animation Co., Ltd.)

The titular pig soars through the sky in Porco Rosso. (© 1992 Studio Ghibli•NN)

Nausicaä tries to prevent war in a postapocalyptic world. (© 1984 Studio Ghibli•H)

Ōtsuka in September 2018 with a half-built model of the Fiat 500 that hero Lupin drives in The Castle of Cagliostro. His own love for the vehicle inspired its use in the film. (Photograph by Kanō Seiji)

Horikoshi Jirō (right) with Giovanni Battista Caproni. (© 2013 Studio Ghibli•NDHDMTK)