One paradox holds true: the only thing that doesn’t change is that everything changes. And if there’s one word that characterizes the career of Hayao Miyazaki, it would be “change.” Floating in and out of retirement for over a decade, when it looks as though Miyazaki were truly done, a change blows in on the […]
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