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Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.

Hayao Miyazaki

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Hayao Miyazaki
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Animation Director
Animator
Character Designer
Comics Artist
Director
Environmentalist
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
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Miyazaki Hayao
Tsutomu Teruki
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