https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67909246
"Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki has won his first Golden Globe Award
at the age of 83 for
The Boy and the Heron.
This marks the first Golden Globe win for a non-English animated feature.
Billed as Mr Miyazaki's final feature, it was up against Disney productions
such as
Wish and
Elemental in the animated feature category.
The film centres on a young boy who meets a mysterious speaking heron after
losing his mother during World War Two.
It echoes parts of Mr Miyazaki's life story. Like the boy, his own family was
evacuated to the countryside during the war. Mr Miyazaki also had a deep bond
with his own mother, who was said to have had a large influence on his work and
the strong female characters in his films.
The Golden Globes have traditionally been seen as a bellwether for the Oscars.
Mr Miyazaki's 2001 feature,
Spirited Away, won an Oscar in the animated
feature category.
Mr Miyazaki came out of retirement to make
The Boy and the Heron, and spent
seven years on the production. He directed and wrote the original screenplay
for the film.
The film was reportedly the first original anime film to top the North American
box office after it was released there in December.
It first premiered in Japan in June and has been a box office hit in many
countries, grossing more than $136m (£107m) worldwide."
Well deserved. Congratulations!
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