Great news for fans of animation. Isao Takahata, one of the co-founders of Studio Ghibli, has announced that he will be directing a new feature-length animated film.
It is called Taketori Monogatari, or The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, which is an adaptation of the classic 10th century folktale (known as The Tale of Princess Kaguya). He’ll be breaking his 10-year hiatus since last directing My Neighbors the Yamadas in 1999.
Hayao Miyazaki is “in discussions with studio staff to make two more feature-length films in the next 3 years.”
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is about a mysterious girl called Kaguya-hime, who was discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant. She is said to be from Tsuki-no-Miyako (”The Capital of the Moon”) and has unusual hair that “shines like gold.”
Ghibli’s Ponyo was out in the States recently and it is just great to know they are working on another.
Source: First Showing
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