Hayao Miyaza­ki began his career as an ani­ma­tor in 1963, get­ting in the door at Toei Ani­ma­tion not long before the com­pa­ny ceased to hire reg­u­lar­ly. Miyaza­k­i’s equal­ly retire­­ment-resis­­tant con­tem­po­rary Tet­suya Chi­ba, already well on his way to fame as a man­ga­ka, or com­ic artist, pub­lished the series Yuki no Taiy­ou, or Yuk­i’s Sun, that … Con­tin­ue read­ing The First Ani­ma­tion That Hayao Miyaza­ki Direct­ed on His Own: Watch Footage from the Pilot of Yuki’s Sun (1972)