The Oscar-winning animator's new movie and retirement
"The Wind Rises" is Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s latest production.
It is also his farewell piece.
"The Wind Rises" - is a look at the life of the man who invented Japan's Mitsubishi Zero fighter airplane
The 72-year-old master surprised the world of cinema by announcing his retirement in September.
"I have said I would quit so many times and gotten everybody all worked up so everybody’s thinking 'here he goes again'.
But this time, I mean it."
Miyazaki has found fame and fortune as an animator, director, producer and screenwriter.
His distinct style has won fans all over the world.
And his 2001 feature film "Spirited Away" saw him win an Oscar –for best Animated feature film.
Back in Japan, fans say they want Miyazaki to carry on or at least pass on his knowledge to the next generation.
It may be the end of the Miyazaki era but for Asian animation – the time is perhaps right for a new talent to pick of the baton and take the genre to new levels.
