Hayao Miyazaki: The Hypocritical Gatekeeper of Animation

Hayao Miyazaki is often revered as one of the greatest animators of all time, an uncompromising visionary who champions traditional hand-drawn animation and artistic purity. But beneath the surface of his carefully curated image as a master artist lies a deep hypocrisy—one that exposes him as a shill for nostalgia and an inconsistent critic of the very industry that made him famous. The Man Who…