The 1968 moviewasthedirectorialdebutofIsaoTakahata, andwhileitdidn't exactlysettheworldonfire, itcatalyzed a lifelongpartnershipbetweenTakahataandMiyazaki.
In a 2013 LATimesinterview, heconfessedtothefollowing,
2013年のLAタイムズのインタビューで、彼は次のように告白している、
"When I wasinhighschool, I wasthinkingif I weretochoosethesamepathasmyfather, I wouldneverbeabletoreachthelevelhehasattained. I thoughtitwouldbebettertochoosemyownpath."