About the Exhibition

Hayao Miyazaki, the Academy Museum’s inaugural temporary exhibition, marked the first North American museum retrospective dedicated to the work of its namesake: the internationally celebrated artist and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. The exhibition portrayed the creative mind of this auteur and philosopher who for more than 50 years has expressed his ideas across a broad and imaginative filmography. From the heart-warming My Neighbor Totoro (1988) to the mystical, Academy Award-winning Spirited Away (2001) and beyond, the retrospective incorporated all of Miyazaki’s animated feature films into a series of immersive environments that offered a journey both educational and experiential.

Hayao Miyazaki featured more than 300 objects, including original imageboards, character designs, storyboards, layouts, backgrounds, posters, and cels from Studio Ghibli's archives—including pieces on public view outside of Japan for the first time.