Masayuki Miyaji

Twitterhttps://twitter.com/miyajijii Wiki jphttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Upon graduating from Nihon Universitys art departments school of film Miyaji took part in Studio Ghiblis HigashiKoganei Sonjoku training program in 1998. The promise he showed in the program led him to be selected as assistant director to Hayao Miyazakihttps://anilist.co/staff/96870/ in Spirited Awayhttps://anilist.co/anime/199/. In 2008 he made his full directorial debut with Bounen no Xamdouhttps://anilist.co/anime/4177/. In an interview to The Japan Times Miyaji stated that he believed anime was a part of the film industry and said in respect to Xamdous theatrical dimension he had wished to use an almost documentary style for certain parts and listed directors Ken Loach and JeanLuc Godard as his inspirations. He also felt he could reach a different kind of an audience with the series unique Playstation Network release. Source: Wikipedia