I heard that Miyazaki personally drew 80,000 frames of the film. Is it true?
No. Miyazaki personally checked and often redrew them, but he did not draw 80,000 frames. Being an excellent animator himself, Miyazaki ‘s directing style requires him to personally check drawings by other animators and often redraw them to make them closer to his image. Of 144,000 cels of animation used in Mononoke Hime, about 80,000 were key animation, and he supervised each of them. This is an enourmous task, and Miyazaki says that his eyes and hands no longer permit him to work this way. This is why Miyazaki says that he would not make a film in this style (personally checking each frame of animation). In the “Making of Mononoke Hime” video, you can see Miyazaki checking and redrawing to make characters “act right”.
No. Miyazaki personally checked and often redrew them, but he did not draw 80,000 frames. Being an excellent animator himself, Miyazaki ‘s directing style requires him to personally check drawings by other animators and often redraw them to make them closer to his image. Of 144,000 cels of animation used in Mononoke Hime, about 80,000 were key animation, and he supervised each of them. This is an enormous task, and Miyazaki says that his eyes and hands no longer permit him to work this way. This is why Miyazaki says that he would not make a film in this style (personally checking each frame of animation). In the “Making of Mononoke Hime” video, you can see Miyazaki checking and redrawing to make characters “act right”.
