The Nippon TV (NTV) television broadcasting company announced on Thursday that it has decided to acquire 42.3% of the shares of world-famous animation studio Ghibli. This transaction, once completed, would make NTV the largest shareholder of the Ghibli, and turn the studio into a subsidiary of Nippon TV.

  • @Kissaki@feddit.de
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    810 months ago

    Does he actually think he’s worthless? I can imagine various other reasons for him not wanting his son to take over. Being unfitting or not good enough doesn’t make him worthless for example.

    • Chariotwheel
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      1110 months ago

      It’s not just the current situation. You just need to look at how Miyazaki reacted to most of Goro’s work. The only reason why Goro even got to direct was Toshio Suzuki.