The animator-auteur Hayao Miyazaki has announced his retirement many times before, most famously after the success ofPrincess Mononoke(1997). Unlike most retired people, he has continued to make films, winning an Oscar forSpirited Away(2001) and receiving a nomination forHowl’s Moving Castle(2004). He has claimed that his latest,The Wind Rises(out in the UK on 9thMay), really will be his last. “This time I am quite serious,” Miyazaki told theAssociated Presslast year. By some counts, this is...