ADVERTISEMENT"'Ponyo' is a very special film in Hayao Miyazaki's filmography,” Academy Museum senior exhibitions curator, Jessica Niebel, told Reuters at the exhibit on Thursday. “First of all, children are very close to his heart, and he likes to make movies for a young audience. The exhibit includes hand-drawn art boards with bold ocean blues and sketches from Miyazaki himself of meaningful moments in the movie. An interactive animation table offers visitors a chance to create their own stop-motion animation sequences and wade into the creative process. And these tables invite them to do just that.”Beyond the beauty of the art, Niebel hopes people will understand why honoring hand-drawn human work is so vital in an era of artificial intelligence.

Source: The Telegraph February 14, 2026 13:26 UTC