Miyazaki, who has not spoken publicly of the subject, today explained his reasons in an interview with The Times at Comic-Con ‘The reason I wasn’t here for the Academy Award was because I didn’t want

Miyazaki, who has not spoken publicly of
the subject, today explained his reasons in
an interview with The Times at Comic-Con
‘The reason I wasn’t here for the Academy
Award was because I didn’t want to visit a
country that was bombing Iraq,’ he said. ‘At
the time, my producer shut me up and did
not allow me to say that, but I don’t see him
around today. the way, my producer also
shared in that feeling.’