Less than a week after Studio Ghibli's Oscar-winning "The Boy and the Heron" made its streaming debut on Max, the streamer released a new documentary that dives into the film's seven-year production period and how it became legendary director Hayao Miyazaki's most personal project to date.
"Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron" had its world premiere at the Cannes Festival in France earlier this year, but its arrival on Max was much more low-key. The French animation outlet Catsuka first spotted the 2-hour-long documentary on Max after a fan page drew attention to it in a thread on X (formerly Twitter). It features exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of "The Boy and the Heron's" winding production process, offering a window into the heart of Miyazaki's creative process and the "intricate dance of friendship and deception" between him and long-time producer and fellow Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki.
