There¡¯s a lot to be learned from living with the Never-Ending Man. That¡¯s Hayao Miyazaki, the renowned director of animated films such as ¡°Spirited Away¡± and co-founder of the celebrated animation house Studio Ghibli. The nickname was coined by an NHK documentary about his penchant for retiring and unretiring again and again.
Miyazaki¡¯s former housemate and the author of ¡°Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man¡± is Connecticut-native Steve Alpert who, for 15 years, was a senior executive at Studio Ghibli and headed up its international division. The book chronicles Alpert¡¯s job as Ghibli¡¯s bridge to the wider world, which involved everything from negotiating distribution deals to serving as Ghibli¡¯s representative at the 2003 Academy Awards where ¡°Spirited Away¡± won the award for best animated feature.
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