Howl's Moving Castle
Animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi was announced as the film director on the same day. Hiromasa Yonebayashi was one of the animators for the Studio Ghibli films "Howl's Moving Castle", "Ponyo" and "Spirited Away". He was also the reserve director for the film "Tales from Earthsea". Miyazaki was announced as the production planner.