That’s just my opinion, but I think Miyazaki has been losing his grip over the years. His last movie was borderline schizophrenic and unsettling. After each of his last three films, he swears it’s his final one and that he’s retiring—only to come back again. About a decade ago, his own son made his debut with an adaptation of Earthsea, which I actually thought was pretty solid, but Miyazaki publicly called him a failure and an embarrassment. Honestly, it seems like being a legendary figure in Japanese animation has gone to his head, and now he’s just a bitter old man struggling to cope with modern times and technology. He used to admire engineering, especially aircraft tech, but now he’s railing against innovations that have the potential to shake up the entire human race. Kinda sad, really.