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[From July 8, 2023] “Isao Takahata Exhibition: What we left behind in Japanese animation” will be held at the Mie Prefectural Museum!

掲載日:2023.07.06

A special exhibition featuring Isao Takahata's works, ``Isao Takahata Exhibition: The Legacy of Japanese Animation,'' will be held at the Mie Prefectural Museum (MieMu).

The exhibition focuses on Isao Takahata, a film director with ties to Mie Prefecture who has worked on many animated films for Studio Ghibli and other companies, and focuses on the direction of Isao Takahata, who "doesn't draw", and also introduces many unreleased materials. While doing so, we will explore the secrets of the multifaceted world of his works.

This is a rare opportunity to see more than 1,300 exhibit materials such as storyboards, layouts, background paintings, original drawings, composition draft memos, etc. made available to the public all at once, so please come and visit us♪

 

Event period, access, etc.

〇Event period
From Saturday, July 8, 2023 to Monday, September 18, 2023 (holiday)
*Open every Monday (July 17th and September 18th) and closed on July 18th (Tuesday).

〇Opening hours
9:00-17:00 (last entry until 16:30)

〇Venue
 Mie Prefectural Museum (MieMu) (3060 Tsubeta, isshinden TsuCity, 514-0061)

〇Access
·train
25 minutes walk from the west exit of Tsu Station (JR/Kintetsu/Ise Railway)
or
Approximately 5 minutes by Mie Kotsu bus from the west exit of Tsu Station and get off at "Sogo Bunka Center-mae" stop.
·car
Approximately 10 minutes from Ise Expressway "Tsu IC"

〇Parking lot
Free approx. 1,400 units
 

viewing fee

General: 1,600 (1,400) yen
Student: 1,000 (800) yen
Elementary, junior high and high school students: 500 (300) yen
Preschool children: Free

*The prices in parentheses are for groups of 20 or more people.
*This fee also allows you to view the basic exhibits (permanent).
*If you are purchasing a student ticket, please display your student ID. (Excluding elementary school students)
*Various discounts cannot be used together.
*Free admission for those with a disability certificate and one accompanying person.
*If you have an annual passport for the Mie Prefectural Museum (MieMu), you will only be charged the group rate.
Please note that accompanying elementary, junior high and high school students will need a ticket.
*Campus members (Mie University and Kogakukan University) are required to pay the general or student rate.

Click here for details on admission fees.

Main places to buy tickets

〇Mie Prefectural Museum (MieMu) *Only same-day tickets will be sold during the period (Payment in cash only)

〇Tsu Station West Exit Kintetsu Counter *Purchase hours are 10:00-19:00 on weekdays and 9:00-18:00 on weekends and holidays.
It can be purchased at other Kintetsu station sales offices. Click here for details.

You can also purchase in-store at convenience stores or online.
We also sell discount plans that include Kintetsu, Sanko bus, and exhibition tickets.
Click here for more information.

Click here for an article summarizing the highlights of the “Isao Takahata Exhibition”!

We have published an article summarizing the highlights of the "Isao Takahata Exhibition" and related events, so please click the link button below to view it.

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Who is Isao Takahata?

Born in 1935 in what is now Ise City IseCity Prefecture, he spent his childhood in TsuCity. Graduated from the Department of French Literature at the University of Tokyo in 1959, and joined what is now Toei Animation in the same year. In 1968, he completed his first full-length production (director), ``The Sun Prince: The Adventures of Horus,'' and went on to direct all episodes of television masterpieces such as ``Heidi, Girl of the Alps.''


In his posthumous work, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013), he used digital technology to create a watercolor-style painting technique that utilized hand-drawn lines, achieving an expressive innovation that was on a completely different level from the traditional cel style. did.


He served as a producer for Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which was released in 1984, and in 1985 he participated in the establishment of Studio Ghibli, playing an active role alongside Hayao Miyazaki as one of the two pillars of Studio Ghibli.

Images from Mie Tourism Editorial Department

Tourism Mie Editorial Department

An exhibition on Isao Takahata, who has worked on many animated films for Studio Ghibli and other companies, will be held at the Mie Prefectural Museum (MieMu) from July 8th (Saturday). This is a rare opportunity to see more than 1,300 exhibits displayed all at once, so please come and visit us♪ Check out the report article for details!

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