Online Ghibli reports that according to the Nanjing Morning Post, Studio Ghibli has decided that the next feature movie project from the legendary Hideo Miyazaki ("Spirited Away", "Princess Mononoke") would be an adaptation of a children novel called "Wo diushile wode xiaonanhai (I Lost my Little Boy)," a new piece of work by a Chinese writer called Yishu.
The recently published story, although less than 50,000 words, topped various best-seller lists as soon as it was released. Different from the previous works of Yishu, this story was written in "children language," and is mainly about a boy named Mimi who is suffering from heart disease, and his strange but heartwarming voyages. After leaving his friends, Mimi meets various interesting characters like a mysterious elf.
What attracted the studio is the innocence of the story, and it is said that the project has already been entered into their production schedule. It is estimated that it will be released sometime in 2006. The next Miyazaki movie is "Howl's Moving Castle" which hits US cinemas in June.
Thanks to 'Antoine'.
