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How Do You Live? is currently in production.

It’s pretty much a scientific fact that everybody loves Studio Ghibli movies. Spirited Away, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke; everyone’s got at least one Ghibli movie they’re always down for a rewatch. This is, of course, thanks to the brilliant animation, writing, and directing work of legendary animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, whose name was permanently burned into my head after Cartoon Network looped a commercial for Spirited Away when I was a kid (not that I mind). If you’re itching for another hit from Miyazaki’s magic bag, he’s got something new in the works.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki revealed that Miyazaki’s next film, How Do You Live?, is currently in the pipeline, though it’ll be awhile before it’s finished. How Do You Live? is based on a Japanese novel by the same name from 1937, written by Yoshino Genzaburō. The story follows 15 year old Junichi Honda as he explores various facets of life alongside his uncle, learning more about the human condition in the process.

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Suzuki noted in his interview that How Do You Live? will have a longer production schedule than most films produced by the studio, as well as a larger budget. In order to create a truly one-of-a-kind experience, they’ve utilized far more frames of animation than usual. Of course, this takes a lot of time and effort, to the point that 60 animators working on the same scene at the same time can only complete about a minute of animation in a month.

“We’ve been working on this film for three years, so that means we have 36 minutes completed so far,” Suzuki said. “We’re hoping it will finish in the next three years.”

Meanwhile, Miyazaki’s son, Goro Miyazaki, has another film of his own in the works to be made entirely with CG. Like How Do You Live?, this film is also based on a novel, in this case an unspecified English novel about a “very wise girl,” in Suzuki’s words.

If you don’t feel like waiting for all of this new stuff, you can rewatch the Ghibli classics when they’re added to HBO Max’s streaming library on May 27, the same day the service launches.