Has Hayao Miyazaki ever made an anime series or manga?


Hayao Miyazaki is a famous director of anime movies such as "Spirited Away"
and "My Neighbor Totoro".

But has he ever made any anime series or manga besides movies? If so, what are
they?




Miyazaki is surprisingly prolific as a creator of manga. His best-known work
in the medium is, of course, _Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind_ , on which
his movie of the same name was based (for an interesting comparison of the
different versions, see
[here](http://www.utdallas.edu/research/spacesciences/hairston/nausicaamanga_film.html)).
In a similar vein, he created a short manga for _The Wind Rises_ a few years
ago, in the leadup to the film. You can check out his [Wikipedia
article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki#Manga_career) for more
details. [Reports
suggest](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-09/ghibli-suzuki/hayao-
miyazaki-is-drawing-samurai-manga) that Miyazaki is currently working on
another manga, which will apparently be about samurai.

Miyazaki has never been the sole director of a television anime, but prior to
his work on _Nausicaä_ , he did extensive work on a number of television anime
series (animation at first, and later, episode direction and co-direction),
first at Toei, and later at A Pro and Nippon Animation (after that, of course,
he founded Ghibli, and the rest is history). Prominent works in his oeuvre
includes the first _Lupin III_ anime and _Heidi: Girl of the Alps_ (both co-
directed with long-time collaborator and Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata).
Since _Nausicaä_ , however, Miyazaki has done no further work on television
anime.

Note: I forgot about [_Future Boy
Conan_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Boy_Conan), which is basically a
Miyazaki show, technicalities of crediting notwithstanding (thanks,
@JonathanVanMatre). For more details, take a look at @leonbloy's answer.




Miyazaki is surprisingly prolific as a creator of manga. His best-known work
in the medium is, of course, _Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind_ , on which
his movie of the same name was based (for an interesting comparison of the
different versions, see
[here](http://www.utdallas.edu/research/spacesciences/hairston/nausicaamanga_film.html)).
In a similar vein, he created a short manga for _The Wind Rises_ a few years
ago, in the leadup to the film. You can check out his [Wikipedia
article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki#Manga_career) for more
details. [Reports
suggest](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-09/ghibli-suzuki/hayao-
miyazaki-is-drawing-samurai-manga) that Miyazaki is currently working on
another manga, which will apparently be about samurai.

Miyazaki has never been the sole director of a television anime, but prior to
his work on _Nausicaä_ , he did extensive work on a number of television anime
series (animation at first, and later, episode direction and co-direction),
first at Toei, and later at A Pro and Nippon Animation (after that, of course,
he founded Ghibli, and the rest is history). Prominent works in his oeuvre
includes the first _Lupin III_ anime and _Heidi: Girl of the Alps_ (both co-
directed with long-time collaborator and Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata).
Since _Nausicaä_ , however, Miyazaki has done no further work on television
anime.

Note: I forgot about [_Future Boy
Conan_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Boy_Conan), which is basically a
Miyazaki show, technicalities of crediting notwithstanding (thanks,
@JonathanVanMatre). For more details, take a look at @leonbloy's answer.

