The Professionals (Season 18)

The Quiet Joy of Unsung Support: Onishi Toshio, Copy Editor (Episode 1)

Air date: 2023-03-12

Overview: Copy editors go through every single word of text from magazines and books before they're published, not only checking but also making suggestions for improvements. Copy editor Onishi Toshio (60) has the implicit trust of many extraordinary authors and editors. He has worked on many best-selling Japanese novels. This quiet, gentle man loses all sense of time as he dives deep into a sea of words. He's spent a lifetime protecting words from his small apartment. Explore the rich, revelatory world of copy editing at Onishi's side.

The 2399 days of Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki (Episode 2)

Air date: 2023-12-16

Runtime: 80 min

Overview: How did Hayao Miyazaki (82), director of films like "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", "Castle in the Sky", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Porco Rosso", "Princess Mononoke", "Spirited Away", "Howl's Moving Castle", "Ponyo" and "The Wind Rises", create his latest film "The Boy and the Heron"? The story unfolds itself behind the scenes during the production, spanning 2399 days.