Hayao Miyazaki was insistent that this scene from Studio Ghibli’s *The Wind Rises* (2013) be entirely hand-drawn, with no use of CGI effects. Animator Eiji Yamamori spent 15 months bringing it to life. At 24 frames per second, this amounts to 96 images, equating to just 6.4 images per month. Each frame was meticulously hand-drawn and painted with watercolor, and each character in the crowd was designed with its own distinct personality and motivations, reflected in their unique movements. The re