In non-Miyazake anime news, you seem the kinda chap who's probably already seen
Grave of the Fireflies but if not you (and all) should (linky is to the subbed version, dubbed down the right hand side but will be missing much atmosphere). Second only to When the Wind Blows in terms of post-nuclear holocaust bleakness and uncanny ability to bring tears to eyes via the medium of hand-drawn animations.
EDIT: And it got made into a
live action fillum apparently. Not seen it but could go either way and quite drastically either way. Interested though cos if it's good it should be very, very good... and if it is bad 'twill be horrid. No worries about the copyright infringement cos is PooToob and they are allowed to infringe copyright cos Google sez so.