It can but it won’t until he is dead. He has a reputation that he is impossible to work with. He somehow cannot find a successor in decades. That alone is a huge red flag for a boss. The people working at Ghibli started their own company, Studio Ponac, because they knew they would never be good enough to succeed in his eyes.
Ghibli can still make films without Miyazaki directing. When’s the last time Walt Disney worked on a film?
It can but it won’t until he is dead. He has a reputation that he is impossible to work with. He somehow cannot find a successor in decades. That alone is a huge red flag for a boss. The people working at Ghibli started their own company, Studio Ponac, because they knew they would never be good enough to succeed in his eyes.
https://fandomwire.com/studio-ghibli-has-long-been-struggling-unable-to-find-a-successor-to-legendary-hayao-miyazaki-studio-ghibli-to-be-sold-off-to-nippon-tv/
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/25/16539532/studio-ghibli-ponoc-mary-and-the-witchs-flower-interview
I highly recommend the videos: Never Ending Man, and the TV documentary “10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki” if you want to learn more.