Can't he train a understudy? Get a team in place to replace him when he finally does bite the bullet?

It is because Pixar is more miss than hit since Disney bought them out before the release of Toy Story 3.  They are driving Marvel from a comics standpoint into the ground.  And they threw out so much deep Star Wars cannon to appeal to the masses.  Also, they screwed their own Infinity fanbase.  I'm not saying it's all bad, but what I am saying is that when Disney gets a hold of something, don't be surprised that it becomes "This isn't your father's [insert] anymore!", but worse.  And I was at DisneyWorld for an entire week last year.  Biggest piece of commercial bullshit I've ever experienced.

The guy always comes out of retirement to help out with the studio. He'll continue to do so until he is no longer physically able to, good or bad.

Have been a big fan of Studio Ghibli, hoping to see another great movie then!

Yass, the genius is back bitches!

But we already knew he was working in a movie about a worm using a bit of CGI for the first time since Mononoke

Well I would love a Ni No Kuni movie :D

YES!:D

I Love the Studio Ghibli movies! Castle in the sky is one of my all-time favorite movies. so i this means there'll more!

For a second I thought it was the From guy. I was like "when did he retire?"

Such amazing news!