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From Up on Poppy Hill is Studio Ghibli’s latest feature and the highest grossing box office hit in Japan in 2011. It’s the second film directed by Goro Miyazaki ( Tales From Earthsea ), son of Hayao Miyazaki, and it was shown in the U.S. …Read more »
Goro Miyazaki has to be the unluckiest man in the anime industry. His legendary parentage aside, no one could envy his position of having been promoted from landscape architect to suddenly directing a movie based on an epic fantasy universe spanning a half-dozen books. …Read more »
One of the most hotly anticipated anime adaptations on the horizon is Golden Kamuy, which brings Satoru Noda’s manga to the small screen with the help of anime production house Geno Studio (Genocidal Organ). An update on the official website sheds some light on the …Read more »
In the new issue of Otaku USA , one of our features by Daryl Surat dives into the latest anime movie from Studio Ghibli, From Up on Poppy Hill . Though the film is directed by Goro Miyazaki—son of beloved Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki ( …Read more »
We previously posted about the cast members lined up for the Devilman side of the upcoming Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman anime, set to debut this November in the form of a three-part OVA series. Now it's time to see who's playing who on the Cyborg …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki may be retired from directing feature films, but there are other ways for the 74-year-old creator to stay busy. Miyazaki's son Goro—director of Tales from Earthsea , From Up on Poppy Hill , and Ronia the Robber's Daughter —originally revealed one of those …Read more »
For those wondering when to expect Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises anime film in North America, we have some fresh news regarding distribution plans. While Ghibli's last film, From Up on Poppy Hill , was released courtesy of GKids, The Wind …Read more »
The 14 th and 15 th Pokémon movies came to the U.S. in English-dubbed editions in December 2011 after attaining the second and third spots in the ranking of the year’s domestic box office hits in Japan (beaten only by Studio Ghibli’s latest, From Up …Read more »
Japan has a new Studio Ghibli collection on the way on December 1, and it includes the first on-disc release of the first Ghiblies short. The Ghibli ga Ippai Kantoku mo Ippai Collection box set puts the spotlight on works from directors other than co-founders …Read more »
Would you believe Spirited Away is 20 years old this month? The record-setting film, about a girl working at the bathhouse of the gods to buy her parents’ freedom, is one of Studio Ghibli’s most memorable stories. One of the most memorable things about it is …Read more »
We just learned that a bunch of anime titles are in possible contention for this year’s Academy Awards. Meanwhile, the Japanese version of the Oscars, the Japan Academy Film Prize, have revealed the nominees for Animation of the Year. These films are up for the …Read more »
It wasn’t that long ago that Studio Ghibli’s next movie was revealed as Earwig and the Witch, which has Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill, Tales from Earthsea) at the helm and Hayao Miyazaki on planning. Based on the children’s novel by Howl’s Moving …Read more »
Earwig and the Witch was recently announced as the first fully 3DCG film from Studio Ghibli, with Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill) directing based on the book by Howl’s Moving Castle author Diana Wynne Jones. Now we have our first look in a …Read more »
Once it's done with December's Oscar-qualifying run in Los Angeles, Makoto Shinkai's your name. anime film will make its full North American theatrical debut in 2017. The film will be released in both subtitled and dubbed versions, and Funimation is gearing up for its arrival …Read more »
Try as he might, Mamoru Oshii just can’t get into recent anime. That’s the word from a recent interview with the director of Urusei Yatsura , Patlabor and Ghost in the Shell in which Oshii talked anime, Dragon Quest Builders , and attempting to provoke …Read more »
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