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Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is no stranger to winning awards, and they keep on coming. On August 26, he took home the 38th annual Kawakita Award from the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute. The award itself was created in honor of Nagamasa Kawakita, a Japanese …Read more »
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a long-planned movie museum created by the folks behind the Oscars, is set to open December 14, 2020. One of the first exhibitions on display will be dedicated to Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of films …Read more »
Yesterday we posted about Mobile Suit Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino advising today’s Japanese animators to surpass the efforts of the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In the process, he mentioned his initial attempts to surpass George Lucas’s Star Wars, but there’s one renowned creator he was never able to defeat. …Read more »
In Japanese, there’s an English-derived phrase for taking things at one’s own, usually leisurely pace: maipēsu. According to a new essay from Studio Ghibli uber-producer Toshio Suzuki, that about describes the rate at which master director Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film is coming together. In an …Read more »
Despite how well known he is, many fans of Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki haven’t had a chance to see the anime legend in action. This officially changes with the theatrical debut of Never–Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki, a feature-length documentary that offers an inspiring, …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki is a household name at this point, but how many people are aware of the amount of work he puts into his passion for animation? Add the complex new element of CGI into the mix and you have a tale that could only …Read more »
January 12 marks the annual awards dinner for The Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the group will be taking some time to honor revered anime director Hayao Miyazaki in the process. The Studio Ghibli co-founder will receive the association’s Career Achievement Award during the …Read more »
Following up on last month’s license announcement, distributor GKIDS came through with more details about the upcoming theatrical release of Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki. The 2016 documentary follows the famed anime director after his 2013 “retirement” and through his struggles creating the CG-animated Boro the …Read more »
GKIDS has something special in store for fans of Studio Ghibli and acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki. The producer and distributor announced its acquisition of the North American distribution rights for NHK’s documentary feature film on the creator, Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki. Director Kaku Arakawa’s documentary …Read more »
Over his decades making iconic anime films, Studio Ghibli director and frequent unretirer Hayao Miyazaki has inspired more than a few artists. Some of those artists (over 130, in fact) will pay tribute to Miyazaki at an exhibition in Los Angeles August 17-19. The exhibition, …Read more »
Revered Studio Ghibli co-founder and director Isao Takahata passed away last month at age 82, and the staff of his studio gathered to remember the late creator at a farewell ceremony. The ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Ghibli Museum, where Hayao Miyazaki shared …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki has been hard at work on his anime short Boro the Caterpillar (Kemushi no Boro) for the past couple years, and it’s finally ready to make its debut. An update on the Ghibli Museum’s official website reveals that the short will start screening …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki, the anime director who needs no introduction (but we’re going to do it anyway) turned 77 this January 5. Miyazaki, who co-founded Studio Ghibli with director Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki in 1985, is currently at work on his latest film, Kimi-tachi …Read more »
In a press release Wednesday, uber-producer Toshio Suzuki wrote about Hayao Miyazaki’s new film, announced a new CG project by Goro Miyazaki, and mused about the future of the studio. He also announced a new president for the studio. Regarding Hayao Miyazaki’s new film, Kimi-tachi …Read more »
Take the word “final” with as many grains of salt as you need, but we now know what Hayao Miyazaki’s next anime movie will be called. Miyazaki was on hand at this year’s opening of Waseda University’s Natsume Soseki Memorial Museum, where he revealed the …Read more »
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