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Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s latest anime film, Mary and The Witch’s Flower, comes to theaters in the U.S. on January 18 and 19, so GKIDS is here to offer up a new preview. This time, rather than another trailer featuring a mix of clips from the movie, …Read more »
Good news for fans of anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa: both of the director’s 2017 films have been licensed for distribution in North America. The distributor with the good sense to snap up both Night is Short, Walk On Girl and Lu Over the Wall was …Read more »
From director Hayao Miyazaki, Howl’s Moving Castle is an Academy Award®-nominated acclaimed fantasy based on the novel of the same name. Sophie, an average teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Fathom Events Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award®-winning masterpiece Spirited Away was the biggest box office hit of all time in Japan and helped redefine the possibilities of animation for American audiences and a generation of new filmmakers. Chihiro thinks she is on another boring …Read more »
Mary and the Witch’s Flower, the debut feature from Ghibli alums Studio Ponoc, will hit U.S. theaters January 18. The film, which was released in Japan this July, will be released in both English dubbed and subtitled form by GKIDS and Fathom Events. January 18 …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Fathom Events From Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is considered by many to be his masterwork — and there are few films, animated or otherwise, of such sweeping scope and grandeur. Set in a devastated future …Read more »
Ponoc, the animation studio founded by ex-Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, has announced the cast for the English-language version of its debut film Mary and the Witch’s Flower. The title role will be played by Ruby Barnhill, the 13-year-old actor best known for her role as …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: From the legendary Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki comes a rollicking adventure about a young girl with a mysterious crystal pendant who falls out of the sky and into the arms and life of young Pazu. Together they search for a floating …Read more »
Some classic Studio Ghibli may be coming to a theater near you in just a few weeks. It’s being reported today that Castle in the Sky , Studio Ghibli’s 1986 classic feature film, will be hitting U.S. theaters in a limited run courtesy GKIDS, who …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: From the legendary Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki comes the beloved coming-of-age story of a resourceful young witch who uses her broom to create a delivery service, only to lose her gift of flight in a moment of self-doubt. It is tradition …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved classic, My Neighbor Totoro , is for a special two-day event as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2017! Discover a world of magic and wonder when sisters Satsuke and Mei befriend a family of Totoros, gigantic but cuddly forest spirits …Read more »
In 1993, Studio Ghibli teamed up with Nippon Television in a project designed to give younger animators a platform with which to express themselves artistically. The result was Ocean Waves (known in Japan as Umi ga Kikoeru , or “I Can Hear the Sea”), an …Read more »
Last fall, GKIDS presented a North American theatrical run for director Keiichi Hara's Miss Hokusai anime film. Now it's time to start looking forward to the home video release, which Amazon currently has listed for March 7. Miss Hokusai will be available on DVD and …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: In honor of director Hayao Miyazaki's birthday and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of his beloved classics, Fathom Events and GKIDS are excited to bring the epic animated fantasy film, back to cinemas nationwide on Thursday, January 5 (English Subtitles) and …Read more »
Isao Takahata's Only Yesterday used to be the only feature film by Studio Ghibli that remained unreleased in North America. It celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year with a theatrical run from GKIDS, and now Amazon has its Blu-ray + DVD release scheduled for …Read more »
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Otaku USA Staff
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