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From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro, and Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, comes a heartwarming family adventure. Ponyo is celebrating its 10th anniversary as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2018, and you can relive the gorgeous feature in …Read more »
Studio Ghibli, the anime studio behind classics like My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away , will open “Ghibli Park” in central Japan’s Aichi Prefecture by the early 2020s, it was reported today. The announcement was made by Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki and Aichi governor …Read more »
This is definitely worth taking a few minutes out of your day for. Korean filmmaker Kojer has blended the characters from various Studio Ghibli movies into footage of real-life locations in a pretty darn impressive feat of editing prowess. In the video, titled simply “Studio …Read more »
If you’ve ever been to the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, you’ve no doubt seen kids playing around in a life-size version of the Catbus from the studio’s classic My Neighbor Totoro . You may also have felt a pang of jealously, knowing that if …Read more »
Mid-1990s America was a time before high-speed Internet was available in homes, when owning movies was relatively uncommon due to cost. Nationwide video rental stores thrived. They would frequently offer a small section of “Japanimation,” where it would not be uncommon for violent pornography such …Read more »
June 15, 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Studio Ghibli. Founded in 1985 by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki, the studio has created some of Japan and the world’s best-loved animation with films like My Neighbor Totoro , Grave of …Read more »
Do you like the films of Hayao Miyazaki ( Spirited Away , My Neighbor Totoro )? Me too. But maybe not as much as this guy. French animation student Gwenn Germain, student at art school Creapole, has created a pretty stunning 2:30 minute short that …Read more »
Vimeo user whoispablo recently uploaded a pixel art animation tribute to Studio Ghibli and the movies of Hayao Miyazaki. It's just under a minute, but you can see a pretty wide range of films covered, from My Neighbor Totoro to Ponyo and more, in the …Read more »
It’s no secret that Studio 4°C is one of our favorite anime studios. They made Mind Game , you know. And now Anime Expo’s announced that they’ll be playing host to Eiko Tanaka, founder of the studio and producer on everything from Memories to Tekkonkinkreet …Read more »
Helen McCarthy has published ten books on anime and manga (so far) and is a leading expert in her field. Catching up with her at Anime Central, she spoke about how she first got into anime and manga, how she founded the magazine Anime UK …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 »
For the last ten years, Studio Ghibli (who really need no introduction, but just in case: Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro ) have been holding exhibitions at Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art. This year, the studio invited famed anime director Hideaki Anno ( …Read more »
With The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki just won his second Academy Award. But where is he keeping his Oscar statuette? Beginning today, it can be found at the Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse at Ghibli Park. The park is located in Aichi Prefecture, and Aichi …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki’s new movie, The Boy and the Heron, is continuing its winning streak! It has just been given awards by both The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood (in the form of the Annual Annie …Read more »
The nominees for the 2024 Academy Awards have been announced, and there is one anime nominated! It’s none other than The Boy and the Heron from Hayao Miyazaki, the only anime director who has ever won an Oscar. To be specific, The Boy and the …Read more »
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