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Renowned anime director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata has passed away at age 82. As Yahoo! News Japan reports, the sad news comes after Takahata was recently hospitalized for heart-related conditions. Isao Takahata co-founded Ghibli along with Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki in 1985. …Read more »
When Marnie Was There director Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower is coming to select theaters in the United States on January 19, right after a special Fathom screening event on January 18. Based on the 1971 children’s novel The Little Broomstick, Mary and …Read more »
In Mary and the Witch’s Flower , the new anime film from Hiromasa Yonebayashi ( When Marnie Was There ), the main character is a young girl who moves to a new town, befriends a black cat and blonde-haired boy, and saves the latter with …Read more »
Starting July 8, Japanese filmgoers will be able to check out Mary and the Witch’s Flower , the new film from Studio Ghibli alum Hiromasa Yonebayashi ( When Marnie Was There ). One person who won’t be in attendance? Ghibli boss Hayao Miyazaki. “I won’t …Read more »
Of all the anime films coming out this year, this may be the one we’re most looking forward to. It’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower from Studio Ponoc, a bunch of folks who used to work at Ghibli and have made what looks like a …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 »
As you may have heard, 2017 is kind of a big deal for the history of anime. The first piece of animation made in Japan was produced in 1917, making this whole Japanese animation thing a century old. What better time, thought the folks behind …Read more »
Studio Ghibli may be in hibernation, or low-power mode, or whatever metaphor works for you, but a generation of animators and producers trained at the legendary studio have come together to bring us a new film with a distinctly Ghibli feel. The film, announced last …Read more »
Studio Ghibli: the legendary studio is known for creating some of the best and most financially successful anime films of all time, but it’s also had its share of failures. Ever wondered how much Studio Ghibli’s movies cost to make, and how much the studio …Read more »
The last time I talked about Only Yesterday in this magazine, I was lamenting the fact that it was one of only two Studio Ghibli films to have never received an English-language release (the other being Ocean Waves ). Now I’m back in the pages …Read more »
The Red Turtle , the new animated film co-produced by Studio Ghibli and directed by Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit is headed to America courtesy Sony Pictures Classics, reports Deadline. The Red Turtle , which screened at Cannes, marks a new direction for legendary …Read more »
Director Isao Takahata might not be quite as famous as his Studio Ghibli compatriot Hayao Miyazaki, but it’s entirely possible Miyazaki wouldn’t have the had the career he did without the elder Takahata’s help. That’s one of many interesting tidbits discussed in a new long-form …Read more »
Thanks to a combination of the efforts of Disney and GKids, the U.S. has received high-quality releases of most of the catalog of legendary studio Studio Ghibli. But there’s one Ghibli gem that’s never been released in the U.S. – until now. GKids has announced …Read more »
To coincide with the U.S. release of When Marnie Was There , director Hiromasa Yonebayashi has been interviewed by Time Out, and it’s definitely worth a read. In the interview, Yonebayashi details many aspects of the film’s production, including the differences between Marnie and his …Read more »
Once again, it’s time to check in on everyone’s favorite “open but not working on anything” anime studio, Ghibli, with a couple interesting tidbits that hit the net this week. First off, The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness , the 2014 documentary about the inner …Read more »
Joseph Luster
![The Ghosts of Ghibli Haunt Mary and the Witch’s Flower [Review]](https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/maryreview-202x202.jpg)
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Matt Schley
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Paul Thomas Chapman
Evan Minto
