Japanese Twitter Loves Hayao Miyazaki’s Hands
Danica DavidsonStudio Ghibli has been showing off Hayao Miyazaki’s hands — the hands that have drawn and written so many things that have made so many people happy. First up is Miyazaki’s hand on his latest book.
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Twitter Celebrates Hayao Miyazaki’s 80th Birthday
Hayao Miyazaki was born 80 years ago today, on January 5, 1941. Enough people who are fans of his work also have Twitter accounts, because they got his name trending while sending him birthday wishes. Here are some of the people celebrating: «I do believe …Read more »
The Simpsons Reference Miyazaki and Totoro in New Episode
Last night The Simpsons played a new episode titled “The Dad Feelings-Limited” that included references to anime. Comic Book Guy and his wife, the mangaka Kumiko, start hanging out with Homer and Marge, doing trivia and eating ramen with them. (And if you look closely, …Read more »
Miyazaki Says How He’ll Feel if Demon Slayer Surpasses Spirited Away
Yesterday we reported that the Demon Slayer film has done better than most movies have in Japan at the box office, even beating out all the Miyazaki movies at this point except for Spirited Away. While Miyazaki was out picking up trash to help the …Read more »
Miyazaki’s Controversial Quote About Japanese Voice Actresses Resurfaces
In 2005, during an interview with England’s The Guardian for the release of Howl’s Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki praised dub actress Lauren Bacall. He also remarked, “All the Japanese female voice actors have voices that are very coquettish and wanting male attention, which was not …Read more »
Miyazaki Shares New Video of Him Making Sketches for His Café
After sharing a video of himself, his son and his colleague Toshio Suzuki eating at the Studio Ghibli café like regular customers, Hayao Miyazaki is back with another filmed look into his life. The new video shows him drawing a potential sign to supplant the …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki Eats at Studio Ghibli Café Like Any Other Customer
Japan has a thing for specialty cafés, including the Studio Ghibli Museum’s Straw Hat Café. The other day Studio Ghibli founders Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki attended to their café like any other customers, and they shared a video of it. Along with the two …Read more »
This Year’s Kawakita Award Goes to Hayao Miyazaki
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 »
Goro Miyazaki Didn’t Ask “The Old Men” for Advice While Making Ghibli’s First CG Film
Joseph LusterStudio Ghibli has a long history of making finely crafted anime films, but one area they’re not as well-versed in is full-on computer animation. Goro Miyazaki’s upcoming feature Earwig and the Witch marks Ghibli’s first full-CG film, so it makes sense that Hayao Miyazaki’s son …Read more »
Studio Ghibli Reveals Goro Miyazaki’s 3DCG Movie as Earwig and the Witch
Studio Ghibli has been teasing a second feature film project—on top of Hayao Miyazaki’s gradual production of How Do You Live?—ever since the beginning of the year. We recently found out that it refers to a new movie by Miyazaki’s son, Goro Miyazaki, and Ghibli …Read more »
Miyazaki’s Classic Future Boy Conan Anime Takes Kingdom’s Slot
Acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki made his directorial debut back in 1978 with the Future Boy Conan TV anime, based on Alexander Key’s The Incredible Tide novel. The series was recently featured in Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! as some early inspiration, and now it’s swooping …Read more »
Ghibli Movies Available Digitally Because Miyazaki Doesn’t Know What Streaming Services Are
At one point, it seemed as if Studio Ghibli’s catalog would never be available digitally. Then, in the blink of an eye, the studio’s movies were announced for HBO MAX and Netflix, leading many to wonder what caused the change of heart. According to producer …Read more »
Academy Museum to Feature Hayao Miyazaki Exhibition
Matt SchleyThe 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 »
Miyazaki Turned Down Multiple Hollywood Offers to Adapt Nausicaä
Back in December, plans were revealed for a kabuki stage play adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s acclaimed Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind anime film, which is set to run in Tokyo from December 6 to 25. Its existence means Miyazaki had to approve of it, which is interesting …Read more »
Miyazaki’s Spirited Away Anime Film Debuts at #1 in China
Earlier this month we posted about the then-upcoming Chinese premiere of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away anime film, which took a whopping 18 years to make its way to theaters in the country. Well, the film’s debut finally happened on June 21, and it came away with …Read more »