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Goro Miyazaki has to be the unluckiest man in the anime industry. His legendary parentage aside, no one could envy his position of having been promoted from landscape architect to suddenly directing a movie based on an epic fantasy universe spanning a half-dozen books. …Read more »
As an otaku, or just a regular anime/manga/Japan-obsessed nerd, the holidays present a seemingly golden opportunity to introduce friends and relatives to your hobby. This is your chance to reach out to people. You are (practically) an ambassador of Japanese pop culture. Don't mess up …Read more »
Ever since Spirited Away took the Oscar in 2000 for Best Animated Picture, Studio Ghibli seemed to have hit a creative doldrums. Howl’s Moving Castle was pleasantly forgettable, Tales from Earthsea was execrable; and Ponyo was overall delightful but disappointing for those expecting something meatier. …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki is his own fiercest competition. Even though his films have captured the hearts and minds of audiences both in Japan and abroad, even though Miyazaki's career as a film-maker spans decades, even though his influence in the world of Japanese animation is second …Read more »
Mai Mai Miracle (or, to literally translate the Japanese title, Mai Mai Shinko and the Millennium-old Magic ) could have been a Studio Ghibli film. Like Isao Takahata’s I Can Hear the Sea and Only Yesterday , Mai is a nostalgic film with a slightly …Read more »
Things haven't been too hot for Tetsuwan Atom and his Imagi Studios theatrical effort, Astro Boy . David Bowers' film, which was produced with a budget of $65 million, pulled in $1.7 million during its fourth weekend, bringing it down to #13 on the box …Read more »
Continued from Part 1 . Next they discussed a bit the tendency in Japan for the auteur theory to be pretty heavily used, at least in terms of the storyboarding process: "In Japan, it's a normal method to have the director draw the storyboard. So …Read more »
A few weeks ago, Berkeley's Center for Japanese studies awarded Hayao Miyazaki with the Berkeley Japan prize for, among other things, "[furthering] our understanding of Japan and its contribution to global culture." "Rare opportunity" sounds really cliché, but honestly, that's what we had – how …Read more »
Fujiko-chan is a four-member Japanese rock band formed and based in San Francisco, consisting of one female vocalist and three male musicians, two on guitar and one on drums. They incorporate a wide range of styles—punk, heavy metal, hard rock, and a form of Japanese …Read more »
In a box office leap that's matched only by his last film, Howl's Moving Castle , Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea went past the ¥10 billion (US$91 million) mark in its theatrical run, even managing to beat the time it took …Read more »
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