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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 »
Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi ( Arrietty , When Marnie Was There ) is back with his latest film, this time at Yoshiaki Nishimura's Studio Ponoc. Based on Mary Stewart's book The Little Broomstick , Mary and the Witch's Flower features other former Studio Ghibli staff members, …Read more »
It may surprise readers to learn Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro wasn’t actually a hit for the studio when it was released in 1988 – but we suspect the mounds of merchandise over the years have more than made up for any box office shortcomings. …Read more »
If you want to get a peek behind-the-scenes at the life and work of Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, now’s your chance. NHK World TV is set to re-air an English-subtitled version of last year’s documentary "Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki" this June. The documentary, which …Read more »
At this weekend’s Niconico Chokaigi convention in Chiba, Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki dropped a couple of Hayao Miyazaki knowledge bombs: one good, the other not so much. First, the good news: Miyazaki’s CG short, "Boro the Caterpillar," which was announced back in 2015, will …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 »
Five years after the release of what was billed as his final film, the (ultimately pointless) debate rages on: who is the next Miyazaki? His son, Goro? His one-time almost-collaborator, Mamoru Hosoda? New box-office king Makoto Shinkai? This week, it turned out the next Hayao …Read more »
Remember when Hayao Miyazaki said he was finally retiring from directing feature-length animated films? No, not that time, but the other time. No, the other one, back in 2013! He said he was done "for real," but it looks like he has at least one …Read more »
Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name is officially the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time worldwide. The film, which has seen huge ticket sales not only in Japan but in countries like China and South Korea, has made over $281 million worldwide. That’s before the film has …Read more »
Goro Miyazaki's Ronja, the Robber's Daughter takes Astrid Lindgren's fantasy novel of the same name and turns it into a CG-animated series with the help of Polygon Pictures and Studio Ghibli. It's coming to Amazon Prime video on January 27, so the streaming service shared …Read more »
As an anime fan, living in Japan doesn’t have the same import it used to. Sure, the omake – the events, the posters, the feeling of being in the country that makes the stuff you’re into – that’s all there. But as a pure consumer …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 »
After a 15th anniversary run of Spirited Away that resulted in encore screenings, it's now time for Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke to get the spotlight. The beloved anime film is celebrating its 20th anniversary next year, and GKIDs is wasting no time …Read more »
Gutted. That’s how you may feel after finishing the series and films on this list, which feature the most tragic endings in anime history, according to the Japanese fans who voted on ranking site Goo. We definitely do not recommend watching them all at once. …Read more »
Otaku USA Staff
Joseph Luster
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Paul Thomas Chapman
