To say 2013 is a big year for Studio Ghibli is a bit of an understatement. First we saw the release of The Wind Rises, Hayao Miyazaki’s first film in four years. Then we learned it would be his last when he announced his retirement …Read more »
The wait to see most anime feature films released stateside can be pretty arduous – let’s consider Studio Ghibli’s own From Up On Poppy Hill, for example. The film, released theatrically in Japan way back in July of 2011, wasn’t given a theatrical run in …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki is leaving the world of film animation. That’s according to Studio Ghibli President Koji Hoshino, who announced this past Sunday at a press conference at the Venice Film Festival in Italy that the world-famous anime director will “retire from the production of feature-length …Read more »
This past weekend ended with some major Studio Ghibli news. While it isn't the first time we've heard something along these lines, Ghibli President Koji Hoshino formally announced that acclaimed director and studio co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is retiring from feature films. The announcement was made …Read more »
For those wondering when to expect Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises anime film in North America, we have some fresh news regarding distribution plans. While Ghibli's last film, From Up on Poppy Hill , was released courtesy of GKids, The Wind …Read more »
Miyazaki’s latest film, The Wind Rises , has been playing in Japanese theaters for about a month now, and opinion has been... mixed, let’s say. Some of it is directed at the film itself. Is the story, focused on the life and struggle of Jiro …Read more »
When machines of peace are used as weapons of war, does the creator bear responsibility? That’s the question underpinning The Wind Rises , the first film from master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki since 2008’s Ponyo . Unlike Ponyo, this is definitely not a kids’ film. The …Read more »
Way back in February we ran a story about how the The Wind Rises , Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, is coming out on July 20th. That’s soon (we’ll have a review here, of course, so watch out for it)! We also noted that Miyazaki was …Read more »
I frequently bemoan the fact that Studio Ghibli, despite its status as the single most prestigious anime studio of all, has trouble cultivating new creative talent beyond its principal founding members. But I kind of understand why they became that way. It’s because of I …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 »
From Up on Poppy Hill is Studio Ghibli’s latest feature and the highest grossing box office hit in Japan in 2011. It’s the second film directed by Goro Miyazaki ( Tales From Earthsea ), son of Hayao Miyazaki, and it was shown in the U.S. …Read more »
Fans of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind take heed: a new and beautiful deluxe box set of the manga has been released. The seven-volume manga has been put into two large hardcover books that fit together in a brightly colored slipcase. Both volumes …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 »
Let's get the bad news out of the way first. Unfortunately, Namco Bandai's North American release of the Studio Ghibli/Level-5 RPG Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch has been pushed back to early 2013. The good news: The game's latest trailer gives us …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA we take a look at the original “green jacket” Lupin the Third television series, scheduled for US release in June 2012 courtesy of Discotek Media. Several of the original 23 TV episodes were directed by eventual Studio Ghibli …Read more »
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