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 »
Will animators be the next professionals to lose their jobs to computers? Perhaps, says Keisuke Iwada, president of AT-X, a Japanese satellite and cable TV network devoted to anime. Iwada recently gave a presentation at Digital Hollywood University in Akihabara, Tokyo, in which he claimed …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 »
In Japan, the second Monday of January is Coming of Age Day, when everyone who’s turned 20 over the previous celebrates coming into adulthood. The occasion has inspired a wave of nostalgia on Twitter in Japan, as anime fans celebrate the anime that also turn …Read more »
No way around it: the end (and beginning) of a year is always list-heavy. This one’s a bit different, though, in that it has nothing to do with 2016. Nope, this is something a bit more ambitious. Music and entertainment magazine Paste has put together …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 »
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 »
Revered anime director Hayao Miyazaki has never minced words when it comes to technology, and he didn't hold back in recent comments on artificial intelligence. The topic came up during a special documentary program that aired on Japan's national public broadcasting station. "Owaranai Hito (Neverending …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 »
It’s been 10 years since Hideaki Anno, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion , co-director of Shin Godzilla and all-around otaku genius, left Gainax and founded his own studio, Khara. To celebrate its 10th, Khara has pulled out all the stops for a massive exhibition in …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of Princess Mononoke , Spirited Away and The Wind Rises , wants to make another full-length feature film, it was revealed Sunday. Miyazaki stated his desire to make the film on a TV special documenting his work …Read more »
This is definitely worth taking a few minutes out of your day for. Korean filmmaker Kojer has blended the characters from various Studio Ghibli movies into footage of real-life locations in a pretty darn impressive feat of editing prowess. In the video, titled simply “Studio …Read more »
The Boy and the Beast was a big hit with casual fans in 2015. For folks interested in the business of anime, the release of the Association of Japanese Animation’s yearly industry report is something akin to Christmas. A dry, numbers-filled Christmas. Still, for industry geeks, …Read more »
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