The prestigious French Cannes Film Festival recently gave Studio Ghibli an honorary Palme d’Or award, and Goro Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki’s son, picked it up on behalf of the studio. He also told reporters some interesting things about his dad. “I think this is a very …Read more »
Studio Ghibli comes out with a lot of merchandise for its fans, and with Ghibli Park now open, you know they’ll have to come up with more goodies so they can sell unique items at their shops. The official Twitter account for Ghibli Park shared …Read more »
Japanese paper The Mainichi interviewed Goro Miyazaki about his movie Earwig and the Witch, computer-generated animation, and the future of Studio Ghibli. “With 3DCG, you try to handle the characters like dolls,” Miyazaki said. “But if you make it look too much like a doll …Read more »
Goro Miyazaki’s Earwig and the Witch will be hitting Japanese theaters on August 28 with extra footage. In preparation of this his father, Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, praised his son’s work and talked about Earwig as a character. The video of the interview is …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki has traditionally been critical of his son Goro’s work, but apparently that’s changed with Earwig and the Witch. The elder Miyazaki thought the film was “fun” and “he wanted to offer unconditional praise for [Goro’s] achievement.” “I think that’s because he’s grown old,” …Read more »
It’s not an overstatement to say Earwig and the Witch has some of the most divided opinions of any anime in recent years. Studio Ghibli’s first fully 3DCG feature film enchanted some audiences, but left others less than impressed. Regardless, we’ve found plenty to enjoy …Read more »
Goro Miyazaki’s CG anime movie Earwig and the Witch is debuting on Japanese TV later this month, but that’s not the only version of Earwig and the Witch that the younger Miyazaki is working on. He’s also going to be putting on a puppet show …Read more »
Studio Ghibli put some information on its new movie Earwig and the Witch on its website before taking it down. Anime News Network was able to catch it while it was up, and reported that Earwig and the Witch is supposed to make its debut …Read more »
Studio 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 »
It wasn’t that long ago that Studio Ghibli’s next movie was revealed as Earwig and the Witch, which has Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill, Tales from Earthsea) at the helm and Hayao Miyazaki on planning. Based on the children’s novel by Howl’s Moving …Read more »
Lots of exciting Ghibli news out today via the studio’s uber-producer Toshio Suzuki. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Suzuki says that 36 minutes of Miyazaki’s new film, Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka (How Do You Live?) are complete. He adds that COVID-19 has not …Read more »
In a press release Wednesday, uber-producer Toshio Suzuki wrote about Hayao Miyazaki’s new film, announced a new CG project by Goro Miyazaki, and mused about the future of the studio. He also announced a new president for the studio. Regarding Hayao Miyazaki’s new film, Kimi-tachi …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 »
Miyazaki with Pixar chief John Lasseter at the ceremony Legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki received an honorary Oscar for his “years of contributions to the motion picture industry” at a ceremony on Sunday. Receiving the award, Miyazaki said, “my wife told me I’m a very …Read more »
It’s a Miyazaki week, with both father and son popping up in the news. First to Miyazaki Senior, the recently semi-retired director of The Wind Rises . First off, Miyazaki stirred up a bit of controversy earlier in the week during a TV interview in …Read more »
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