San Diego Comic-Con occurred over the weekend, and that means that the winners of the 2023 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced. In the category Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia, the award went to Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki. The other nominees were …Read more »
Studio Ghibli made the point of not doing official advertising for its new Hayao Miyazaki movie, How Do You Live?, which is known in English as The Boy and the Heron. That meant no trailers, no cast announcements, no information on the plot, none of that stuff. …Read more »
Considering how virtually nonexistent promotion was for the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki—How Do You Live?, known in the west now as The Boy and the Heron—it’s nice to get a little slice from the recently released feature. We’ll have to wait until later this …Read more »
After a lot of anticipation and mystery, Hayao Miyazaki’s new movie hits Japanese theaters today! North American fans might not be able to see it yet, but they will be able to watch the movie on the big screen later this year. GKIDS revealed that …Read more »
Studio Ghibli big boss Toshio Suzuki’s feelings on promoting Hayao Miyazaki’s new film can be summed up something like this: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So reports the Hollywood Reporter, which says How Do You Live?, which comes out in Japan July 14, will have no pre-release marketing: no …Read more »
Studio Ghibli is known for animating gorgeous-looking food, and sometimes that includes meals made out of eggs. It turns out the people working at Ghibli recently had a discussion of what’s best to put on eggs, and that spilled out into the internet. First Studio …Read more »
People around the world have different New Year’s traditions, and one in Japan is the New Year’s card referred to as a nengajo. In the previous New Year, Studio Ghibli, which had joined social media, shared their nengajo publicly on Twitter with an image Miyazaki …Read more »
It’s been a long time coming, but we finally have a release date for the next film from revered director Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli announced that Kimi-tachi wa Do Ikiru ka—tentatively titled How Do You Live? in English—is set to open theatrically in Japan on …Read more »
Mark Osborne, director of Kung Fu Panda and 2015’s The Little Prince, is a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki. He also knows Miyazaki is a big fan of the French classic The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Osborne wanted to make sure he …Read more »
People the world over know about Hayao Miyazaki’s movies, but his book Shuna’s Journey, published in Japan shortly before the creation of Studio Ghibli, is not as well-known. It is just now getting an English translation thanks to graphic novel publisher First Second, so fans …Read more »
It’s almost time for another beloved Studio Ghibli film to return to U.S. theaters, this time with the big screen revival of Hayao Miyazaki’s 2008 feature Ponyo. This one is coming back as part of the ongoing Studio Ghibli Fest 2022, and tickets are now …Read more »
GKIDS recently announced plans to release classic anime film Panda! Go, Panda! in theaters and on home video, and now we have a date for the former. The feature from TMS Entertainment and Studio Ghibli co-founders Isao Takahata (director) and Hayao Miyazakli (writer) is set …Read more »
GKIDS! Go GKIDS! The North American licensor of the films of Studio Ghibli (and a buncha other good stuff) has just picked up the rights to a couple anime classics: Panda! Go Panda!, plus Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus. The films were created by …Read more »
Before he was a household name and anime legend, director Hayao Miyazaki released a manga titled Shuna’s Journey, AKA Shuna no Tabi. The single-volume work full of watercolor illustrations was originally published in Japan back in 1983, and now it’s finally making its way to …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki likes to do animation the “old fashioned” way, and that’s what many of his fans like about him. But sometimes when his “old fashioned” tools break down, he doesn’t have anything to replace them with. This happened to his electric eraser, which he …Read more »
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