June 21, 2019 marked the premiere of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away anime film in China, which waited 18 years for it to hit theaters. The movie was released in 9,000 theaters across the country, and it went on to earn 488 million …Read more »
Anime pilgrimages are a great opportunity for fans to visit local spots that inspired their favorite TV series and movies. These can quickly turn into a nuisance, however, when the location in question is private property that has nothing to do with anime. That’s what …Read more »
Spirits are in the air this Halloween, and nothing celebrates the season quite like Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s classic anime film, Spirited Away. Chihiro, Haku, No Face, and all the other memorable characters are coming back to theaters for a limited three-night event on …Read more »
Right away, it looks like Konohana Kitan is taking inspiration from Spirited Away; but one thing sticks out immediately—unlike Chihiro, Yuzu is already a denizen of the spirit world, which has doses of traditional Japanese mythology wherever you look. So rather than being shocked at …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Fathom Events Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award®-winning masterpiece Spirited Away was the biggest box office hit of all time in Japan and helped redefine the possibilities of animation for American audiences and a generation of new filmmakers. Chihiro thinks she is on another boring …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 »
Featured Spotlight: The classic Japanese anime fantasy film, Spirited Away , is coming back to cinemas nationwide for on Sunday, December 4 and Monday, December 5 only. The Sunday, December 4 showing will be dubbed in English, while the Monday, December 5 showing will …Read more »
Studio Ghibli: the legendary studio is known for creating some of the best and most financially successful anime films of all time, but it’s also had its share of failures. Ever wondered how much Studio Ghibli’s movies cost to make, and how much the studio …Read more »
Do you like the films of Hayao Miyazaki ( Spirited Away , My Neighbor Totoro )? Me too. But maybe not as much as this guy. French animation student Gwenn Germain, student at art school Creapole, has created a pretty stunning 2:30 minute short that …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki, director of films like Spirited Away and The Wind Rises , has never shied away from sharing his political views, and this week’s move by the recently-retired filmmaker is no exception. Miyazaki has joined the leadership of a fund that opposes the relocation …Read more »
Man, Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away would have been an awesome 2D game. If you can't fathom how that would work, you'll have to see one of CineFix's latest 8 Bit Cinema videos, which imagines Hayao Miyazaki's 2002 anime film as an NES-style side-scroller.
Way back in February of last year, we posted about an event called Animesia, in which a group of restaurants in Akihabara served up dishes from various anime. One of the items on offer was the pasta wolfed down by Lupin and Jigen in Hayao …Read more »
Sad news for Japanese film fans. It’s been reported today that legendary actor Bunta Sugawara has died from liver cancer at the age of 81. Bunta Sugawara was most famous for starring in Battles Without Honor and Humanity , a series of films about yakuza …Read more »
The original The Tracey Ullman Show incarnation wasn't the only alternate version of themselves the Simpsons family ran into in the latest annual Treehouse of Horror episode. In addition to Adventure Time , South Park , Archer , and other versions, The Simpsons showcased some …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of Spirited Away and The Wind Rises , has never been a man afraid to share his opinion. Last year, amid nationwide debate among whether to alter Japan’s constitution to allow for more militarization, Ghibli published a …Read more »
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