On January 13, Otaku USA reported the news that Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli, who sticks with hand-drawn animation and old-fashioned tools, was trying to find a replacement for his broken electric eraser. However, the type of electric eraser he used is no longer made. …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 »
Spirited Away played on Japan’s Nippon TV last week, and Studio Ghibli took the opportunity to tweet answers to questions fans sent to them beforehand. Let’s take a look at what we learned. One person asked, “When it was released overseas, what kind of reaction …Read more »
Another year, another special themed illustration by renowned director Hayao Miyazaki. The annual tradition continues as Studio Ghibli shares Miyazaki’s take on the Year of the Tiger, as depicted in the way only Miyazaki can manage. That means it’s somehow both threatening and adorable? See …Read more »
The Ghibli Museum is beloved to many anime fans and has been a big tourism site, but it’s struggling under COVID. Earlier this year the museum asked for financial help and received it, but once again it’s put out a call for help. “Since opening …Read more »
Beginning tomorrow in Japan, all Donguri Kyowakoku stores in the country are getting new vending machine capsule toy collections. The Donguri Kyowakoku chain is all about selling Studio Ghibli merchandise, and these latest products are from the iconic movie My Neighbor Totoro. A brief, musical …Read more »
Japan has a new Studio Ghibli collection on the way on December 1, and it includes the first on-disc release of the first Ghiblies short. The Ghibli ga Ippai Kantoku mo Ippai Collection box set puts the spotlight on works from directors other than co-founders …Read more »
The Ghibli Museum debuted in October of 2001, making this its twentieth anniversary. So of course the museum had to party, and it did so with a celebration of about 1,300 people and a giant Totoro balloon. More than 1,300 people wanted to be part …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 »
North American fans of Studio Ghibli can thank Steve Alpert for his tireless efforts bringing the beloved movies to a wider audience. Alpert explains his important role as the resident gaijin (foreigner) at Studio Ghibli in his memoir Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man, …Read more »
Studio Ghibli’s movies are widely popular in Japan and abroad, and this leads to multiple surveys, like people’s favorite Ghibli heroine or favorite Ghibli movie. A recent survey put on by the company 1Screen asked people in their teens through their sixties which Ghibli heroine …Read more »
So you’ve probably seen that My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission is coming to cinemas around the globe in October. This will make the third MHA film to get the big-screen treatment in the U.S., and the… Well, we don’t even know at this point how …Read more »
Studio Ghibli joined Twitter not that long ago, and recently they invited fans to ask them questions about Princess Mononoke. On Friday the studio shared their answers to a selection of those questions. Asked what scene was the most challenging to animate, Studio Ghibli replied: …Read more »
A whole bunch of new Spirited Away merch is on the way in Japan. That’s to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the film, which came out on July 20, 2001. Included in the new merch is a squeezable plush of No-Face. There’s also a statuette …Read more »
After some holdup, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is set to officially open on September 30. Located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in L.A., the museum will naturally be concentrated on the history of the Oscars. And some of their …Read more »
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