Studio Ghibli opened in June of 1985, and to celebrate its anniversary Netolabo Survey Team in Japan asked people who their favorite Ghibli heroine was. The results have been posted, and the woman who took the top spot got about one third of all the …Read more »
GKIDS and Fathom Events will be behind Ghibli Fest 2021, where it will air the Miyazaki movies Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky and My Neighbor Totoro in theaters. The movies will only be in theaters for a limited time. Spirited Away …Read more »
More concept art has arrived for Aichi prefecture’s Ghibli Park, which is currently scheduled for a fall 2022 opening. This comes along with two newly revealed areas inspired by Ghibli classics My Neighbor Totoro and Laputa: Castle in the Sky. In the case of the …Read more »
A lot of businesses have been hit hard over the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of those is the Ghibli Museum. The museum has been struggling due to closures and the limitations placed on attendance even while re-opened, so Mitaka City has …Read more »
Summer isn’t too far away, and Studio Ghibli has come out with new merchandise to help people stay cooler in the hotter months. The merchandise is also an ecologically friendly way to stay cooler, which falls in line with Hayao Miyazaki’s interests. We’re talking about …Read more »
Studio Ghibli has had close ties with Pixar Animation Studios and Disney over the years, with former Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter being a friend of the studio and working on some of the English releases of titles like Spirited Away and Ponyo. Lasseter …Read more »
Back in December of last year, the Demon Slayer movie officially surpassed Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away as the #1 movie of all time in the Japanese box office. That was just one of many accomplishments the film has made during its run, so it should …Read more »
Trumpeter Susumu Kazuhara, who sometimes used the stage name Shin Kazuhara, has passed away at age 74. A cause of death was not given. If you’ve seen the movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky, the trumpet music done by character Pazu was performed by Kazuhara. …Read more »
The movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time was done by Hideaki Anno at Studio Khara, but it turns out Studio Ghibli had some involvement. There’s a scene in the movie that they wanted to make by drawings characters by hand and then taking pictures …Read more »
Studio Ghibli has come out with new merchandise this month in the form of jewelry starring some of its heroines. These cameo brooches are inspired by characters from the films Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, Whisper of the Heart, Porco …Read more »
Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki recently appeared on Fuji TV’s Bokura no Jidai talk show, and the subject of a potential live-action Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind came up during the discussion. While there are some high profile professionals who would love to …Read more »
Studio Ghibli has many characters it can use for merchandise, and while plenty of Totoros have been made, there are other, lesser-known characters that can also be inspiriting for making goods. Like the little soot sprites that you get to see in Spirited Away and …Read more »
The event Animage and Ghibli Exhibition – Ghibli Began from the Pages of One Magazine has opened and will be around until May 5. It’s located in Tokyo’s Matsuya Ginza department store. Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga was initially serialized in …Read more »
Studio Ghibli only recently got themselves a Twitter handle, and a few days ago Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki used the social media platform to answer questions and tell people more about the company and the mysterious and talented Hayao Miyazaki. Suzuki said that Miyazaki has …Read more »
Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki recently did an interview with British magazine Sight & Sound. Suzuki said that Hayao Miyazaki’s next movie, Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka (translated as How Do You Live?) is approximately halfway done, and he doesn’t anticipate it coming out for …Read more »
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