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 »
L.L.Bean and Studio Ghibli have teamed up for more merchandise. First up are two different bags with Princess Mononoke themes. Do you recognize the reference? One has the Forest Spirit in its deer form during the day, and the other shows the Forest Spirit in …Read more »
If you’re curious about how Studio Ghibli’s first CG-animated feature, Earwig and the Witch, is shaping up, we now have our first official promo for an early look. Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones, Earwig is slated to air on the NHK General …Read more »
If watching a Studio Ghibli movie has ever made you feel more relaxed and spiritual, you’re not alone. Over in Japan a Zen priest named Shinsuke Hosokawa is publishing a book called Zen Words and Ghibli, complete with illustrations designed by Toshio Suzuki. According to …Read more »
COVID has kept many people from traveling, including tourists going to museums. But if you can’t go to the Studio Ghibli museum right now, there is a way to bring the museum to you. Kind of. In miniature format. The papercraft Ghibli Museum Original Miniature …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 »
Yesterday we reported that the Demon Slayer film has done better than most movies have in Japan at the box office, even beating out all the Miyazaki movies at this point except for Spirited Away. While Miyazaki was out picking up trash to help the …Read more »
American Steve Alpert spent a decade and a half working for Studio Ghibli and he wrote about the experience in his memoir, Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli. The book was released earlier this year by Stone Bridge Press, …Read more »
Japan has a thing for specialty cafés, including the Studio Ghibli Museum’s Straw Hat Café. The other day Studio Ghibli founders Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki attended to their café like any other customers, and they shared a video of it. Along with the two …Read more »
Studio Ghibli is good at staying in the news, thanks to its announcement of free imagery and its extensive merchandise, like this Totoro sleeping bag. But now it’s in the news for a very viral reason — Japanese Twitter is using these Studio Ghibli images …Read more »
Manga and anime can inspire some pretty impressive fan creations. Just take a look at this 3D image inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Created by Granicoph, the image was shared by Sketchfab, which describes itself as “the largest platform …Read more »
Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is no stranger to winning awards, and they keep on coming. On August 26, he took home the 38th annual Kawakita Award from the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute. The award itself was created in honor of Nagamasa Kawakita, a Japanese …Read more »
The Studio Ghibli museum closed its doors back in March to slow the spread of COVID-19, but its break from the public will soon be over. In July, it opened to residents of the town in which it’s based, Mitaka City. Now, with new coronavirus …Read more »
If you’ve been bursting with excitement ever since you first heard word of Ghibli Park, an attraction that recreates Hayao Miyazaki and Ghibli’s magical worlds, you’ll be delighted to hear the latest on the project. As promised last month, construction has officially begun on the …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 »
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