Tag: miyazaki
Fantasia 2024 Review: GHOST CAT ANZU, Farts in the General Direction of Studio Ghibli
To the sounds of cicadas during a Tokyo summer, 11-year-old Karin and her father Tetsuya leave the city by train to visit a countryside temple where the caretaker is the grandfather she has never met. It is a grand old...
Friday One Sheet: SPIRITED AWAY in China
In light of most of Canada being on holiday this weekend, and America to follow shortly thereafter, today's column will be about a Chinese release of a Japanese film. Nearly 20 years after its original release in Japan and to...
Have Your Say: What Would You Like Miyazaki Hayao To Adapt?
Today, January 5th 2016, marks the 75th birthday of Miyazaki Hayao. Without a doubt he is one of the finest filmmakers currently alive, in animation or otherwise, and he is also one of the founding fathers of the rightfully legendary...
Miyazaki Announces New 10 Minute Short For Ghibli Museum
Less than two years after Miyazaki Hayao's second (third?) retirement, and we are not entirely surprised that the 74-year-old co-founder of Studio Ghibli could not resist making new things. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Miyazaki announced at a press conference...
Studio Ghibli Co-Producing Dudok de Wit's THE RED TURTLE
While famed Japanese production house Studio Ghibli is in the midst of a major transition period with nobody seeming to be sure what - if anything - will be the studio's next steps in Japan following the retirement of co-founder...
Check These Insane Studio Ghibli Releases From Madman
(OK, that title was meant as a pun of sorts, as these are some of the sanest editions I've ever seen...) Is there any film studio in the world who can match Studio Ghibli's stellar track record? Maybe not,...
Book Review: Miyazaki Hayao's PRINCESS MONONOKE: THE FIRST STORY
This year, the legendary animation director Miyazaki Hayao got an honorary Academy Award for his stellar work in film. For the past thirty years he has been responsible for a string of films which range from very great to awesome,...
UPDATED: Studio Ghibli Stops Making Films...Temporarily
UPDATE: Since news first broke earlier today, more accurate translations of Suzuki Toshio's comments have now surfaced. The veteran Studio Ghibli producer talked about "big changes in all aspects of our operations" which could include a "short break" by the...
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE: Watch The Trailer For Ghibli's Latest!
The Secret World Of Arrietty director Yonebayashi Hiromasa returns to Japanese screens in July with his Studio Ghibli produced adaptation of Joan G. Robinson's children's novel When Marnie Was There and with the release rapidly approaching the first trailer has...
Ben Umstead's 2013 In Cinema: Reflections And Favorites
2013 was a banner year for cinema. Though really, if one looks hard enough, every year has the sweet, sweet possibility of being a banner year. What I've learned this year is that it is okay to call myself a...
Ghibli Retrospective: The Kids Talk CASTLE IN THE SKY
TIFF Bell Lightbox is running an another Studio Ghibli retrospective in December and January, which has expanded the number of titles (old and new) from the very successful previous 2012 run in Toronto.When Miyazaki-san and Takahata-san come to town, you...
The Many Masterworks Of Takahata Isao
This year, fans of Japanese animation were treated to not one, but two films from Studio Ghibli, as both of its founding fathers released a film of their own. In the Summer we had The Wind Rises by Miyazaki Hayao,...
North American Trailer for THE WIND RISES Leaves Us Adrift
The North American trailer for Miyazaki Hayao's "Farewell Masterpiece," The Wind Rises spends a lot of time telling you to see it, rather than truly showing you much: images with little context or explanation, with the dialogue silenced. This is...
THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS: Poster Art For New Ghibli Documentary
2013 would have been an incredible year for Studio Ghibli fans if it wasn't for company maestro Hayao Miyazaki announcing his retirement from making feature films. Miyazaki's own The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) was released in July and on November...
KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE: The First Teaser And New Poster Arrive!
How will the Shimizu Takashi live action adaptation of Kadono Eiko's popular Kiki's Delivery Service children's novels play out on the big screen? The tale of a young witch living on her own for the first time and making a...
Watch The First Teaser For Miyazaki's THE WIND RISES (KAZE TACHINU)
Master animator Miyazaki Hayao returns to Japanese screens this year with his latest offering for Studio Ghibli, The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) indulging his long standing love for flying by telling the story of Horikoshi Jiro (voiced by Neon Genesis...
Take Your First Look At Shimizu's Live Action KIKI's DELIVERY SERVICE
ScreenAnarchy was first to break the word that The Grudge director Shimizu Takashi had landed the task of directing a new live action adaptation of the first two novels in the series which also spawned Miyazaki's beloved animation Kiki's Delivery...
Updated: Fresh Images From Miyazaki's THE WIND RISES (KAZE TACHINU)
Updated the gallery with new large, clean images of two of the film's posters, and we should be getting two more within the next 24 hours!Great news everyone! This summer the latest work from genius animation director Miyazaki Hayao, The...
Grist For The Rumor Mill: Shimizu Takashi To Direct Live Action KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE?
Before saying this out loud allow me to first point out that, at this point, the following is best considered a rumor and we have not been able to confirm it to the level we normally strive for. That said,...
US Trailer For Studio Ghibli's FROM UP ON POPPY HILL
Though it has taken a little while to arrive on local shores, Miyazaki Goro's sophomore film, From Up On Poppy Hill, hits US screens in March and fans of the studio would do well to check it out. Much more...
