Clear Some Space for ‘the Art of Castle in the Sky’
‘The Art of Castle in the Sky’ from Viz Media is a gorgeous reprinting of the original Japanese book and is a must for all Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki fans.
Continue Reading‘The Art of Castle in the Sky’ from Viz Media is a gorgeous reprinting of the original Japanese book and is a must for all Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki fans.
Continue ReadingSo, I guess, what I really want to do is thank you, Mr. Miyazaki. Your movies remind us to dream and to believe in magic. Few people can say they attempted this. Even fewer people have accomplished this.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Miyazaki. I hope you have many more.
Continue ReadingThis will make an amazing gift for the animation and film buff in your life.
Continue ReadingGund knocks it out of the park with the Studio Ghibli line of stuffed toys: nearly perfect in likeness, quality, and huggability.
Continue ReadingAn absolutely adorable Studio Ghibli giveaway from Gund! Totoro and Jiji! Check it out and enter to win!
Continue ReadingStudio Ghibli is the Japanese animation studio, founded by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, behind movies like My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and Arrietty (among many others). A new documentary, The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Studio Ghibli. Here’s your chance to win a copy of the film on DVD.
Continue ReadingOur kids were raised on many movies from the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki. So when our travels took us to Japan, missing a visit to the Ghibli Museum was not an option. But first, we needed to buy some tickets.
Continue ReadingSome people think that the Ross Village Bakery in Ross, Tasmania, is the real-life inspiration for the fictional Gütiokipänja Bakery featured in Kiki’s Delivery Service. What do you think?
Continue ReadingMiyazaki’s female leads offer a far more complex picture of what it means to be a person. They often have agency outside of their relationships to men.
Continue ReadingHow many references can you spot in this clip from Sunday’s episode?
Continue ReadingThe brilliant and much-celebrated animator/director turns 73 today!
Continue ReadingMiyazaki, Marvel, Muppets, and Maleficent—oh my! The House of Mouse has quite a stellar lot of theatrical releases planned for the New Year.
Continue ReadingAlmost hard to believe it works, but it does.
Continue ReadingMiyazaki father and son collaborate on a slice of life story set in Japan in 1963 that has a great deal of the Studio Ghibli visual magic.
Continue ReadingStudio Ghibli is having a banner day today, as Disney releases one of the very first Hayao Miyazaki movies available in the west, My Neighbor Totoro, and one of the last by the now-retired legend, Howl’s Moving Castle.
I received review copies in advance of the films. As I’d never seen Howl’s Moving Castle ever, I watched that first. My eyeballs are still recovering from the visual feast.
Continue ReadingThe Toy Story films are undoubtedly the greatest animated trilogy ever. Revealing the secret lives of Buzz, Woody, and the rest of Andy’s toys after the lights turn out or doors closed, the movies rekindled our own childhoods in remembrance …
Continue ReadingIsao Takahata’s Only Yesterday is a masterpiece of animated film demonstrating both the flexibility of the medium and the director’s genius.
Continue ReadingThe Northwest Film Institute is hosting screenings all month of Studio Ghibli films.
Continue ReadingParents are always concerned about the media their kids consume and the messages it codes on their developing minds. So when it comes to the grand animated stories, who does a better job at delivering the messages you think are …
Continue ReadingToday marks the 71st birthday of legendary animator and director Hayao Miyazaki. Sometimes referred to as “Japan’s Walt Disney,” Miyazaki is responsible for some of the best animated films of the last 30 years, including (but certainly not limited to) …
Continue ReadingA new trailer offers a tantalizing look at the upcoming animated feature from Studio Ghibli, the Japanese filmmakers behind Spirited Away and Ponyo.
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