Japanese twitter user @33kitta recently posted some screencaps from 2003 film Mei and the Kittenbus, commenting about how hardly anyone seems to have heard of it. He followed up with a poll, to which 88% of 102,000 respondents responded they had no clue of its existence. …Read more »
While series like Fate/Apocrypha and Welcome to the Ballroom may be what’s hot and happening right now, Japanese site Anime Anime has decided to take a nostalgic look at what was on air exactly 10 years ago in the summer of 2007. Of all the …Read more »
Before Spirited Away , before Princess Mononoke , before Ponyo , Hayao Miyazaki co-wrote and directed the 1979 film Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro . Decades later, the film is still an anime classic, and next month it will be playing in special theaters …Read more »
Some classic Studio Ghibli may be coming to a theater near you in just a few weeks. It’s being reported today that Castle in the Sky , Studio Ghibli’s 1986 classic feature film, will be hitting U.S. theaters in a limited run courtesy GKIDS, who …Read more »
Starting July 8, Japanese filmgoers will be able to check out Mary and the Witch’s Flower , the new film from Studio Ghibli alum Hiromasa Yonebayashi ( When Marnie Was There ). One person who won’t be in attendance? Ghibli boss Hayao Miyazaki. “I won’t …Read more »
Kiki’s Delivery Service fans: ever wondered what Kiki ended up doing in high school? Wonder no more, for the answer is here courtesy an unexpected source: an ad for Nissin Cup Noodles. The ad, which portrays Kiki’s characters and Kiki and Tombo as 17-year-old high …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved classic, My Neighbor Totoro , is for a special two-day event as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2017! Discover a world of magic and wonder when sisters Satsuke and Mei befriend a family of Totoros, gigantic but cuddly forest spirits …Read more »
Studio Ghibli, the anime studio behind classics like My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away , will open “Ghibli Park” in central Japan’s Aichi Prefecture by the early 2020s, it was reported today. The announcement was made by Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki and Aichi governor …Read more »
Studio Ghibli is looking for a few good animators. Specifically, the studio is looking to hire in-between animators and background artists for Hayao Miyazaki’s next and supposedly final film, the existence of which was revealed back in November of last year. The jobs are set …Read more »
Shirobako 's thinly-veiled portrayal of Hideaki Anno. Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Oshii, Hideaki Anno, Satoshi Kon: these names are among the select few considered the all-time greats of anime direction. But what exactly makes an anime director great? That question attracted hundreds of responses on Japanese …Read more »
It may surprise readers to learn Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro wasn’t actually a hit for the studio when it was released in 1988 – but we suspect the mounds of merchandise over the years have more than made up for any box office shortcomings. …Read more »
If you want to get a peek behind-the-scenes at the life and work of Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, now’s your chance. NHK World TV is set to re-air an English-subtitled version of last year’s documentary "Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki" this June. The documentary, which …Read more »
At this weekend’s Niconico Chokaigi convention in Chiba, Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki dropped a couple of Hayao Miyazaki knowledge bombs: one good, the other not so much. First, the good news: Miyazaki’s CG short, "Boro the Caterpillar," which was announced back in 2015, will …Read more »
Of all the anime films coming out this year, this may be the one we’re most looking forward to. It’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower from Studio Ponoc, a bunch of folks who used to work at Ghibli and have made what looks like a …Read more »
As you may have heard, 2017 is kind of a big deal for the history of anime. The first piece of animation made in Japan was produced in 1917, making this whole Japanese animation thing a century old. What better time, thought the folks behind …Read more »
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