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io9Hayao Miyazaki is Stepping Out of Retirement for One Final Film
You can’t keep Hayao Miyazaki away from what he loves. The celebrated anime director announced during a television special that he wants to come out of retirement to turn his 20-year pet project into a full-length animated feature. Miyazaki announced his retirement three years ago and has since been working on Kemushi no Boro (or … Continued
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io9Gillian Anderson and Studio Ghibli Are Teaming Up Again for Amazon’s New Anime TV Series
Princess Mononoke wolf goddess Gillian Anderson is lending her pipes to another Studio Ghibli project: recent Amazon Original Kids Series acquisition Ronja the Robber’s Daughter. Originally made for Japanese TV, it’s a 26-part anime adventure directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of Mononoke director Hayao Miyazaki. Here’s a trailer for the TV series: Amazon’s official release … Continued
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io9Former Ghibli Producer Details the Large Amount of Work That Goes Into Creating a Movie
Studio Ghibli’s films are legendary for multiple reasons, one of course being the gorgeous animation, much of it hand drawn. Even in the 21st century, when most studios were using CGI to create feature-length films, Hayao Miyazaki, for example. went back to traditional styles for his 2008 film Ponyo. It’s beyond impressive, even from an … Continued
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io9TrailersA Castaway’s Adventure Takes an Unexpectedly Happy Turn in Studio Ghibli’s The Red Turtle
The latest from Studio Ghibli, still reconfiguring itself since Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement, offers a very promising look toward the studio’s future. The Red Turtle, by animator Michaël Dudok de Wit, is Ghibli’s first co-production; it has no dialogue, but is filled with gorgeously simple, hand-drawn images. The story is also simple, but like all Ghibli … Continued
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The True Identities of a Hundred Pop Culture Icons Revealed
Originality is difficult. Try to come up with an original concept and odds are, you’re just taking bits and pieces from your previous experiences to give something old a new spin. That’s the theme of Icons Unmasked, an amazing new art show by artist Alex Solis. Solis has taken over 100 popular pop culture characters … Continued
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These Hayao Miyazaki-Inspired Art Pieces Are as Beautiful as the Films Themselves
We don’t know Hayao Miyazaki personally, but we have to believe if he saw these art pieces, he’d smile and nod in approval. The master filmmaker’s animated films are bursting with inspiration, so to see a group of talented artists to a whole art show based on his work seems like a perfect idea The … Continued
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My Neighbor Totoro Surprised Me All Over Again
I know I’d seen Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro before I decided to rewatch it recently. I even remember whose DVD I borrowed, and where I watched it. But it wasn’t until 10 minutes into this rewatch that I realized I didn’t remember the film at all. All I remembered were some of … Continued
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io9MoviesDaisy Ridley Is Helping To Bring Us A Studio Ghibli Film We’ve Never Seen Before
For film fans, simply hearing the name of the legendary Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli is a badge of honor. New film, old film, doesn’t matter. A Ghibli movie means quality and now one that’s never been released in the U.S. is coming with the voice of the new star of Star Wars. Daisy Ridley … Continued
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The legendary Hayao Miyazaki has made his first-ever all CG work! It’s a 10-minute short film that will run at the Ghibli Museum in Japan, and apparently took him three years to make. Still, it’s nice to know he’s filling his time after retiring from animation… with more animation. [Via Anime News Network] Contact the … Continued
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io9MoviesWhen Marnie Was There Will Absolutely Mess You Up, In A Good Way
When Marnie Was There is quite possibly the final movie from Studio Ghibli, the source of wonderment for the past 30 years. And it’s not in the top tier of Ghibli movies, but it’s still pretty wonderful… and beautifully sad. Check out an exclusive clip, and read our review. Marnie has been out in U.S. … Continued
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io9TrailersStudio Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There Gets an English Trailer
Studio Ghibli’s last film for the foreseeable future was released last year in Japan. And now GKids has the US trailer for When Marnie Was There. It’s exactly what you’d expect and fairly wonderful. It’s actually very similar to the Japanese trailer, which had the same song, but lacked any dialogue over it. Based on … Continued
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Artist Dreams Up Studio Ghibli Theme Park We Wish Could Be Real
Important! There’s a Catbus monorail. Yes. Reports Architizer: Graphic artist Takumi has drawn up an incredibly detailed plan for a theme park based on the much-loved Japanese animation empire, Studio Ghibli. For accommodation, you can kick back and relax in Hotel Adriano — featured in Porco Rosso — or the Aburaya Bathhouse, the architectural centerpiece … Continued
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This Miyazaki-Designed Monster Is Now A Fantastic Action Figure
A few years ago, a crack team of Japanese animators who had worked on the likes of Studio Ghibli films and Neon Genesis Evangelion created A Giant God Warrior Descends On Tokyo, a short that just happens to technically be the first live-action Ghibli film. And now, the eponymous God Warrior is an amazing Figma … Continued
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The Greatest Hayao Miyazaki Characters, Ranked
Whether you think of him as the world’s greatest anime director, one of the greatest animators of all time, or perhaps one of the best directors period, the works of Hayao Miyazaki are beyond compare… except perhaps to each other. Here’s the best of his best. 11) Nausicaa, Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind The … Continued
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io9Watch Hayao Miyazaki Create Studio Ghibli In This Amazing Documentary
Interested in what happens inside the world’s most famous anime studio? Then you’ll need to check out the documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, now available on VOD. We have an exclusive clip from the doc, where a relatively young Miyazaki gives a “love it or leave it” speech to his new employees. This … Continued
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io9Hayao Miyazaki: “I’m Going To Continue Making Anime Until I Die”
Hayao Miyazaki, the co-founder of Studio Ghibli and writer/director of Spirited Away, said in a recent interview he plans to “to continue making anime until I die.” So what is he working on? Miyazaki, who retired from making feature-length films around this time last year, was in Hollywood this weekend to receive a Lifetime Achievement … Continued
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Don’t Deprive Yourself Of Seeing The Beauty Of Princess Kaguya
Animation has seldom felt so alive and expressive as it does in Princess Kaguya, the latest movie from Studio Ghibli. Fans of Hayao Miyazaki will find this movie delightful, but it’s unlike any other Ghibli movie I’ve seen. This is something truly, heartbreakingly special. See it in theaters. You’ll be glad you did. Minor spoilers … Continued
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io9Seriously, This Trailer For Ghibli’s Princess Kaguya Is Simply Stunning
Every scrap of footage from Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of Princess Kaguya makes me want a US release yesterday. Now we’ve got the full English-language trailer, and it is another beauty. The Tale of Princess Kaguya is based on the proto-science fiction Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, in which a bamboo cutter … Continued
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io9ADHD’s Animated Tribute To Studio Ghibli Is Surprisingly Touching
Fox’s Animation Domination HD is probably best-known for their terrifying, disgusting “Scientifically Accurate” cartoons. But upon the news that Ghibli may cease production, the animators created this genuinely poignant goodbye to the anime studio that gave us Spirited Away, Totoro and more. [Via Anime News Network]
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io9TrailersFirst English Trailer For Ghibli’s The Tale Of Princess Kaguya
And it’s the most beautiful thing you will watch all day, assuming you don’t run into a group of swans making tender love under a rainbow or something. The Tale of Princess Kaguya’s limited theatrical release begins on October 17th. The official synopsis: Legendary Studio Ghibli cofounder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, Pom Poko) … Continued
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