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io9Watch The First Footage From Ronia The Robber’s Daughter
Studio Ghibli’s first foray into television will begin this fall with Ronia the Robber’s Daughter, an animated series based on the children’s book of the same name. Here’s the first footage from the series (it looks like an intro sequence), which began airing this weekend. Here’s a translation, courtesy of Anime News Network: Text: Goro … Continued
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io9MoviesGhibli’s Ghost Story When Marnie Was There Gets A Haunting Trailer
Miyazaki Hayao may have retired from filmmaking, but Studio Ghibli is still bringing us beautiful fare. The trailer for their upcoming supernatural story When Marnie Was There is packed with lovely landscapes and hints at the friendship at the heart of the film. From Wikipedia, here is the synopsis for the film, directed by The … Continued
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io9A Delightful Portrait of Hayao Miyazaki Made Out of Ghibli Characters
Characters and concepts from Studio Ghibli’s films dance around this portrait of a smiling Hayao Miyazaki. Somehow it makes perfect sense to see cats in his mustache and dragons in his beard. Artist C3nmt created this sweet illustrated tribute to the animation director, with a few inspired fashion choices. I could see Ghibli fans donning … Continued
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io9TrailersMassive trailer for Studio Ghibli’s hauntingly beautiful new movie
Do you have three minutes? Do you like beauty? Then I highly recommend to take some time to watch this new, lengthy trailer for Studio Ghibli’s new film The Tale of Princess Kaguya. Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) directed this gorgeous movie based on the classic Japanese legend The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. … Continued
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Gorgeous art nouveau-inspired portraits of Miyazaki’s characters
Pixiv user marlboro creates richly detailed portraits of the characters from Hayao Miyazaki’s films. Each art nouveau-flavored illustration is packed with images and symbols from each movie. We’ve seen a lot of art nouveau fan art, but all those details really make these something special. They’re such lovely homages the the Studio Ghibli films, and … Continued
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Legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki announces his retirement
Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of such films as Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and countless other masterpieces, has announced his retirement from feature films. Okay, sure, Miyazaki has been retiring sporadically ever since he finished Princess Mononoke in 1998, but it’s been a while since the last one, and for some … Continued
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io9Hayao Miyazaki’s new movie finally has a trailer with subtitles
Would you like to see a bit of Studio Ghibli’s newest film The Wind Rises and know what the hell is going on? Well, today is your lucky day, because the first English-subtitled trailer has finally arrived. The film, which has been #1 at the Japanese box office for the last four weeks, is a … Continued
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io9MoviesFirst live-action monster movie movie from the minds of Studio Ghibli
Some of the best monster makers in the business have put together one amazing short, Giant God Warrior Appears In Tokyo (Kyōshinhei Tokyo ni Arawaru) — which also happens to be a live-action film from Studio Ghibli! Director Higuchi Shinji is known for his work animating on the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. The project itself … Continued
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io9Pessimistic Optimism: Goro Miyazaki on His Post-Nuclear Romance, From Up On Poppy Hill
Goro Miyazaki, son of the famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, has taken over his father’s Studio Ghibli and released a new feature film, From Up On Poppy Hill (out in the States tomorrow). In this exclusive profile by Scott Thill, Miyazaki talks about the new movie and his father’s legacy. If Goro Miyazaki is feeling … Continued
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io9TrailersGhibli’s new movie features blistering coming-of-age-in-tranquil-1960s-Japan action
WARNING: The above trailer for Studio Ghibli’s next film, From Up on Poppy Hill, may not be suitable for all viewers. Specifically, if you have a fussy 2-year-old who does not like the vivid, flashing colors that virtually any animated video contains, or maybe if you have a racist grandfather who fought in WWII or … Continued
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Snow Totoro may be cold, but he’ll warm your heart
If you’re in a snowy region and looking for an alternative to building Frosty, you might try your hand at this Miyazaki-inspired Snowtoro. The woodland critters taking shelter in his belly are optional. [Miyazaki Fan Page via The Mary Sue]
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Princess Mononoke and Miyazaki’s monsters are where the Wild Things are
When it comes to wild things in the woods, Max has nothing on Princess Mononoke. In this sweet mashup by Justin Hillgrove, the various spirits and creatures from Studio Ghibli’s films pay tribute to San, the wildest of them all. Hillgrove painted this tribute for the upcoming show, “Icons & Influences,” coming to the Ltd. … Continued
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What would Miyazaki characters look like in real life?
Andrew Michael Golden made it his mission to create photorealistic images of the odd and mystical characters from various Studio Ghibli films. I must say, Porco Rosso cuts a rather convincing-not to mention stately-figure. Over at his site, you can see Golden’s attempts at Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, and more. [via Geek Tyrant]
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io9Watch a scene from the live-action Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind short film
For an exhibit on cinematic practical effects at Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Neon Genesis Evangelion director Hideaki Anno and Studio Ghibli have teamed up for a live-action featurette based on Hayao Miyazaki’s post-apocalyptic cartoon classic Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. This short — Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo — stars the … Continued
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What if Studio Ghibli made an Adventure Time movie?
What if the characters from Adventure Time starred in Studio Ghibli-inspired films like Princess Marceline and Fiona and Cake Spirited Away? Artist David gives us some great cartoon mashups and introduces us to Cakebus! Seventeen-year old David has been running through the Studio Ghibli canon and recasting the characters with folks from Adventure Time. The … Continued
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Miyazaki’s films reimagined as dog-eared Penguin book covers
Hayao Miyazaki’s films are marked by rich landscapes and innovative character designs, but these illustrations reduce those films to their most basic components, imagining them as minimalist Penguin book covers. Jason K sells these as posters and prints at his Etsy store. The texturing on the pieces is wonderful; it gives the impression that these … Continued
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io9Hayao Miyazaki fans break Twitter record by casting magical spell in unison
Back in August, the earth-shatteringly important topic that is Beyoncé’s baby bump broke the world record for the most tweets per second (TPS). The singer’s pregnancy reveal accrued a stunning 8,868 TPS. Now, Japanese Twitter users have broken that record during last weekend’s annual airing of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1986 animated classic Laputa: Castle in The … Continued
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BBC Challenging Studio Ghibli with its own Borrowers Adaptation
We’re all waiting anxiously for Studio Ghibli’s magical adaptation of Mary Norton’s The Borrowers, which hits U.S. screens in February. But the BBC is going head-to-head with Ghibli with its own Borrowers adaptation… and it’s the first television production from the fabulous Working Title Pictures. Not only that, but the BBC version boasts a cast … Continued
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io9Watch a scene from Studio Ghibli’s Little Nemo movie that never was
We love ourselves some Studio Ghibli around these parts, so it breaks our heart to see this unused pitch for a Ghibli-helmed Little Nemo in Dreamland. The studio’s animators put it together in 1984, but Ghibli never developed the project in full. A Japanese Little Nemo movie was released in 1989, but we would have … Continued
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The films of Hayao Miyazaki à la Lego
You’re looking at the oeuvre of Studio Ghibli bigwig Hayao Miyazaki sculpted entirely out of plastic bricks. This fantastic tableau was built by Iain Heath for BrickCon 2010. Check out everything from Nausicaä to Princess Mononoke in Lego. Here’s what Heath had to say about this ambitious endeavor: Here finally is the finished product, presented … Continued