Tag Archives: Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki to Release First Animated Movie in 5 Years

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Paul Anderson

Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises)

Japan­ese ani­ma­tor Hayao Miyazaki’s first film in five years will come out next year, dis­trib­u­tor Toho announced Thurs­day. Miyazaki will release wartime romance Kaze Tach­inu, based on the novel of the same name, usu­ally trans­lated as The Wind Has Risen.

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Studio Ghibli Animation Retrospective Coming to Vancouver

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Ethan Minovitz

Studio Ghibli

Between Decem­ber 14 and Jan­u­ary 3, the Vancity The­atre and The Cin­e­math­eque — both located in down­town Van­cou­ver — are co-hosting Cas­tles in the Sky: The Mas­ters of Stu­dio Ghi­bli. It’s a major ret­ro­spec­tive of films from the world-renowned anime stu­dio Stu­dio Ghi­bli founded in Tokyo in 1985 by direc­tors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Taka­hata and pro­ducer Toshio Suzuki.

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Vancouver Hosts Major Studio Ghibli Animation Retrospective

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Mr. Clevland

Studio Ghibli

The Cin­e­math­eque and the Vancity The­atre, both located in down­town Van­cou­ver, are co-hosting a major ret­ro­spec­tive of the films of Stu­dio Ghi­bli, the world-renowned anime stu­dio founded in Tokyo in 1985 by ani­ma­tion direc­tors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Taka­hata and pro­ducer Toshio Suzuki.

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Tonari No Totoro (1988) — Studio Ghibli

Posted on April 16, 2012 by DaveK

Tonari No Totoro

CotD: One of Hayao Miyazaki’s early films, “Tonari No Totoro” was released in Eng­lish until 1994.

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Miyazaki’s “Arrietty” takes ninth at $6.4 million

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Paul Anderson


Karigurashi No Arietti (The Secret World of Arrietty")

Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Secret World of Arri­etty,” based on Mary Norton’s famous children’s novel The Bor­row­ers, opened in ninth place in lim­ited North Amer­i­can release, tak­ing $6.6 mil­lion this past weekend.

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Studio Ghibli retrospective coming to Los AngelesStudio Ghibli retrospective coming to Los Angeles

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Ethan Minovitz


Studio Ghibli

GKIDS, a dis­trib­u­tor of award-winning ani­ma­tion for both adults and fam­ily audi­ences, is bring­ing a 20-year ret­ro­spec­tive of films from Japan’s renowned Stu­dio Ghi­bli to Los Ange­les.
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Happy Birthday Hayao Miyazaki

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Mr. Clevland


Hayao Miyazak

Born this day in Tokyo in 1941, Hayao Miyazak, a Japan­ese artist, film direc­tor and ani­ma­tor of many pop­u­lar fan­tasy fea­ture films. In his fifty year career he has pro­duced and directed over a dozen inter­na­tion­ally acclaimed films, along with part­ner Isao Taka­hata, founded Stu­dio Ghi­bli, an ani­ma­tion stu­dio and pro­duc­tion com­pany. The suc­cess of Miyazaki’s films has invited com­par­isons with Amer­i­can ani­ma­tor Walt Dis­ney, and he has been named one of the most influ­en­tial peo­ple by Time mag­a­zine.
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Tenkû No Shiro Rapyuta [Laputa, Castle In The Sky] (1986) — Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film

Posted on August 2, 2011 by DaveK


Tenkû No Shiro Rapyuta [Laputa, Castle In The Sky] (1986)

CotD: 25 years ago today, Direc­tor Hayao Miyazaki released “Tenkû No Shiro Rapyuta” (Laputa, Cas­tle In The Sky), a lyri­cally beau­ti­ful film; did you see it, and did you like it ~
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Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) (2001)

Posted on July 20, 2011 by DaveK

Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi (Spirited Away)

CotD: Two Stu­dio Ghi­bli films released today; We picked “Sen To Chi­hiro No Kamikakushi” (Spir­ited Away) to look at and to make it two Miyaza­kis in a row!

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Gake No Ue No Ponyo (2008) — Feature Length Theatrical

Posted on July 19, 2011 by DaveK

Gake No Ue No Ponyo (2008

CotD: A lot of choices avail­able today, but we shall go with “Gake No Ue No Ponyo” Miyazaki’s last fea­ture film.

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Arrietty wins Japan Academy Prize for animation

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Big Cartoon DataBase

"Karigurashi no Arietti" ("The Borrower Arrietty")
Stu­dio Ghibli’s “Karig­urashi no Ari­etti” (“The Bor­rower Arri­etty”) was named best ani­ma­tion Fri­day at the 34th Japan Acad­emy Prizes in Tokyo.

Directed by Hiro­masa Yonebayashi and writ­ten by Hayao Miyazaki, Karig­urashi No Ari­etti won over Kei­ichi Hara and Asention’s Col­or­ful, Kôzô Kuzuha and Shinei Animation’s Eiga Dorae­mon: Nobita no Ningyo Daikaisen, Yasuichiro Yamamoto and TMS Entertainment’s Detec­tive Conan: The Lost Ship in The Sky, and Mune­hisa Sakai and Toei Animation’s One Piece Film Strong World. Con­tinue read­ing →

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