Tag: Isao Takahata
Ghibli’s ‘Grave of the Fireflies’ Joins International Netflix Lineup Next Month
Isao Takahata's heart wrenching Grave of the Fireflies (1988) is the latest Studio Ghibli animated masterpiece to join Netflix's international library, The animated war...
Studio Ghibli Receives Honorary Palme d’Or at 77th Cannes Festival
The 2024 Festival de Cannes is honoring a cinema legend, awarding its Honorary Palme d’Or for the first time to a group of filmmakers:...
Studio Ghibli Fest 2024 Film Slate Kicks Off in April
Studio Ghibli Fest returns to theaters in 2024 for its biggest year yet. In 2023, the event programming broke box-office records with the first-ever...
Ghibli Art Director Nizô Yamamoto Dies Age 70
Nizô Yamamoto, an acclaimed animation art director and background artist whose warmly realistic work can be seen in many iconic Studio Ghibli films, died...
‘Ernest & Celestine 2’ Int’l Premiere to Open NYICFF 2023
The Oscar-qualifying New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) announces its complete feature film slate for 2023. Ringing in its 26th year, NYICFF is...
GKIDS Launches Studio Ghibli Catalog for Digital Rental in NorAm
GKIDS announced today that it will release the catalog of Japan’s legendary, Oscar-winning animation house Studio Ghibli, for digital download-to-rent in the United States...
Exclusive: Director Masashi Ando on ‘The Deer King’ and the Lasting Appeal of 2D Animation
The lushly animated fantasy The Deer King marks the feature directorial debut of Masashi Ando (co-director with Masayuki Miyaji), one of the most respected...
‘Panda! Go Panda’ Brings Early Takahata-Miyazaki Magic to Select Theaters
GKIDS announced today it will bring the newly restored Panda! Go Panda! to select theaters nationwide, in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The seminal...
Takahata & Miyazaki’s Cuddly Cub Comes Home in ‘Panda! Go Panda!’
The animated delightful Panda! Go Panda! will be released on Blu-Ray + DVD combo on June 21. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the...
GKIDS Picks Up Early Takahata/Miyazaki Movie ‘Panda! Go Panda!’
GKIDS has acquired the North American distribution rights for Panda! Go Panda!, the 1972 feature directed by Academy Award-nominated Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata...
Studio Ghibli Fest 2022 Kicks Off with ‘Princess Mononoke’ 25th Anniversary
Studio Ghibli Fest is back in theaters this spring with a new slate of timeless animated classics for 2022 — beginning with 25th anniversary...
Complex Anime Heroines Are Blazing New Trails in Animation
***This article originally appeared in the March '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 318)***
In recent years, animators in Japan have created an impressive array...
News Bytes: Takahata Retrospective, Cyber Group Pacts with A Prod., DNEG Goes Public, Dinklage vs. Disney & More
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will continue its eclectic calendar of film screenings and public programs this winter with a series of retrospectives,...
Early Miyazaki Series ‘Future Boy Conan’ Reveals Helmer’s Magic Touch
Based loosely on the largely forgotten juvenile science fiction novel The Incredible Tide by Alexander Key (best known as the author of Escape to...
Reza Riahi Discusses the Classic Persian Influences of ‘Navozande, the Musician’
***This article originally appeared in the January '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 316)***
Years ago, when animation director Reza Riahi was studying art and...
Peak Performance: Patrick Imbert Scales New Heights with ‘The Summit of the Gods’
***This article originally appeared in the December '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 315)***
Treacherous and historic alpinism has fascinated both documentary filmmakers and fiction...
VR at SIGGRAPH: Reliving Moments of Truth
***This article originally appeared in the August '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 312)***
With the SIGGRAPH confab underway August 9-13, we thought it would...
GKIDS Captures NorAm Rights to ‘Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro’
GKIDS has acquired the North American theatrical distribution rights for Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, the 1979 feature film debut from acclaimed...
LA’s Secret Movie Club Hosts ‘Anime Buffet’ Series in 2020
In 2020, the Los Angeles-based Secret Movie Club is hosting screenings of some of the most beloved anime of all time, as part of...
News Bytes: MPC Vancouver Logs Off, ‘Thrones’ Creators Tackling ‘Lovecraft’, New ‘Short Treks’ Blast Off & More
Boy, A Lot of People Searched Pornhub for Animated TV Characters in 2019
We hope you’re all proud of yourselves ... Especially whoever was searching...
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