Tag: Spirited Away
Of Magical Temples and Dream Houses: A Preview of the New ‘Studio Ghibli and Architecture in Animation” Book
***This article was written for the March '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 348)***
Audiences associate the films of Studio Ghibli with their evocative depictions of...
Hayao Miyazaki Welcomes Year of the Snake with New Illustration
Animation legend Hayao Miyazaki kicked off 2025 by sharing a special illustrated message to Studio Ghibli fans, celebrating the Year of the Snake. The...
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...
Max Extends U.S. Ghibli Deal with GKIDS; Miyazaki Balks at Retirement
Following his second Academy Award win for Best Animated feature for The Boy and the Heron, filmmaker and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is reportedly feeling...
Netflix Snags Global Streaming Rights to Studio Ponoc Slate, Sets ‘The Imaginary’ Premiere for 2024
Studio Ponoc and Netflix have forged a multi-film partnership to bring animated features from the Japanese prodco to Netflix members around the world as...
Ghibli & Alibaba Form Pact to for Immersive Miyazaki Exhibit, New Animated Projects
Oscar-winning Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli has forged a partnership with Chinese entertainment company Alibaba Pictures -- part of the multinational, diversified tech powerhouse...
In Memoriam: Remembering the Animation & VFX Greats We Lost in 2023
Over the past 12 months, we lost many talented, brilliant women and men who devoted their lives to creating animated and VFX-driven projects through...
A VERY Early Animation Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide
Orange juice is $12 a bottle, but putting smiles on the faces of your favorite toon fans is priceless! (Psst! Prices given are rounded-up...
The Return of the Master: Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’
In his 2016 proposal for the film that became The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki wrote, “There’s nothing more pathetic than telling the...
‘Spirited Away: Live on Stage’ Makes Digital & Blu-Ray Debut
Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning animated feature is brought to life in Tony Award-winner John Caird’s (Les Misérables) stage adaptation Spirited Away: Live on Stage....
‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ Makes Soaring B.O. Return with $3M Studio Ghibli Fest Run
GKIDS announced today that Howl's Moving Castle, the 2004 film from Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, has earned over $3.2 million in North American...
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...
Early ‘The Boy and the Heron’ Reviews Rate Miyazaki’s Visually Stunning Swan Song
Legendary director/writer/illustrator Hayao Miyazaki's final, final film opened in Japan this Friday, July 14. With no marketing or information reveals to speak of, fans...
GKIDS Picks Up ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ Miyazaki’s ‘How Do You Live’ Adaptation
GKIDS announced its acquisition of North American distribution rights to the highly anticipated new film from Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Japan’s...
Animated Musings: Is Food in Animated Content as Simple as Green Eggs and Ham?
We hear the phrase “we are what we eat” often, but is it also true that we eat what we watch? What are content...
The Best Animated Movies of the 21st Century (So Far): A Very Subjective List!
Some of our favorite animation superstars and critics pick their favorite features of the past 23 years.
Selecting the best movies of a year, a...
The May Must-Have List
New Gods: Yang Jian
The second installment in White Snake studio Light Chaser Animation's reimaginings of epic Chinese myth follows a once powerful hero on...
How Director John Caird Took ‘Spirited Away’ from Cel to Stage
In April and May, U.S. audiences are treated to the filmed version of John Caird’s acclaimed theatrical adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. Caird,...
Studio Ghibli Prez Koji Hoshino Exits Amid Suzuki Scandal, Park Controversy
There's trouble in anime paradise, as reports from Japanese gossip and entertainment magazine Shukan Josei has confirmed Studio Ghibli President Koji Hoshino is leaving...
Studio Ghibli Fest 2023 Brings All 10 Miyazaki Movies to NorAm Theaters
Studio Ghibli Fest is back in theaters and bigger than ever this year — highlighting all 10 of Hayao Miyazaki’s iconic animated films with...
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