GKIS and Fathom Events have announced that Hayao Miyazaki’s anime masterpiece Princess Mononoke will be the next feature to screen as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2018, with the film playing three dates this month in both its original Japanese language and the English dub featuring the voices of Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie […]
Hayao Miyazaki’s Porco Rosso comes to U.S. theaters this month
GKIDS and Fathom Events have announced that Studio Ghibli Fest will continue this month with the release of Hayao Miyazaki’s anime classic Porco Rosso, which will be playing in movie theaters across the United States for three days on May 20th, 21st and 23rd. Porco Rosso is a world weary flying ace-turned-bounty-hunter, whose face has […]
Blu-ray Review – My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
My Neighbor Totoro, 1988. Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of Tim Daly, Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, and Lea Salonga. SYNOPSIS: The classic Hayao Miyazaki movie My Neighbor Totoro is on Blu-ray (again) in a new Blu-ray plus DVD edition released by GKids, which has taken over home video distribution of […]
Blu-ray Review – Castle in the Sky (1986)
Castle in the Sky, 1986. Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, Cloris Leachman, Mark Hamill SYNOPSIS: GKids has secured the new home video distributor contract for Studio Ghibli films, and they’ve released a big batch of them on Blu-ray, with more bonus features than […]
Blu-ray Review – Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984. Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of Alison Lohman, Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Edward James Olmos,and Shia LaBeouf. SYNOPSIS: GKids has secured the new home video distributor contract for Studio Ghibli films, and they’ve released a big batch of them on Blu-ray, with […]
Blu-ray Review – Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
Howl’s Moving Castle, 2004. Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring the voice talents of Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, and Billy Crystal. SYNOPSIS: Disney was the source of Hayao Miyazaki movies on home video for a while, but GKids has taken on that effort now, and they’ve […]
The title of Hayao Miyazaki’s new film has been revealed
We’ve known for a while now that legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki is coming out of retirement to direct a new feature-length anime movie, with Studio Ghibli reopening its doors to work on the project. It had been thought that the new film would be a feature adaptation of Boro the Caterpillar, a CG-animated short he […]
Why Hayao Miyazaki decided to come out of retirement
Earlier this year it was announced that Hayao Miyazaki is coming out of retirement (again) to work on a new feature film, with Studio Ghibli re-opening its doors to work on the project. Appearing on the NHK TV programme Nichiyobi Bijitsukan (Sunday Art Gallery) (via Kotaku), Miyazaki’s long-time producer Toshio Suzuki has revealed why the legendary animator […]
Studio Ghibli reopens for Hayao Miyazaki’s new film
Since late last year, it’s been rumoured that legendary anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki would be coming out of retirement once again to direct a new feature film, and now comes word that the production department of Studio Ghibli has officially reopened in order to begin work on the project. Empire reports that Miyazaki assembled some […]
Studio Ghibli’s first film Castle in the Sky gets a U.S. theatrical release this month
GKIDS and Fathom Events have announced that Studio Ghibli Fest will continue this month with the U.S. theatrical release of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1986 anime classic Castle in the Sky, which will screen on Sunday, August 27th (English dub) and Monday, August 28th (English subtitles). Castle In The Sky is a rollicking adventure about a young […]
