GKIDS has announced that Panda! Go, Panda!, the seminal 1972 animated film from director Isao Takahata and writer Hayao Miyazaki, co-founders of the legendary Studio Ghibli, is set for a U.S. theatrical and home entertainment release this year, presented in high definition with newly restored colours alongside its 1973 follow-up Panda! Go, Panda and the […]
Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko comes to U.S. theaters this month for Studio Ghibli Fest
GKIDS and Fathom Events have announced that Studio Ghibli Fest 2018 will continue this month with the theatrical release of the late Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko, an action-packed ecological fable about the clash between nature and human civilization. Pom Poko tells the story of the tanuki (raccoon dogs) of Tama Hills who find their fun-loving community […]
Kaguya: Takahata’s Timeless Tale
Following the passing of the Studio Ghibli co-founder, Joe Jeffreys revisits Isao Takahata’s The Tale of Princess Kaguya… Isao Takahata was one of the most seminal voices in the history of Japanese Animation. After co-founding the world-renowned Studio Ghibli with Hao Miyazaki in 1985, his work went onto include the devastating masterpiece Grave of the […]
Movie Review – The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2014)
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, 2014. Directed by Isao Takahata. Featuring the voice talents of Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan and Mary Steenburgen (English)/Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora and Takeo Chii (Japanese). SYNOPSIS: A girl is born of the bamboo trees, and she is brought up to be a Princess … During the Studio Ghibli season at the BFI last […]
R.I.P. Isao Takahata (1935 – 2018)
Some sad news this evening, as it has been revealed that Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata has passed away aged 82. Beginning his career in the 1960s at Toei Animation, Takahata made his directorial debut with the 1968 anime feature The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun, which also marked the first major […]
