First glimpes of footage from Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

With its Japanese theatrical release imminent (July 19), an (English translated) review of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki’s latest movie) has been published online via the Japan Times Online. Also, of particular interest might be the polite comments of the director’s son, Goro Miyazaki.

The Prince Charles Cinema in London is going to be screening Studio Ghibli films from now until August. The films are part of the Studio Ghibli Forever Season and every film has subtitles. The line-up is as follows: MARCH15th: Porco Rosso16th: The Princess Kaguya (Special Preview) +  Grave of the Fireflies (Double Feature)22nd: Grave Of The Fireflies29th: … Continued

Tomorrow is the 86th Academy Awards, which will see Hayao Miyazaki’s currently slated final feature film The Wind Rises going up against Disney’s Frozen, DreamWorks’ The Croods and Studio Canal’s Ernet & Celestine in the Best Animated Feature category. However, Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki revealed in a presentation at the Academy of Motion Pictures … Continued

There are a few occasions where UK anime fans may feel that they have received the short end of the stick in comparison to anime releases in other territories. Fortunately. The criticially acclaimed films of Studio Ghibli are not among those occasions, as distributor Studio Canal has made sure to help spread the love of … Continued

Running from 27 August to 6 September was the prestigious Venice Film Festival, the oldest film festival in the world. Hayao Miyazaki with his film ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea‘ and Mamoru Oshii with his film ‘The Sky Crawlers‘ were both in the running for the festival’s principal award, the Golden Lion. Although, … Continued