Ponyo at Leeds’ Breeze International Youth Festival

Ponyo is the eighth film that Hayao Miyazaki has directed for Studio Ghibli. For a lot of anime fans the reading of this review can end there. It’s another Miyazaki film, and that’s enough to warrant buying the DVD or Blu-ray. If you’ve made it this far then maybe you’re sitting on the fence as … Continued

New Anime releases for monday: Bleach Series 4 Part 3 (RRP: £24.99)     Disgaea Collection (RRP: £29.99) Fate/Stay Night 6# (RRP: £15.99) Gunparade March Collection (RRP: £29.99) Mahoromatic Something More Beautiful Volume 1 (RRP: £15.99) Ponyo (2 Disc) (RRP: £19.99)     Ponyo (RRP: £17.99) Ponyo: Combi Pack (Blu-ray & DVD) (RRP: £22.99) Ponyo: Special Edition … Continued

Miyazaki’s beautiful new anime tells the story of Sosuke who lives on a cliff by the sea and who discovers a magical goldfish stranded on the shore while out wandering one day. Instantly enamoured, Sosuke names her Ponyo and vows to protect her forever. But Ponyo belongs in the sea and when the wave spirits … Continued

Jin-Roh at its core is a re-telling of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Though this is not the sanitized and ‘child friendly’ (whatever that means) version that we see today; rather, it is an interpretation of the original Brothers Grimm story. Those not familiar with it might be surprised at just how much … Continued

I think every anime fan goes through a ‘Studio Ghibli’ phase at least once. After the major success of Spirited Away across the globe, the studio and its co-founder Hayao Miyazaki were officially put on the radar of Western movie lovers. Not long after, the back catalogue, as well as all future releases of Studio Ghibli, … Continued