Phoenix Cinema Screening Spirited Away

Hayao Miyazaki’s new film, The Wind Rises, is the fictionalised biography of Jiro Horikoshi, the designer of the Zero fighter planes. The film is set to premier at the Toronto International Film Festival, which takes place Sept. 5-15 and at the moment there are no confirmation of a wider release.

Film4 has announced on Twitter that it premier Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises on Saturday 7th February at 15.25. On 23rd January Film4 posted the following tweet: “Heads up, Studio Ghibli fans! We’re screening Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises on Sat Feb 7th”, with the following link to their website displaying more information and an … Continued

StudioCanal and Anime UK News joined forces to celebrate the release of classic Hayao Miyazaki animes My Neighbour Totoro and The Castle of Cagliostro and we are offering one Double Play set of one of these titles to four lucky winners!Check our competitions page, for details on how to enter!?

To celebrate their “how manga took over the world” exhibition, Manchester’s Urbis (M60 2LA) will be hosting a string of evening screenings of anime on most weekends through out August and September (Thurs. – Sat. evenings). Screenings include a variety of different anime, ranging from the likes of Howl’s Moving Castle (Thurs 21 Aug) to … Continued

Earlier this year, Hayao Miyazaki’s final feature length film, the semi-biographical The Wind Rises was nominated for the Best Animated Feature category of the Academy Awards. Although the prize ultimately went to Pixar’s Frozen, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced back in August that the critically acclaimed animator and director has been offered the Academy’s … Continued