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Chloe Grace Moretz Leads Princess Kaguya Cast
Studio Ghibli’s biggest film of last year was without a doubt Hayao Miyazaki’s (current) farewell piece The Wind Rises, but studio co-founder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies)…
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Footage of Goro Miyazaki’s Ronia the Robber’s Daughter
The first footage from Goro Miyazaki’s TV anime Ronia the Robber’s Daughter (Sanzoku no Musume Ronia) has been released online.
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Ronia is the only daughter of Mattis, the chief of a tribe…
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When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Mani) Trailer
A trailer for When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Mani) has been released ahead of its premiere later this month.
When Marnie Was There is Studio Ghibli’s latest film and is based on a British novel …
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Acadamy Invites Studio Ghibli’s Miyazaki, Suzuki To Become Members
Earlier this year, the legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki’s final theatrical feature, The Wind Rises was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature…
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The Wind Rises: Cinema Screening
“Remember this, Japanese boy… airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.” – Caproni, The Wind …
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From Up on Poppy Hill to get UK TV premiere
Studio Ghibli film From Up on Poppy Hill will receive its UK television premiere on Film4 at 17.20 on Sunday 4th May.
The movie, directed by Goro Miyazaki, will be broadcast in the original Japanese…
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“When Marnie Was There” Leads Announced
A while back, the critically acclaimed, Academy Award winning animation studio Studio Ghibli announced that they will be releasing an animated movie based on Joan G. Robinson’s novel…
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Studio Ghibli Producer and Co-Founder Suzuki steps down
Last September, the Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli made headlines when one of its co-founders and world-renowned director Hayao Miyazaki announced that he would be retiring from…
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Miyazaki wanted to make Ponyo 2, inspired Ernest & Celestine co-director
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…
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BFI running Studio Ghibli feature season!
On 9th May, Hayao Miyazaki’s (currently slated) final feature length film, The Wind Rises, will finally be released in the United Kingdom. To lead up to this monumentous event and Studio…
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From Up On Poppy Hill
“Destroy the old and you destroy our memory of the past. There is no future for people who worship the future and forget the past.” – Shun Kazama, From Up on Poppy Hill
It’s 1963, Umi Matsuzaki…
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The Wind Rises nominated for Best Animated Feature Oscar
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises has been nominated for this year’s Academy Award for “Best Animated Feature”.
The Wind Rises will face Disney film Frozen, DreamWorks…
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Gordon-Levitt leads English The Wind Rises cast
Today, Studio Ghibli announced the cast for the English language dub of The Wind Rises, the Golden Globe-nominated final theatrical feature from acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki.…
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The Wind Rises at the Glasgow Film Festival
The Wind Rises, the latest Studio Ghibli film released earlier this year, will be playing at the Glasgow Film Festival on Sunday, February 09th, 2014 at 3:45 pm.
It will be shown as part of the festival’s…
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Arrietty’s Yonebayashi to direct “When Marnie Was There”
Back in 2010, Studio Ghibli released Arrietty, a Japanese animated movie adaptation of The Borrowers, a children’s classic by English author Mary Norton, which was directed by Hiromasa…
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London’s Japanese Gallery to exhibit and cell Studio Ghibli cels
You like anime, yes? And you like owning anime, right? Well, how about owning a piece of anime? Well, if you head down to the Japanese Gallery in Kensington Church Street in London between 6-8th …
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Kaguya Hime Trailer
A three-minute trailer for Isao Takahata’s The Story of Princess Kaguya (Kaguya Hime no Monogatari) has been aired on NTV and is now online.
The film is a retelling of the popular Japanese folktale…
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Oscar Nominations: Madoka Magica, Wind Rises and A Letter To Momo submitted
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today confirmed the list of animated feature films submitted for consideration for nominations in the race for the Animated Film category of the…
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Live-Action Kiki’s Delivery Service Teaser Video
A teaser video for the live-action Kiki’s Delivery Service has been released on Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Web site as the film’s theatrical release (March 01st, 2014) creeps closer!
The film…