Critics have shared their opinions on The Boy and the Heron, the latest anime offering from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.
Continuing my journey through Hayao Miyazaki's film collection, I finally watched Castle in the Sky. I have thoughts.
The Boy and the Heron is the latest (and possibly last) Hayao Miyazaki movie to come to theaters. Here is what we know so far.
Wait, the visionary director doesn't start his animated movies with a finished script?
Hayao Miyazaki films work because they're animated. But what if they were live-action? Hmm.
Hayao Miyazaki has 11 movies that he directed, every one of them great. But which one is his best? Find out here!
Legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki has created some of the most iconic films of the past several decades. Here are his 10 greatest!
Happy New Year from Studio Ghibli! The acclaimed animation studio's annual greeting to kick off the new calendar year came with a special surprise this time. There was a brief update on the status of Studio Ghibli Park, along with a cute drawing from the legendary Hayao Miyazaki himself, but with that also came news of not one but two films in the works. In the New Year's message, in which the studio expressed condolences to everyone affected by severe weather over the last year and offered their hopes for a productive and revived energy taking us all …
Listen here: When Sean Paul Ellis and myself were looking for a Thanksgiving cartoon to review for this week's episode of Saturday Mourning Cartoons, we returned to Rankin/Bass, the classic production studio behind such stop-motion holiday specials as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman. What we found was The Mouse on the Mayflower, a traditionally animated made-for-TV movie that revisited the famous story of the Mayflower Compact, the pilgrims that signed it, and the first Thanksgiving. But we found a lot more going on behind the scenes. This animated special, which travels …
As I was putting together my thoughts for the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Blu-ray review, which I got to check out ahead of the film's 35th anniversary theatrical re-release, I couldn't help but wonder why we hadn't seen many attempts at bringing Ghibli (and Ghibli-esque) films to life in live-action. I figured it was only a matter of time before some studio (probably Disney) went ahead with plans to reboot the whole catalogue with an international cast of up-and-coming actors. I never would have guessed that an independent …
Although he might have starred in an excellent meme of himself declaring that, ‘Anime was a mistake,’ Hayao Miyazaki is the best at what he does. For thirty years he has written, produced, and directed hit after hit in the world of animation. His films are enjoyed by children and adults alike from every country on Earth. His princesses are stronger that Disney’s, his themes often inspired by Japanese Shintoism, and his understanding of the human heart and mind is unparalleled.