Darkly dreaming: the legacy of Isao Takahata
Studio Ghibli has been a powerful part of both of our lives as otaku, inspiring nightmares, empowerment and the hope that we can each be heroes in our own way. It’s safe to [...]
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Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin and anime’s quest into western fantasy
Western fantasy and sci-fi literature has long proven influential for anime, and an early example, shortly after the glamour of Howl’s Moving Castle, was the less [...]
Weekly round-up
Hey there, friends! Welcome to our first round-up of 2018. This week for us was all about that Devilman. We blitzed through DEVILMAN crybaby and felt so fired up we just had [...]
Miyazaki slates first anime work since The Wind Rises
While we’re jumpy as a bunch of soot sprites waiting for Hayao Miyazaki’s upcoming feature film, his newest short for the Ghibli Museum at least seems well underway. [...]
Update: UK release slated for Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Former Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, founder of Studio Ponoc, decided to take us all by surprise last December. He announced that the young studio’s first [...]
Weekly round-up
We’re back for the first weekly round-up in…how long? Too long, that’s what! But the main thing is, we’re happy to be here to bring you all the best [...]
Miyazaki’s new movie is “action-adventure fantasy”
Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki has described Hayao Miyazaki’s upcoming film as a hand-drawn “action-adventure fantasy” in a recent letter. Miyazaki himself [...]
Event: Hyper Japan welcomes back Laputa, Totoro and Kiki’s Kihara Hirokatsu
Hyper Japan will be back for its next fest at Tobacco Dock, London from July 14th to 16th, and so will Kihara Hirokatsu. An anime professional who worked on the production [...]
Weekly round-up
It’s been a quiet one this week, but we still have plenty to share with you from the cosy corner of our blog, and the wider anime world. We’ve got fantasy updates [...]
Update: Hayao Miyazaki may already be producing new feature film
After The Wind Rises was released in 2013, Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement, at least from feature films. He said he would still be working on the Ghibli Museum [...]
