As with My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of Princess Kaguya directed by Isao Takahata was intended to be released in tandem with Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises. It …
Tales from Earthsea proved to be a divisive work not only for Hayao and Goro Miyazaki, but for theater audiences as well. While it still remained a top grossing film, it received …
With Hayao Miyazaki retired from film, director Isao Takahata was left to carry on work at Studio Ghibli. His 1999 film, My Neighbors the Yamadas, would continue his own tradition of breaking …
Despite Ghibli’s popularity in Japan, it remained relatively unknown to mainstream audiences in America and many parts of the world. The studio’s works were typically relegated to small art house theaters and …
Studio Ghibli’s penchant for blending the real world with dreamscapes returned in Miyazaki’s Porco Rosso, a story about an ace pilot with the head of a pig. Familiar themes such as creativity …
The initial success of Laputa was followed by Isao Takahata’s shockingly stark World War II story, Grave of the Fireflies. The story focuses on a teenage boy and his four-year-old sister who …
Working as an editor under several successive departments at publisher Tokuma Shoten allowed Toshio Suzuki to meet the manga world’s greatest creators. These working relationships would crossover to include professionals in the …
There are few animation studios that conjure such a legacy as Studio Ghibli. Founded in 1986 by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata along with producer Toshio Suzuki, the studio is responsible …
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