Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature, a French-made documentary about legendary Japanese animation maker Hayao Miyazaki, will debut at the Venice Film Festival, which opened on August 28 and will run through September 7. Directed by Leo Favier, the new documentary was written by him and Leo Brachet. It puts a strong emphasis on Miyazaki’s love for…
The Imaginary, @Courtesy of Netflix and Studio Ponoc The Imaginary : Rudger is a boy no one can see, imagined by Amanda to share her thrilling make-believe adventures. But when Rudger, suddenly alone, arrives at The Town of Imaginaries, where forgotten Imaginaries live and find work, he faces a mysterious threat. Director : Yoshiyuki Momose Producer : Yoshiyuki…
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©Courtesy of Cannes film Festival “He’s traveling between reality & fantasy, and losing the ability to tell them apart.” Another magnificent doc about Hayao Miyazaki just debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes started off by giving filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli an Honorary Palme d’Or. Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron focuses on six years of…
Studio Ghibli Honorary Palme d’or of the 77th Festival de Cannes © Hayao Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli Studio Ghibli, the acclaimed Japanese animation studio, will receive an Honorary Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 14 to 25. This will be the first time the award has been given to…
©The Boy and the Heron, GKIDS Studio Ghibli’s acclaimed animations will continue to be streamed in the United States on the Max platform, thanks to an extension of an multi-year arrangement with GKIDS, the entity that manages North American distribution for the Japanese animators. The deal includes 23 titles, including the recent Oscar-winning The Boy…
Two of Japan’s most critically acclaimed films from this year – The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One, which were both released by Toho – broke American box office records this weekend. The Boy and the Heron took the top spot at the domestic box office with ticket sales of $12.8 million, while…
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron, which will be released in the U.S. on December 8, will have an all-star dub cast, says GKIDS, Studio Ghibli’s North American distributor. Set in 1943 during the Pacific War, The Boy and the Heron is a semi-autobiographical tale about Mahito, a twelve-year-old boy living with an aunt…
Studio Ghibli, the acclaimed animation studio co-founded by legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, will become a subsidiary of Nippon Television (NTV). As the news was announced last week, the studio has also contemplating making new television series, according to a new report from Nikkei.com (via Discussing Film) Toshio Suzuki, the president of Ghibli, released a statement…
Hayao Miyazaki’s production company, Studio Ghibli, will become a subsidiary of Nippon Television Network Corporation, both companies announced on Thursday. As part of the deal, Nippon Television would acquire 42.3 percent of voting rights to become the prime shareholder in the studio. The transaction will be finalized on October 6. It was not disclosed how…
The expectations with being cinema’s greatest and most respected animator can be heavy weights on his shoulders. But director Hayao Miyazaki surpassed those with a humble spirit. With his latest “The Boy and the Heron”, the 82-year-old delivers a movie experience that makes the jaw drop down to the stomach. In Toronto, where it premiered…
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