Oct 16 2019
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Studio Ghibli movies are wondrous affairs, filled with dreamlike animation and imaginative worlds with compelling…
Sep 10 2018
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Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro was many Americans’ first introduction to the work of Hayao Miyazaki back in the…
Jun 9 2018
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It’s 3 p.m.! Let The A.V. Club briefly make use of the waning hours of your productivity with some pop culture…
Dec 1 2017
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Among animation studios, Japan’s Studio Ghibli enjoys a global reputation second only to that of Pixar—a credit to…
Oct 3 2017
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How much of the stuff that you don’t like have you actually given a fair shake? I’m posing this question to you, the…
Sep 8 2017
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For many Westerners, the films of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli are the entry point for Japanese animation. With…
Feb 24 2017
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Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli is beloved by cinephile purists worldwide for its commitment to hand-drawn…
Dec 14 2016
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There may never be a “perfect movie,” but there can be perfect moments within movies. YouTuber Jim Casey has taken…
Nov 13 2016
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Like a lot of prolific creators, legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki—the guy behind My Neighbor Totoro, Princess…
Aug 23 2016
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If there’s one thing that pop culture obsessives love doing, it’s making lists. If there’s another thing they love…
Mar 9 2016
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Life has few experiences as euphoric as flight. That exhilarating space between freefall and ascension, take-off and…
Nov 11 2015
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Aug 24 2015
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My parents tell me what an imaginative child I was. According to them, I concocted a plethora of imaginary friends…
Jul 31 2015
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According to Nerdist, Disney has announced plans to release a comprehensive collection of Hayao Miyazaki’s work as a…
Jul 13 2015
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When The Wind Rises was released in 2013, Studio Ghibli founder and master animator Hayao Miyazaki announced that…
May 28 2015
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There’s a lovely and fitting simplicity in 12-year-old Anna emerging as the heroine of When Marnie Was There, the…
Apr 27 2015
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Hayao Miyazaki may have retired from filmmaking with The Wind Rises and his animation group Studio Ghibli may be…
Apr 20 2015
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Hayao Miyazaki, the main creative force behind legendary Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli, has been suggesting…
Jan 15 2015
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is most famous, of course, for putting on that so-called “gol…
Nov 25 2014
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“Filmmaking only brings suffering.” So declares legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki a little more than halfway into…