Ready the Catbus: My Neighbor Totoro is returning to theaters
Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro was many Americans’ first introduction to the work of Hayao Miyazaki back in the…
It's 3 p.m., so let's watch Hayao Miyazaki rip some poor A.I. nerds apart for creating "an insult to life itself"
It’s 3 p.m.! Let The A.V. Club briefly make use of the waning hours of your productivity with some pop culture…
Studio Ghibli is getting ready for Hayao Miyazaki's next (and probably last) film
Among animation studios, Japan’s Studio Ghibli enjoys a global reputation second only to that of Pixar—a credit to its…
Can a lifelong anime skeptic learn to love it?
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…
Relive the evolution of Studio Ghibli
For many Westerners, the films of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli are the entry point for Japanese animation. With their…
Hayao Miyazaki is coming out of retirement, just like he said he would
Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli is beloved by cinephile purists worldwide for its commitment to hand-drawn…
Watch this selection of perfectly constructed film scenes
There may never be a “perfect movie,” but there can be perfect moments within movies. YouTuber Jim Casey has taken the…
Hayao Miyazaki might come out of retirement for one more film
Like a lot of prolific creators, legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki—the guy behind My Neighbor Totoro, Princess…
Read This: Are these the best films of the 21st century?
If there’s one thing that pop culture obsessives love doing, it’s making lists. If there’s another thing they love…
Gravity Rush carries on the artistic legacy of Jean “Moebius” Giraud
Life has few experiences as euphoric as flight. That exhilarating space between freefall and ascension, take-off and…
The Little Nemo movie is like a dream: scattered, strange, ineffably moving
My parents tell me what an imaginative child I was. According to them, I concocted a plethora of imaginary friends…
Disney is finally releasing a Miyazaki Blu-ray box set
According to Nerdist, Disney has announced plans to release a comprehensive collection of Hayao Miyazaki’s work as a…
Hayao Miyazaki is making his first 3-D computer-animated film
When The Wind Rises was released in 2013, Studio Ghibli founder and master animator Hayao Miyazaki announced that the…
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When Marnie Was There is Studio Ghibli’s emotional but mechanical goodbye
There’s a lovely and fitting simplicity in 12-year-old Anna emerging as the heroine of When Marnie Was There, the last…
Feel the whimsy of this compilation of Hayao Miyazaki Easter eggs
Hayao Miyazaki may have retired from filmmaking with The Wind Rises and his animation group Studio Ghibli may be done…
Here’s a trailer for When Marnie Was There, possibly Studio Ghibli’s last film
Hayao Miyazaki, the main creative force behind legendary Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli, has been suggesting…
Let’s browse the Motion Picture Academy’s vast archive of images
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is most famous, of course, for putting on that so-called “gold…
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The Kingdom Of Dreams And Madness looks behind the curtain of Studio Ghibli
“Filmmaking only brings suffering.” So declares legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki a little more than halfway into Mami…
Denver: See Nausicaä tonight as part of our Science Friction film series
Howdy. Senior Writer Jason Heller here. It’s time again for Science Friction, The A.V. Club’s monthly sci-fi film…