Language is English but Japanese titles and short comments eg. “かわいい!” are allowed. This is because my Japanese is shit and thus I cannot moderate it effectively.
This year’s lineup highlights the works of studio co-founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, as well as directors Yoshifumi Kondo, Hiroyuki Morita, and Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
Barranquilla-based graphic designer Geraldine Fernández claimed she contributed 25,000 drawings to the film's production.
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Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron will premiere in Colombia on January 25. Ahead of that debut, the film is getting an unplanned and likely unappreciated marketing push, as a local woman has gone viral for convincing major media outlets that she drew around 25,000 frames for the film’s production.
Director Guillermo del Toro says his love for Studio Ghibli movies began with an early appreciation of Isao Takahata's work.
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Famed director Guillermo del Toro is a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki, admitting he was so overwhelmed by Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro that he wept while watching the entire film.
Del Toro recently spoke at length about his lifelong love for Studio Ghibli in an interview with Collider. He said his appreciation for the animatio studio's films started at a young age. "I saw the work of Isao Takahata when I was a kid," he explained. "Then, many years later, when I saw the first Studio Ghibli movies, I said, 'That's like the movies I saw as a kid.' They have such a recognizable seal." Del Toro did not specify which of Takahata's works impressed him at such an early age. As Studio Ghibli's co-founder, Takahata was prolific with TV and film projects, starting with 1961's The Littlest Warrior as his earliest directing credit.
Isao Takahata wrote, produced and directed numerous Studio Ghibli films throughout an accomplished career, and he directed the monumental The Tale of the Princess Ka
The Nippon TV (NTV) television broadcasting company announced on Thursday that it has decided to acquire 42.3% of the shares of world-famous animation studio Ghibli. This transaction, once completed, would make NTV the largest shareholder of the Ghibli, and turn the studio into a subsidiary of Nippon TV.
I'm currently reading the book series that Howls Moving Castle is based on and it's so charming! Some big differences but I feel like the tone is similar. I'm curious what other good ones are out there based on other Ghibli movies.