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Grave of the Fireflies Review

Grave of the Fireflies is an anime movie by Studio Ghibli about the devastating impact of World War II on Japanese children.

DoubleSama

Yet another year of Anime Valentines!

  Yes, I’m back again this year with more cheesy puns for your Valentine needs. Save & print any card individually , or you can print them a...

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast

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Free Studio Ghibli 2024 Calendars

Are you a fan of Studio Ghibli? Do you want to keep track of your schedule in style? Look no further! I’ve compiled four free anime calendars featuring…

All About Anime and Manga

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Free My Neighbor Totoro 2024 Calendars

Are you a fan of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro? Do you want to keep track of your schedule in style? Look no further! I’ve compiled four free…

All About Anime and Manga

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Hayao Miyazaki in New York: 1999 Interview

It’s currently Hayao Miyazaki season in the U.S. as the latest film of the Japanese animation pioneer, THE BOY AND THE HERON, opens wide and becomes a bonafide…

Brian Camp's Film and Anime Blog

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Whiskers in the East: A Deep Dive into Japanese Cat Culture

Japan’s enduring cultural fascination with cats surpasses mere appreciation, and can be tracked through the pages of folklore, mythology, art, and literature, into modern popular culture displays l…

Zetsubō Free Zone

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The Weight Of Hayao Miyazaki And Ghibli – The Boy And The Heron / How Do You Live?

Hayao Miyazaki’s storytelling is built upon the dreamlike, empowering physics of the animation that builds his worlds. This offers a fascinating contrast with his latest film The Boy…

Sakuga Blog

Kokia - Follow The Nightingale

Rating : 88/100 Unlike most people, I didnt grow up watching the Ghibli movies. My mom says I watched My Neighbor Totoro when I was a baby, but…

joyousmenma93

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What would your ideal anime double-feature be?

Your picks for a “Barbenheimer” or My Neighbor Totoro+Grave of the Fireflies-type billing? What theme would you structure a screening around? Worst/most agonizing combo choice?

Anime Feminist

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Howl’s Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle is the fifth Studio Ghibli movie I've seen/reviewed. And it's not as good as most people seem to think.

DoubleSama

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Spirited Away: Live on Stage Review

If Spirited Away: Live on Stage premieres at your theater, you'll want to give this excellent show based off a beloved anime film a chance.

TheOASG

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STUDIO GHIBLI FEST 2023 Kicks off with 35th Anniversary of My Neighbor Totoro  

Studio Ghibli Fest RETURNS HUGE this year with the 35th Anniversary of My Neighbor Totoro and, the first-ever screenings of SPIRITED AWAY: Live On Stage! Learn more here!

The Kitsune Network

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STUDIO GHIBLI LIGHTNING ROUND

12 Days of Aniblogging 2022, Day 8 Work’s been way busier than expected and it’s cutting into my writing time. This is annoying because I still have an absolutely…

Floating Catacombs

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Tangle x Cast 4: Ghibli and Gratefulness

The warmth, gentleness, and sincerity of Studio Ghibli films seem to fit right into the theme of gratitude for the week as we enter the Thanksgiving holiday. Tyler,…

Beneath the Tangles

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My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ, Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)

A pair of sisters rejoice in the wonder of the natural world while befriending a fluffy forest creature in the charming Studio Ghibli family animation.

Windows on Worlds

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My Neighbor Totoro Stage Play

An absolutely wonderful reinterpretation of a classic, miraculously managing to be both scrupulously faithful and gleefully inventive.

Anime News Network - Views

Anniversary Post: A quick look at Selected Films of Hayao Miyazaki

So… normally this time of year I do a big anniversary top 10 list. I had an idea to do the same this year, but real life concerns…

Harper Anime Reviews

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My Neighbor Totoro – Review

My Neighbor Totoro is one of Studio Ghibli's finest films as it captures the magic when two sisters, Satsuki and Mei, encounter the forest spirit Totoro.

Anime Instrumentality Blog

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My Neighbor Totoro – Review

Synopsis: In My Neighbor Totoro, sisters Satsuki and Mei have just completed moving to a new house with their father. Their mother, however, is in a nearby hospital…

Anime Instrumentality Blog

My Neighbor Totoro – Review

Synopsis: In My Neighbor Totoro, sisters Satsuki and Mei have just completed moving to a new house with their father. The post My Neighbor Totoro – Review appeared first…

Anime Instrumentality Blog

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A Trip Down Memory Lane With Studio Ghibli's Only Yesterday - Monthly Retro Recommendations

There is no arguing that Studio Ghibli is one of the most famous anime studios in Japan. Especially to us in the west. And they have created many…

Anime Top Scholar

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Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke is the best of the Studio Ghibli movies I've seen. It's a bit long. But other than that, it's great.

DoubleSama

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Anime Alphabet Aerobics

Thank you Blackalicious, absolutely alphabetically awesome! Okay, so the goal of the game is to name an anime for each letter of the alphabet and then describe the…

Anime Hanabi

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My 7 Most Hated Ghibli Movies

Though my stance on Ghibli has softened in recent years, there are still plenty of films competing to be most hated Ghibli movies.

Reasons to anime

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East Meets West #11: My Neighbor Totoro .vs. The Wind In The Willows

This week I continue my next batch of posts for the East Meets West series, dedicated to comparing/contrasting anime and Western media of similar premises, and, based on a specific…

The Traditional Catholic Weeb

Mieruko-chan – 06

「スゴいの見える」 (Sugoi no Mieru) "She Sees Real Crazy Ones" My Neighbor Totoro 2: The God of Death

Random Curiosity

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Video Review: Hayao Miyazaki (Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Art Book)

Anime art books are a dime a dozen (though the prices don’t reflect that!), even in the world of Studio Ghibli, which releases one for most every one…

Beneath the Tangles

Disney's Mortal Sin

About Peter Chung, Dezaki, Miyazaki and John Lassetter. The Cartoon Brew article: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/the-animation-that-changed-me/the-animation-that-changed-me-peter-chung-on-space-adventure-cobra-204913.html MORE Peter Chung: https://web.archive.org/web/20210515194605/http://www.pelleas.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=238&start=15 Thank you to Beyond Ghibli for voicing Peter Chung! https://youtube.com/c/BeyondGhibli Peep my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/CaribouCoon Channel 2: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8y4X8xL_jMWvYn2IM26apQ Video…

Caribou-kun

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The Recipe for Modern Anime

Anime has changed a lot in the last 60 years, with each decade being defined by the introduction of new technology. Today, anime isn't just defined by the…

The Canipa Effect

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My Neighbor Totoro

In this review of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro, I take a look at how Totoro blurs the line between fantasy and reality.

DoubleSama

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Yamatarou Comes Back v2

One of Orphan's earliest Tezuka Osamu projects was the set of six OVAs known as the Lion Books: 1 The Green Cat 1983 2 Rain Boy 1983 3…

Collectr's Blog

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Ohoshi-sama no Rail

I'm not sure how I feel about the 1993 movie Ohoshi-sama no Rail ( Rail of Stars ). Based on a 1983 autobiographical novel by Kobayashi Chi...

Collectr's Blog

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On Japanese Cinema – A 10-Part Patreon Exclusive Examining the 100+ Year History of 日本映画 “Nihon Eiga”

“Japanese Cinema: A 10-Part Choose Your Own Adventure in Subtitles!” Addressing such age-old questions as: What is reality? Did George Lucas rip-off Japanese Cinema in the production of…

Niko's Floating World ニコの浮世

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Miyazaki & Takahata’s Work Relationship and How It Ended

In his 2018 biographical book Kanyada from the Southern Country (南の国のカンヤダ), Suzuki doesn’t write much about Ghibli at all. But an addendum is dedicated to the late Isao…

Takarabako

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Amon Saga

This one is a bit odd: a new release of the 1986 sword-and-sorcery movie Amon Saga , based on a laserdisc rip. Amon Saga has already been…

Collectr's Blog

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Sensou Douwa: The Cake Tree in the Ruins

Sensou Douwa ( War Tales or War Fables ) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In…

Collectr's Blog

Vote on a Hiroshima-themed Anime for our Double Feature Live Tweet

You may noticed an extra kick of personality lately on our Twitter account. That’s because Joshua Knighten has joined our team and among other things, is assisting with…

Beneath the Tangles

Music in Anime – Joe Hisaishi, the Composer of Our Childhoods

Studio Ghibli films are my antidote to nihilism. They vary in tone and genre, but they all have the most breathtaking hand-drawn animation in history, deep themes about…

Starting Life From Zero

Spring 2020 – Week 10 in Review

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’ve got plenty more thoughts on a variety of movies for you all today, opening with even more exploration…

Wrong Every Time

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Understanding Idols and the Success of AKB48 (Dr. Patrick W. Galbraith)

On this episode of the Japan Station podcast, we're exploring the history of Japanese aidoru (idols) and discussing the dynamics behind one of Japan's most popular idol groups: AKB48. About…

Japan Station: A Podcast About Japan by JapanKyo.com

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Episode 100 - My Neighbor Totoro *CLEAN...ISH*

This week, we have done it! Officially 100 episodes of the podcast! And Shaun has given Remington an extremely difficult task to mark the occasion: Can Remington make…

Anime Out of Context

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Ghibli Park Reveals New Concept Drawings

Ghibli Blog is the home for fans of Studio Ghibli, animation and the movies. We feature the latest news, reviews, essays and more.

Ghibli Blog: Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Movies

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Ghibli Blog's Greatest Hits: The Top Nine Articles

Ghibli Blog is the home for fans of Studio Ghibli, animation and the movies. We feature the latest news, reviews, essays and more.

Ghibli Blog: Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Movies

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Poster: My Neighbor Totoro (China)

Ghibli Blog is the home for fans of Studio Ghibli, animation and the movies. We feature the latest news, reviews, essays and more.

Ghibli Blog: Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Movies

Our Nuisance Totoro

I suppose we did kind of set him up for it. In the months before his birth, the empty nursery served as a shrine to My Neighbor Totoro. …

The Anime Almanac

Carnivorous Totoro and Miyazaki’s Trick Question: Kenji Itoso About His Job Interview at Ghibli

Kenji Itoso, Ghibli alumnus and director of the crowdfunded anime short movies Santa Company and Coluboccoro, shared a story about his job interview at Studio Ghibli at a…

Takarabako

Hikawa Ryusuke’s Akira Article(jp)

Hikawa Ryusuke is probably the most famous Japanese anime critic. He wrote an extensive article on the anime industry before and after Akira, articulating what lead to Akira…

Alex

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