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Books: Hayao Miyazaki
By Andrew Osmond. Hayao Miyazaki, published to tie in with the current exhibition about the director at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, is a whopping big book.…
Hayao Miyazaki on Running
A lesson in animation timing.
10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki
By Helen McCarthy. There are many ways to explore and interrogate an artist’s work. One is through experiencing and analysing the work itself. Another is through contact with…
Ranking the Films of Hayao Miyazaki
Rob and Justin rank Hayao Miyazaki's eleven films --- INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sclass_yt/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/sclass_yt EMAIL: sclasspodcast@gmail.com PODCAST: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sclasspodcast --- 00:00 Ranking Rules 00:25 Totoro 02:00 Princess Mononoke 02:55 Nausicaa 04:50 Kiki's Delivery Service 06:15 The Wind Rises 08:15 Porco Rosso 10:25 Laputa Castle…
Spirited Away, The Wind Rises, Kiki's Delivery Service, Lupin III, Mononoke
Review: Academy Museum's Hayao Miyazaki Artbook
On September 30th, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will open the doors of its new film industry museum and its the inaugural exhibit will feature…
How to Paint Like Hayao Miyazaki
The pencil-and-watercolor methods of a master.
Books: The Works of Hayao Miyazaki
By Shelley Pallis. In an already crowded field of critical appraisals of Ghibli films, the Toulouse-based Third Editions offer their latest English-language publication, Gael Berton’s The Works of…
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron Documentary Review
By the end, it’s hard to feel like you don’t have a more well-rounded—and certainly much more human—understanding of Miyazaki as both a creative and a person.
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…
Fuchi no Mori – Meeting with Hayao Miyazaki
The cleaning of Fuchi no Mori, a forest located near Hayao Miyazaki’s residence, gathers volunteers to help the director maintain the place, ensuring its cleanliness
Hayao Miyazaki film passes on Cannes premiere
Plus: Why film festivals remain important for anime filmmakers; A cautionary tale from the past in the U.S. manga market; One manga's impact on winemakers; and more
When Hayao Miyazaki Didn't Show Up for His Oscar
Plus: animation news worldwide.
How Hayao Miyazaki ended up directing Lupin III #lupinthe3rd
Hayao Miyazaki is a huge name in the anime industry today. Being one of the founders of Studio Ghibli, that's basically Japan's Disney. However he originally got his…
My Neighbor Hayao: A Dreamy Collection of Miyazaki-Inspired Art
In 2017, Spoke Art opened an exhibition in its San Francisco gallery featuring pieces inspired by the works of acclaimed and Oscar-winning animator, Hayao Miyazaki. A success, they…
Kiki's Delivery Service, Mononoke, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫, Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
A young man from an exiled clan tries to make peace between the natural world and the industrial in Hayao Miyazaki’s landmark 1997 animation
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…
Kiki's Delivery Service, Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away
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…
Kiki's Delivery Service, Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke
Hayao Miyazaki Comes Out of Retirement to Make New TikTok Account
Legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki announced that he would once again be coming out of retirement, this time to create videos on a brand new TikTok account. Miyazaki…
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.
Editorial: My Top 5 Favourite Anime directors (that aren’t Hayao Miyazaki)
In the history of anime the director who is certainly the most famous and revered in the Western hemisphere is Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke). He has made quite…
Notes on Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the Early Work of Japan’s Greatest Animator
Cover We have some red flags already on the cover. First, Miyazaki’s case for “Japan’s Greatest Animator,” while not exactly weak, is also far from the strongest. I…
Review: "The Wind Rises" (風立ちぬ) Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of “Ghibli” film studios, is the undisputed king of Japanese animation. As the medium increasingly becomes domi...
The Newtypes Season One Finale: Spiral, Hayao Miyazaki, and Mob Psycho 100 [ft. RogerSmith2004]
Welcome to the 20th episode of The Newtypes podcast, where after over a fucking month, these 3 imbeciles end the season and the arc by encountering their greatest…
Pure TokyoScope PODCAST BONUS EPISODE - Godzilla and Hayao Miyazaki Win Big at the Oscars!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan!
Reevaluating the Films of Hayao Miyazaki and the Anglophone Discourse Around Him and His Works
Promoting "Porco Rosso" in 1992 A few months ago I saw that a new version of the “Director Hayao Miyazaki's Works Collection” blu-ray box wa...
The Boy and the Heron, Akado Suzunosuke, Lupin III, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Mononoke
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…
Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, The Boy and the Heron, The Wind Rises, Future Boy Conan
Hayao Miyazaki's "Retirement"
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The Weight Of Hayao Miyazaki And Ghibli – The Boy And The Heron / How Do You Are living?
Hayao Miyazaki’s storytelling is built upon the dreamlike, empowering physics of the animation that builds his worlds. This offers a fascinating contrast with
Ep. 46: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Volume 1 (Editor’s Choice Edition), by Hayao Miyazaki
This week the gang talks about Studio Ghibli big-boss Hayao Miyazaki, and his classic manga Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind!
The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか, Hayao Miyazaki, 2023)
A young man reeling from grief amid the firebombing of Tokyo enters a strange fantasy world after moving to the country in a surreal adventure from Hayao Miyazaki.
Nerd Flash: The Ultimate Union
Hello all and welcome to Otaku Thursday! Today I have a bit of a different post–a short post. A nerd flash for you all. Which I’m pretty sure…
Crunchyroll's Union Problem Got Worse
They thought it was going away, but it's probably not... #Shorts #Crunchyroll #MobPsycho100
Takahata on Miyazaki
By Andrew Osmond. In 2008, The New Yorker ran an epic article on Hayao Miyazaki to accompany the release of Howl’s Moving Castle. Beautifully written by Margaret Talbot,…
Hayao Miyazaki's Favorite Film
Plus: global animation news and retro ads.
The Battle for Union Anime Dubs
The Crunchyroll merger has created the largest and most powerful anime company outside of Japan. Yet, pay rates for dubbing are among the lowest in the acting business,…
Plastic (Daisuke Miyazaki, 2023)
Bonding over their shared love of a ’70s glam rock band, a young couple find their romance undermined by the demands of adulthood in Daisuke Miyazaki’s coming-of-age tale.
Miyazaki, Disney and Eisenstein
On directing styles in animation.
Notes on Takahata & Miyazaki
The previous article on this blog, dedicated to Anne of Green Gables, contains a detailed discussion of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki’s respective artistic evolutions between 1976 and…
Not Hayao Miyazaki’s Last Film
Boy that Heron had the creep factor.
Hayao Miyazaki's Secret Final Movie
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The Art of Goro Miyazaki
By Andrew Osmond. This summer sees the resurgence of Studio Ghibli, as Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live? opens in Japanese cinemas on 14th July. Ghibli articles, understandably,…
Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live?
Review of Hayao Miyazaki's latest film, How Do You Live?
Books: Miyazaki and the Hero’s Journey
By Helen McCarthy. A book can be a ground-breaking work of scholarship and still accessible to any intelligent reader. Language capable of being understood by the average well-read…
How Do You Live, Mr. Miyazaki?
Some spoiler-free thoughts on Studio Ghibli’s latest anime
Experiencing the elsewhere in Hayao Miyazaki’s films
This article, centered on Hayao Miyazaki’s narratives, intends to highlight that his films are strongly structured around the themes of the hero’s uprooting and his opening to the…
Ponyo, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Laputa: Castle in the Sky
A Very GLORIO 2023: Zigg’s State of the Union
In his traditional end-of-year roundup, Zigg (who has never once wet his bed) talks about why so many shows this year ended up being disappointments, and highlights a…
A Very GLORIO 2021: Zigg’s State of the Union
Zigg talks about how 2021 saw a resurgence in high quality, creator creator-driven anime, and how that resulted in the strongest slate of shows in quite some time.
A Very GLORIO 2023: Zigg’s State of the Union
In his traditional end-of-year roundup, Zigg (who has never once wet his bed) talks about why so many shows this year ended up being disappointments, and highlights a…