2/5 stars Audiences have been inundated this year with stories about imaginary friends, from John Krasinski’s effects-heavy IF, to insidious Blumhouse horror film Imaginary and Benedict Cumberbatch’s lumbering, Muppet-like alter-ego …
The studio was launched by the pair in 1985, following the success the previous year of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, directed by Miyazaki – who would go …
2/5 stars Striving to be a people-pleaser can leave your own life empty and unsatisfied. This is the lesson learned by high-schooler Hiiragi in A Whisker Away co-director Tomotaka Shibayama’s …
Last year, GKids and Fathom Events re-released nine of Hayao Miyazaki’s films into theaters as part of its annual Studio Ghibli Fest. It ended up being the most successful marathon …
The beloved characters dreamt up by Miyazaki include cuddly yet mysterious spirit creature Totoro – the mascot of his celebrated production house. A scene from Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke, 1997. …
We finally have a reason to be excited about a fully-electric Toyota, now that the carmaker turned its Accessible People Mover EV into the “Catbus” from My Neighbor Totoro. Ever …
He would do it all over again, the 43-year-old says. “I’d just be doing something I enjoy doing. There’d be no stress at all,” he says. Chu conducts his music …
Godzilla Minus One is a triumph. You owe it to yourself to go watch the movie over holiday break and then go for a rewatch in black and white when …
Image: Studio Ghibli In defense of English dubs, no one does it better than Studio Ghibli. It’s not a matter of either-or; with the incredible global talents that span the …
Up to release, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s newest film The Boy & the Heron has had a lot of discussion centering around what it’s potentially meant to be. Is it …