In March, Studio Ghibli's latest film, From Up on Poppy Hill, comes to the US. Directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of Hayao Miyazaki, the film is a coming-of-age story set in Japan's transformative post-war days. The animation is characteristically gorgeous, while the real-world setting sets it apart from most of Ghibli's output. This first US…
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From Up On Poppy Hill, co-written by Hayao Miyazaki and directed by Gor? Miyazaki, was Studio Ghibli's big 2011 release. It tells the story of two high school students hoping to clean up their hometown who run up against the corporate mindset of a local businessman. When the film came out in Japan last summer, it was a…
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From Up on Poppy Hill is a rare realistic film from renowned Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli, and we've got the first English-subtitled trailer. (We featured a Japanese-only look at the film last year, around when the movie opened in Japan.) Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away) conceived and scripted the film, which was…
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