With the passing of the animation giant who co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, we look at the Isao Takahata legacy, and the greatest films that the filmmaker left behind.
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Watch the Only Yesterday trailer. The Studio Ghibli film will be released in North America for the first time in 2016, 25 years after it debuted in Japan.
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GKids will present the Only Yesterday US release in 2016 -- Studio Ghibli's 1991 anime classic will feature voice acting by Star Wars actresses and more.
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See the Tale of the Princess Kaguya US teaser, debuting the first English-language look at Studio Ghibli's new film.
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Studio Ghibli's The Tale of Princess Kaguya has an English-language voice cast and a U.S. release date. Chloe Grace Moretz will lead the animated tale.
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We’ve told you about The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, the documentary about Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli. Now we get to tell you that GKIDS, the US distributor which has taken up distribution of some Ghibli titles in the States, will bring the doc to US theaters this year. The film really focuses on…
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It's been years since we saw the arrival of a period that was as rich for Studio Ghibli fans as this year has been. We get new films from not one of the studio's major directors, but two: Hayao Miyazaki, with The Wind Rises (see the new US trailer here) and Isao Takahata with The…
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Twenty-five years ago Studio Ghibli’s second major release was the double feature of My Neighbor Totoro from Hayao Miyazai and Grave of the Fireflies from Isao Takahata. This year we’ve already seen Miyazaki’s latest, The Wind Rises, arriving to acclaim (and some controversy) in Japan, and we’ve now got a poster for the US release. At…
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When Studio Ghibli comes up in conversation, it is inevitably co-founder Hayao Miyazaki who dominates the talk. For good reason: he's made more movies than any other director at the studio, and his films have helped change the face of animation. That said, while another Ghibli co-founder, Isao Takahata, is less prolific, his films are…
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The best way to learn about Japan’s famed animation house Studio Ghibli is simply to watch Ghibli's films, especially those made by co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. Barring that, a visit to the Ghibli Museum in Japan will give you a good look at the studio's history; cheaper but also far more limited is the selection of "making-of"…
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Not long ago, domain name registrations all but confirmed that Studio Ghibli will release two films in 2013: The Wind is Rising (Kaze Tachinu) from director Hayao Miyazaki, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya (aka The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, or Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) from Grave of the Fireflies director Isao Takahata. (The two men…
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So-Cal Studio Ghibli fans jealous that New Yorkers got to see new prints of these classic animated films projected on the big screen won't have to wait long to get their turn. The Studio Ghibli Collection makes its way to Los Angeles, at both the Egyptian and Aero Theaters, from January 26-February 12. Fourteen films…
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In the two and a half decades since its inception, Studio Ghibli has consistently put out some of the most beloved classics of animation -- from Castle in the Sky and My Neighbor Totoro in the '80s to more recent projects like Ponyo. So the recent announcement of not one, but two new projects, from…
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After a nice ten year hiatus since he completed My Neigbours The Yamadas, Isao Takahata is back at work directing the next feature film from Studio Ghibli. Taketori Monogatari, which translates as The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, will be an adaptation of the story considered to be the oldest surviving Japanese folktale. It is…
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