The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki Blu-Ray Set will be released by Disney in North America and is now available for pre-order for $224.99. The U.S. release of this set appears to be an Amazon exclusive. Shipping is free with or without Amazon Prime. The set includes the following films: Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Nausicaä of…
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An exclusive Hayao Miyazaki Documentary Clip from The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness shows the filmmaker animate final shot of The Wind Rises.
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Regarding skincare, sunscreen is one of the best things you can incorporate into your routine. Here's how often to apply it while outside.
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David and Devindra praise Eva Green's insane performance in 300: Rise of an Empire, discuss whether or not 20 Feet from Stardom should have beaten The Act of Killing act the Oscars, and dissect the latest (and last?) Miyazaki film, the controversial The Wind Rises. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook!…
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Rumors of the closure of Studio Ghibli are not true, but it seems that Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro director Hayao Miyazaki may be done with feature filmmaking for good. In a career that spanned over thirty years directing features, Miyazaki refined his own storytelling and helped change the world's idea of what stories…
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Briefly: Joseph Gordon-Levitt is having a big news day. He's attached to adapt Neil Gaiman's Sandman and he's now officially been revealed as the lead voice in Disney's English-language release of Hayao Miyazaki's final film, The Wind Rises. Gordon-Levitt will voice Jiro Horikoshi, a talented engineer who spends his life building planes, only to realize he…
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Hayao Miyazaki's final feature film, The Wind Rises, just finished its Oscar-qualifying run in New York and LA, and will be back in theaters for a full run in February. This first brief run of the film was a subtitled affair, preserving the original Japanese voice track. When the movie returns next year there will…
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Dave, Devindra, and Germain discuss the latest (and last?) Miyazaki film, praise the mad genius of Escape from Tomorrow, and explore how Catching Fire improves on its predecessor in every way. Be sure to read Germain's interview with Jennifer Lawrence, learn what was going on at the end of Thor: The Dark World, and see why Marvel has a villain problem. You can always…
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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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Award season is ready to get into full swing, and one of the early stages of the runup to the Academy Awards is the submission of Best Animated Feature options. This year there are nineteen submitted features, including big studio fare (Cloudy 2, The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Monsters University), one from Studio Ghibli (The…
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Disney has finalized release plans for what's likely to be the last film Hayao Miyazaki will ever direct: The Wind Rises. The Studio Ghibli film will get an Oscar qualifying run in New York and Los Angeles from November 8-14, a limited release on February 21, 2014 and then expand on February 28, 2014. It'll…
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Briefly: We'll have to wait for more info, but Twitch reports that Hayao Miyazaki's retirement from feature directing was announced at the Venice Film Festival, where his new film The Wind Rises is in competition. He didn't make the statement himself; rather, Studio Ghibli president Hoshino Koji announced it. There were no further details. Long-time fans of…
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Briefly: The flirtation between Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli and a smaller distributor didn't last long. For many years, Disney had the US distribution rights to all of Studio Ghibli's movies. A couple years back that deal ended, however, and in 2011 rights to the Ghibli catalog went to the small company Gkids. The outfit…
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Hayao Miyzaki's new film The Wind Rises has been a box-office monster in Japan, coming in at number one for a month straight. We've seen a trailer, but now thanks to the Toronto International Film Festival, which will soon host the film's premiere outside of Japan, we can get a subtitled version of the footage.…
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Here's the very first footage from the new Hayao Miyazaki film, The Wind Rises. The movie, which hits screens in Japan in a few weeks, is Miyazaki's most realistic to date. It tells the story of Jiro Horikoshi, the engineer who designed the Zero Fighter used by Japan in World War II. Or, the film is at least…
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The new film from Hayao Miyazaki is Kaze Tachinu (aka The Wind Rises, or The Wind is Rising), based on the manga of the same name about Jiro Horikoshi, who designed the famous Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane. The fighter was extensively used by Japan during World War II, and Miyazaki's interest in flight is well-documented, making…
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Good news for fans of Hayao Miyazaki and films from Studio Ghibli: the company has taken action to secure rights to two film titles, and in doing so has given us the name of two new projects. Hayao Miyazaki's next film seems to be called Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises), and we know that it…
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