Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke was a revelation to North American audiences when it premiered in 1997 – captivating mainstream audiences who had never heard the word anime. Its theme of nature versus technology was – and remains – topical, and is considered to be a genuine masterpiece. VIZ Media’s Studio Ghibli imprint is releasing a […]
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Two New Books Celebrate Hayao Miyazaki’s Life & Final Movie!
VIZ Media is releasing Turning Point: 1997-2008, a new memoir by Hayao Miyazaki and The Art of The Wind Rises. A paperback edition of Starting Point: 1979-1996, the first volume of Miyazaki’s memoirs will complement the release of Turning Point. Turning Point: 1997-2008 covers the period when Miyazaki’s films – Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving […]
VIZ Media Releasing Two Princess Mononoke Books!
VIZ Media as acquired North American rights to publish two Studio Ghibli Library titles in celebration of Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece, Princess Mononoke. The Art of Princess Mononoke will be released in August and Princess Mononoke: The First Story – the original Princess Mononoke story created by Miyazaki in 1980 – will follow in October. The […]
Wistful Trailer: Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki has been called the Japanese Walt Disney; he is without doubt one of the greatest storytellers of all time. His recent announcement that he was retiring makes The Wind Rises his last film. The trailer (check it out after the jump) is wistful, even melancholy, and yet filled with hope. It seems a […]
Miyazaki’s Masterful Manga Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind Gets Deluxe Hardcover Edition!
Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind – one of the greatest manga of all time – is getting a deluxe box set edition. VIZ Media has announced that Hayao Miyazaki’s acclaimed seven-volume masterpiece will be presented in a two-volume hardcover edition in a special illustrated slipcover and will include a full color, double-sided poster. […]
The Secret World of Arrietty: Beloved Classic – The Borrowers – Gets Animated!
On February 17, 2012, Walt Disney Studios will present The Secret World of Arrietty – Studio Ghibli’s adaptation of Mary Norton’s classic novel, The Borrowers. Co-written by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi [a key animator on Miyazaki’s brilliant Ponyo], the English voice cast of The Secret World of Arrietty features Bridgit […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Ponyo Miyazaki Makes More Magic!
The worlds created by Japanese master animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki are wondrous places where a bus can be a giant cat; waves can be giant, fluid fish and goldfish can have human faces. They are worlds that can be as sophisticated as Citizen Kane, or as subtle as the gentlest child’s book. Ponyo, the first […]