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Kiki’s back! Famous Studio Ghibli anime witch returns in jaw-dropping short animation【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jun 19, 2017
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But it’s not Hayao Miyazaki’s studio providing the magic for this look at Kiki’s life four years after her movie ends.

Japan
(anime • Bump of Chicken • cup noodles • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • Studio Ghibli • video)

There are so, so many ways the Ghibli theme park could be terrible

Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2017

Ghibli fans have used their fertile imaginations to come up with multiple nightmare scenarios for the theme park based on the anime studio’s movies.

Japan
(Amusement Parks • anime • funny • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)

Studio Ghibli criticised for paying low salary to animators

Oona McGee
May 29, 2017

The latest job ad calling for animators to help create Miyazaki’s next anime feature film has drawn attention for all the wrong reasons.

Japan
(animation • animators • anime • artists • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)

Anime critic thinks Miyazaki may be unable to fill Ghibli talent void quickly enough for new film

Casey Baseel
May 25, 2017

Says Hayao Miyazaki’s fabled anime studio has dismissed roughly 200 animators during its cool-down period.

Japan
(anime • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki cancels retirement, hires artists for last feature film

Oona McGee
May 19, 2017

Applications are open to everyone, regardless of nationality.

Japan
(animation • anime • art • artists • films • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • jobs • Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)

Is Hosoda the next Miyazaki?

Viewster
May 18, 2017

Everyone loves Ghibli movies, and for good reason. But since Miyazaki retired (or not, depending on how he feels this week), people have wondered – who will be his spiritual successor?

Japan
(anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Mamoru Hosoda • Summer Wars • The Boy and the Beast • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time • Viewster)

New Studio Ghibli handkerchiefs feature Totoro and the Catbus, and have a surprise wrapped inside

Casey Baseel
May 12, 2017

If you’ve got a hankering for some anime collectibles and some snacks, you’re covered on both fronts.

Japan
(anime • Catbus • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • food • Hayao Miyazaki • Totoro)

Wait, anime IS like reality? How to recreate Ghibli’s Spirited Away “name-stealing” magic【Video】

Casey Baseel
May 2, 2017

You don’t need Hayao Miyazaki-level drawing skills or magical powers, as long as you’ve got some basic office/school supplies.

Japan
(anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • magic • magic tricks • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Emperors, anime icons, and porn stars show up in six-nation survey of most famous Japanese people

Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2017

Respondents in the U.S., China, and four other countries’ top 10 answers included Pokémon, military leaders, and adult film actresses.

Europe, Japan, Korea, SE Asia, USA
(anime • celebrities • culture • Hayao Miyazaki • history • internationalism • manga • Pikachu • society • Sola Aoi • survey)

My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky kitchens to be recreated in life-size at Ghibli Museum

Casey Baseel
Apr 6, 2017

Special exhibition looks back on the amazing depictions of food in Studio Ghibli’s anime films.

Japan
(anime • art • Castle in the Sky Laputa • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • museums • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli)

Awesome Japanese teacher creates Studio Ghibli chalkboard art to celebrate students’ graduation

Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2017

Annual tradition is more beautiful than ever this year.

Japan
(anime • art • chalkboard art • education • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • schools • Studio Ghibli • Teachers • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli’s Castle in the Sky seemingly appears over real-world China【Video】

ロケットニュース24
Jan 24, 2017

This isn’t the first time atmospheric anime cosplay has been reported in the country either.

China
(anime • Castle in the Sky Laputa • Hayao Miyazaki • Studio Ghibli • video • weird)

Hayao Miyazaki interview quote surfaces explaining why anime’s Nausicaa has large breasts

Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2017

Studio Ghibli co-founder seems to have had a profound reason for character’s prodigious bust.

Japan
(anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli)

Your Name reportedly becomes highest worldwide earning anime film of all time

Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2017

American website’s number-crunching puts Makoto Shinkai’s hit ahead of anything from Studio Ghibli.

Japan
(anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Makoto Shinkai • movies • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • your name.)

Award-winning novelist theorizes director of Your Name didn’t have a girlfriend in high school

Casey Baseel
Jan 6, 2017

But he also thinks that may be the secret to the anime’s success.

Japan
(anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Makoto Shinkai • movies • your name.)

Studio Ghibli producer dishes the dirt on Hayao Miyazaki, Your Name, and their next big project

Oona McGee
Dec 7, 2016

Why is Studio Ghibli located in Koganei? Why are there two girls in My Neighbour Totoro? When will Miyazaki’s next film be released? Toshio Suzuki answered all these questions and more at an event last night in Tokyo.