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Hayao Miyazaki's "Retirement"
You win this round, Miyazaki... Edited/Written by @TeeHallumsYT SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/totallynotmark FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/totallynotmark FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@totallynotmark
Isao Takahata: Jarinko Chie
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Hayao Miyazaki's Favorite Film
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Isao Takahata Episodes of Moretsu Ataro
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Isao Takahata: Grave of the Fireflies
Very sad display from Iowa State in the Big 12 title game. At least we have the...
Hayao Miyazaki's Secret Final Movie
Local man hates anime so much that he makes another. Edited/Written by @TeeHallumsYT SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/totallynotmark FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/totallynotmark FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@totallynotmark
Isao Takahata: The Story of Yanagawa’s Waterways
Chelsea won in extremely chaotic fashion today: by playing like they don’t belong for 11 minutes, then...
Isao Takahata: GeGeGe no Kitaro (1971)
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Isao Takahata: Lupin III Part 1
The Chicago White Sox continue to be an extremely sad baseball organization, and if Chris Getz trades...
Grave of the Fireflies. Written and directed by Isao Takahata...
Grave of the Fireflies. Written and directed by Isao Takahata and animated by Studio Ghibli. Grave of the Fireflies [Blu-ray]
Grave of the Fireflies. Written and directed by Isao Takahata...
Grave of the Fireflies. Written and directed by Isao Takahata and animated by Studio Ghibli. Grave of the Fireflies [Blu-ray]
Isao Takahata: The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun
The Mariners, as I watch this game, have the bases loaded and I’m just hoping for the...
Translation: Toshio Suzuki Reminisces About Isao Takahata (Part 2)
I am sorry for the long, long wait, but here’s part 2. A lot of fascinating details about the production of Princess Kaguya. I’ve also started adding tooltips…
Translation: Toshio Suzuki Reminisces About Isao Takahata (Part 3)
I kind of forgot that I was already 65 % done with this translation when I went on my bikepacking trip from Okinawa to Nagasaki. But I’m back…
Translation: Toshio Suzuki Reminisces About Isao Takahata (Part 1)
Last August, the severe working conditions under Isao Takahata made headlines on many websites after Ghibli producer and long-time colleague Toshio Suzuki openly talked about Takahata’s incredibly demanding…
Takahata Isao and Tokyo Tower! | Japan DAY 6 – BLAUGUST 2025
How would you spend 20 summer days in Japan? Here’s a log of highlights from my latest trip, day by day. Follow along this Blaugust as I recount…
Only Yesterday, Pom Poko, Anne of Green Gables, Grave of the Fireflies
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Wins BAFTA Award
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron has won the BAFTA for Animated Film 2024. It was running against Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Ele...
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Wins An Oscar
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film 2024. The highly coveted gold statue is c...
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Wins Golden Globe Award
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Animated 2024. The coveted award forms part ...
Miyazaki's Shuna's Journey get's an English Language Release
It's just been announced that Hayao Miyazaki's Shuna's Journey will be getting an English language release. Alex Dudok de Wit revealed on Tw...
Isao Takahata: Panda! Go, Panda! and Panda! Go, Panda!: The Rainy-Day Circus
The Seattle Mariners have been a very sad baseball team as of late. They have lost 6...
Another Side of Studio Ghibli – Alex Dudok de Wit on Grave of the Fireflies, Takahata Isao, and an Indelible Legacy
Perhaps more than any movie, Grave of the Fireflies defies common preconceptions of what animated film can - and should - be. Read more
Takahata on Miyazaki
By Andrew Osmond. In 2008, The New Yorker ran an epic article on Hayao Miyazaki to accompany the release of Howl’s Moving Castle. Beautifully written by Margaret Talbot,…
2nd Anniversary of Isao Takahata's Passing
Ghibli Blog is the home for fans of Studio Ghibli, animation and the movies. We feature the latest news, reviews, essays and more.
Anne of Green Gables, Gauche the Cellist, Jarinko Chie, Winter Days
Isao Yukisada’s Go
By Tom Wilmot. What is nationality? That is the question at the heart of Go (2001), Isao Yukisada’s award-winning film adapted from Kazuki Kaneshiro’s 2000 novel of the…
Closure of South Wind Subs
Dear anime friends, This is a message to tell you that we’re closing our fansub group as of today. Kai and I founded this group in 2016 when…
Books: The Works of Hayao Miyazaki
By Shelley Pallis. In an already crowded field of critical appraisals of Ghibli films, the Toulouse-based Third Editions offer their latest English-language publication, Gael Berton’s The Works of…
Ranking the Films of Hayao Miyazaki
Rob and Justin rank Hayao Miyazaki's eleven films --- INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sclass_yt/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/sclass_yt EMAIL: sclasspodcast@gmail.com PODCAST: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sclasspodcast --- 00:00 Ranking Rules 00:25 Totoro 02:00 Princess Mononoke 02:55 Nausicaa 04:50 Kiki's Delivery Service 06:15 The Wind Rises 08:15 Porco Rosso 10:25 Laputa Castle…
Spirited Away, The Wind Rises, Kiki's Delivery Service, Lupin III, Mononoke
Notes on Takahata & Miyazaki
The previous article on this blog, dedicated to Anne of Green Gables, contains a detailed discussion of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki’s respective artistic evolutions between 1976 and…
Books: Hayao Miyazaki
By Andrew Osmond. Hayao Miyazaki, published to tie in with the current exhibition about the director at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, is a whopping big book.…
GO (Isao Yukisada, 2001)
A young man struggles to define himself while caught between two equally hostile cultures in Isao Yukisada’s disarmingly charming youth drama.
Isao Hayashi’s Breath of Life into FGO Babylonia
While F/GO Babylonia hasn’t quite kicked off with the bang many expected it to, things have began to take a turn for the better with its latest episode.…
Hayao Miyazaki, Union Man
Plus: global animation news and Czech cartoons.
Hayao Miyazaki on Running
A lesson in animation timing.
Panda Kopanda - Miyazaki's Tranquil Anime Revolution
Today's video covers Panda Kopanda, Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's first anime together after leaving Toei. It's historically significant for being a cute and relaxing comedy in a…
Isao Sasaki interviews, April 2021
Isao Sasaki’s voice was the first anyone ever heard when they met Space Battleship Yamato, and he still belts out that theme song as no one else can.…
Isao Sasaki - Galaxy Express 999
Hell yeah!!! The news just dropped that Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green are coming out on the Nintendo Switch eShop next week!!! Woohoo!!! Buying them day one!!!…
What should Miyazaki's latest film be called?
Plus: Crunchyroll targets Indian market for expansion; 'Slam Dunk' sake finds new fans overseas; Anime and manga brands lead the entertainment scene; and more
What should Miyazaki's latest film be called?
Plus: Crunchyroll targets Indian market for expansion; 'Slam Dunk' sake finds new fans overseas; Anime and manga brands lead the entertainment scene; and more
The Attraction of the Subs vs Dubs War
Hopefully this will not put me in the fire for making this my second post on this site. But, it seems like this is the ongoing battle since…
10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki
By Helen McCarthy. There are many ways to explore and interrogate an artist’s work. One is through experiencing and analysing the work itself. Another is through contact with…
Not Hayao Miyazaki’s Last Film
Boy that Heron had the creep factor.
My Neighbor Hayao: A Dreamy Collection of Miyazaki-Inspired Art
In 2017, Spoke Art opened an exhibition in its San Francisco gallery featuring pieces inspired by the works of acclaimed and Oscar-winning animator, Hayao Miyazaki. A success, they…
Kiki's Delivery Service, Mononoke, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away
How to Paint Like Hayao Miyazaki
The pencil-and-watercolor methods of a master.
Review: Academy Museum's Hayao Miyazaki Artbook
On September 30th, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will open the doors of its new film industry museum and its the inaugural exhibit will feature…
Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live?
Review of Hayao Miyazaki's latest film, How Do You Live?
Miyazaki, Takahata and 'The King and the Mockingbird'
On the influence of an essential French film.
Hayao Miyazaki Comes Out of Retirement to Make New TikTok Account
Legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki announced that he would once again be coming out of retirement, this time to create videos on a brand new TikTok account. Miyazaki…
Anniversary Post: A quick look at Selected Films of Hayao Miyazaki
So… normally this time of year I do a big anniversary top 10 list. I had an idea to do the same this year, but real life concerns…
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