MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO is an animated feature film produced by Studio Ghibli and released in 1988. It is the fourth feature-length animated film by Hayao Miyazaki and is a fantasy set in Japan. Screening concurrently was GRAVE of the FIREFLIES.According to director Hayao Miyazaki, he originally intended to use MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO as a picture book. The attendance was approximately 800,000. With a distribution...
Whisper of the Heart, an animated film by Japan’s renowned Studio Ghibli, is a coming-of-age story directed by Yoshifumi Kondō, released in 1995. The movie is based on a manga of the same name by Aoi Hiiragi, serialized in the 1989 issue of the magazine Ribon. This heartwarming story, written by Hayao Miyazaki, combines romance with a deep exploration of self-discovery and ambition. Known...
The Cat Returns is an animated film produced by Studio Ghibli and released in Japan in 2002. The film is a spin-off story that revisits characters from Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece “Whisper of the heart”. Directed by Hiroyuki Morita, the film is based on the novel “Baron the Cat Returns” by Japanese author Aoi Hiiragi. The animation was highly acclaimed not only in Japan but...
“Pokémon” quickly became popular among children all over Japan when ‘Pokemon Red and Green’ for Nintendo’s Game Boy was released in 1996. Recently, the company has been focusing on attracting the adult segment by actively developing products, plans, and storylines that are geared not only toward children, but also toward adults.Many people, both in Japan and abroad, continue to be fans of Pokemon even...
Howl’s Moving Castle is one of Studio Ghibli’s iconic films, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Released in Japan in 2004, it is based on a novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The movie follows the adventures of Sophie, a young girl cursed by a witch, and her quest to break the spell with the help of a mysterious wizard named...
Ponyo is an animated film released in Japan in 2008 and directed by animation master Hayao Miyazaki. The film was produced by Japan’s Studio Ghibli, and was a big hit both in Japan and abroad after its release. Although the film is based on an original work by Miyazaki and has not been serialized as a manga or animated series, its original story and...
“LAPUTA: Castle in the Sky” is the first Japanese animated film produced by Studio Ghibli and released in 1986. It is the third animated feature film directed by Hayao Miyazaki .It was the first original animated film directed by Miyazaki, and was the first Studio Ghibli film to be established after consulting with Toshio Suzuki, then of Tokuma Shoten, who later became a producer...
Tsubasa Chronicle is an anime adaptation of the manga Tsubasa-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- by CLAMP, which aired from 2005 to 2006. The series was broadcast on NHK and produced by BEE TRAIN Production Inc., with Itsurou Kawasaki directing. The story follows Syaoran, a young archaeologist, and his childhood friend, Princess Sakura. When Sakura’s memories scatter as feathers across different dimensions, Syaoran sets out on a journey...
