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Miyazaki Accepts Honorary Oscar, Delivers Eulogy For Hand-drawn Animation
“I think I’ve been lucky because I’ve been able to participate in the last era when we can make films with paper, pencil and film.”
Hayao Miyazaki, receiving an Honorary Academy Award on 11/08/14.
These Studio Ghibli Dioramas Are Gorgeous!
Shown above are a few of the luscious life-sized dioramas created for a Studio Ghibli exhibition currently being held in Seoul, South Korea. To see lots more pics, click through…
This Totoro Futon Is The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (And On)
Back to school shopping has begun! You’ve bought your pencils, your erasers and your animation themed laptop decals. But what about your dorm? You want your new roommate to know you’re a cartoon fan, but you also want them to see you as a tasteful decorator. What to do, what to do? Enter the Totoro Double Bed-Sized Futon. It’s cute, cuddly and available on Amazon!
Miyazaki’s First ‘Mononoke’ Was A Decidedly Different Tale
Did you know that Hayao Miyazaki wrote an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT version of Princess Mononoke back in 1980? S’true! Continue reading
Studio Ghibli ‘Pauses Production’
The Guardian UK reports: “Toshio Suzuki, the general manager of…Studio Ghibli, [announced that the studio] will cease film-making after 29 years of production. Suzuki told the show Jounetsu Tairiku [that Ghibli is] downsizing its staff to manage trademarks and copyrights on its existing portfolio of 20 feature films.”
‘When Marnie Was There’ - 1st Trailer
Here’s the first trailer for Studio Ghibli’s next movie, When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Marni). Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret World of Arrietty) is co-writing and directing. The film opens in Japan on 7/19/14.
For lots (LOTS!) more about this elegant, elegiac film, click here.
73 Studio Ghibli Background Paintings
Jordy288 has collected 73 screen-caps of the background paintings from Studio Ghibli’s films. The artwork is sumptuous. Careful, though. Stare too long, and you may never want to look away. The real world pales in comparison to the wondrous world of Ghibli!. Click here to view.
First Look: Omoide no Marnie(Updated On 7/2 With Trailer & Pics!)
Studio Ghibli’s next film will be Omoide no Marnie, an adaptation of Joan G. Robinson’s children’s novel, When Marnie Was There.
Ooh…
Hayao Miyazaki is publishing a series of illustrated memoirs chronicling his career. The first two books (now available in English!) include concept art, random doodles, Studio Ghibli holiday cards and all sorts of other delightful oddities.
Amazon’s links for Starting Point: 1979-1996 ($11) and Turning Point: 1997-2008 ($20)
Take An Animation Vacation: Studio Ghibli
Travel website Where On Earth has put together a list of 11 Places That Inspired Studio Ghibli Movies. It’s amazing to see that the real world actually has spots as stunning as those found in Miyazaki’s movies. Makes me wonder…why am I still sitting here? (Via.)
Related: Take An Animation Vacation: Disney
Miyazaki Thinks Animators Are Dreamy
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Related: Miyazaki’s Top 50 Childrens Books
Studio Ghibli’s Lovely ‘Little Nemo’ Short
Masami Hata’s Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland was released in US theaters in 1992. But did you know that at one point, Studio Ghibli was set to make the film?
S’true! Way back in 1984, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli created this lovely “test pilot” for what was then being called Little Nemo in Dreamland. Unfortunately, after years of “development hell” (imdb), Miyazaki and his team left the project. Still, the short film that they created is pretty amazing, eh? Studio Ghibli fans will surely be reminded of the flying scenes in Porco Rosso, Kiki’s Delivery Service and pretty much every other Miyazaki movie!
The Calcifer Frying Pan
It’s real, and you can buy it.
Kinky/Creepy Totoro Bodysuits:Now Available On Amazon!
Depending upon your personal kinks, this lycra Totoro bodysuit is either (a.) a nightmarish pairing of Studio Ghibli and American Horror Story or (b.) a super sexy Valentine’s Day gift.
Everyone who picked (a.): Click here to further fuel those nightmares.
Everyone who picked (b.): Click here to order.
The Simpsons Go Ghibli!
The Simpsons has been around so long that it’s kinda hard to get too excited by it anymore. That said, when the show does wow, it’s an all-caps WOW.
This strange and surreal homage to Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli is one such WOW. While I’ve no doubt that it is entirely unnecessary to the plot of whatever episode it airs in, that only makes me adore it all the more. Such tangents and tributes are a gift, and the most memorable gifts are rarely the stuff of logic, but of love.
Click through for GIFs.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Top 50 Children’s Books
With Studio Ghibli set to release an anime adaptation of Joan G. Robinson’s When Marnie Was There, I thought it would be fun to revisit Miyazaki’s first mention of the book — his list of his fifty favorite children’s books.
This list is interesting to animation obsessives as it contains a handful of titles already adapted by Ghibli and Miyazaki (The Borrowers, Heidi, A Wizard of Earthsea), as well as a title that would best be described as ‘loosely adapted’ by Miyazaki (Sherlock Holmes). One wonders if it may also provide the answer to every Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli fan’s favorite question: What’s next?
First Look: Omoide no Marnie
Studio Ghibli’s next film will be Omoide no Marnie, an adaptation of Joan G. Robinson’s children’s novel, When Marnie Was There.
The novel tells the story of Anna, a lonely, brooding, adopted girl who travels to the coast to stay with a kindly older couple. While there, Anna meets Marnie, a mysterious girl who lives in ‘The Marsh House,’ a large, aging mansion by the sea. The two girls gradually become friends, a first for Anna. Then, one day, Marnie vanishes. A new family, the Lindsays, move into The Marsh House. Having learned so much from Marnie about friendship, Anna befriends the Lindsays — and learns some strange truths about Marnie, who was not all she seemed…
‘Princess Kaguya’ GIF Haiku
Too much caffeine this morning? I’ve got the perfect way to settle your nerves. Using the Japanese template for haiku, I’ve compiled 17 GIFs from Iso Takahata’s The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, arranging them in sets of 5, 7, 5.
Watching these GIFs is the cartoon equivalent of raking your rock garden, meditating on the mountaintop and sitting eyes closed in a private bath house. You are GUARANTEED to exit this post in a state of blissful contentment.
(Warning: Do not operate heavy machinery, motor vehicles or complicated strings of Christmas lights while watching these GIFs.)
Miyazaki’s Concept Art for ‘Pippi Longstocking’ Surfaces!
miyazaki-ru.livejournal has unearthed some Hayao Miyazaki concept art for an unmade adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking.
According the internet, back in 1971, Miyazaki and Isao Takahata began production on an adaptation of Lindgren’s iconic Pippi Longstocking books. Miyazaki created a series of watercolor concept sketches (shown below), presenting them to Lindgren during a pirtch meeting. In the end, Lindgren decided not to give Miyazaki and co. permission to produce the film. While this was certainly a sad turn of events, at least we have these wonderful watercolors to pore over.
1st Full Trailer For Ghibli’s ‘The Story of Princess Kaguya’
Here it is, the first full trailer for Studio Ghibli’s latest, The Story of Princess Kaguya. It’s a quiet, nuanced, deceptively simple bit of beauty — much like every other cartoon bearing the blue Totoro title card.
The Story of Princess Kaguya is the new film from Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday). It will be released in Japan on Nov. 23.
Miyazaki-Inspired Ad Retells Patty Hearst Story Using Teddy Bears
Okay, so that title is a little deceiving, I’ll grant you that. But *most* of it is true.
Well, sorta.
2 Clips From Studio Ghibli’s Next Pic
What’s the only thing better than a sneak peek at an upcoming flick from Studio Ghibli?
If you said, ‘TWO sneak peeks,’ you’re horribly shallow and have no real perspective. No, ‘WORLD PEACE and AN END TO HUNGER’ was the answer I was looking for.
But hey, on the bright side, I just happen to have two short clips from Ghibli’s next film, The Story of Princess Kaguya (based on the folk tale, The Tale Of The Bamboo Cutter). Try and enjoy them while millions of children slowly die from starvation and war ravages some humungous percentage of the globe.
