Studio Ghibli

Filmmaker KOJER painstakingly rotoscoped characters and objects from Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and other Studio Ghibli films, then composited the animation over live footage. The scale is off at times, but we still want to live in that world.

Fans of Studio Ghibli will want to add this one to their Amazon Prime watch list now. The 26-episode animated series about the adventures of a thief’s daughter premiered in Japan in 2014, but is getting its US translated debut on 1/27/17, narrated by Gillian Anderson.

A while back, artist Matt Vince created a series of awesome posters which combined the world of Zelda with the style of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli. He’s now brought these to life through a wonderful animated trailer. Now we want a feature film, Nintendo!

An incredible replica of a massive airship from Hayao Miyazaki’s Castle in the Sky. It features scads of lights, dozens of moving propellers and oars, and is surrounded by a sky filled with other aircraft in this amazing display at Tokyo Cityview – part of their Studio Ghibli exhibit.

Co-produced by Studio Ghibli with Wild Bunch and Why Not, director Michaël Dudok de Wit’s first feature length film is about a castaway who meets a magical giant red turtle. If you don’t want any spoilers, we suggest you watch only the first 45 seconds of the trailer.

The Film Theorists share interesting trivia about Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away. Learn how Hayao Miyazaki decided to make it about a 10-year old girl, his favorite scenes in the movie, the origin of the River Spirit and more.

A city girl takes a sabbatical to stay in the country. Her vacation makes her reassess her life. Originally released in Japan in 1991, Studio Ghibli’s classic will see a limited English language release in North America, voiced by Daisy Ridley and Dev Patel. Schedule here.

Channel Criswell does a marvelous job of breaking down Hayao Miyazaki’s approach to filmmaking, from characterization through movement to the acknowledgment that people and life in general are not purely good or evil.

Spirited Away‘s Chihiro and Alice in Wonderland‘s feisty heroine have a tea party while characters from their worlds look on. Two girls lost in mystical lands meet in Saqman’s Studio Ghibli-style T-shirt design.

Disney’s The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki box set includes Blu-ray copies of 11 Miyazaki films, including The Castle of Cagliostro and The Wind Rises, plus an art book and other bonus videos. Drops 11/17/15.

Vimeo member dono created 3D backgrounds for several of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated movies and then combined them with the two-dimensional animations from the films to create this moving tribute.

Bill Mudron’s highly detailed limited edition prints feature scenes based on six of Hayao Miyazaki’s movies, depicted in the style of the great Japanese painter Kawase Hasui. Each print measures 10.5″ x 15.25″.

Even though Studio Ghibli is actually only taking a temporary break, Animation Domination HD’s bittersweet tribute is still worth watching, if only as a reminder of the company’s nigh-untouchable track record.

The work of Hayao Miyazaki is some of most brilliant animation and storytelling ever to grace the screen. Film buff Alexandre Gasulla created this retrospective from such films as My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away.

Studio Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There is an adaptation of Joan Robinson’s eponymous novel. Suffering from the death of her parents, a young girl’s spirit is lifted up when she meets Marnie. But all isn’t well with her new friend.

(Gore) Two cops rescue a winged child in this animated short by Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. Released in 1995, Miyazaki made it for rock duo Chage & Aska, who used it as the video for their song On Your Mark.

Animator Alan Becker and his friend Sean Hein are building a replica of the magical world in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away using Minecraft. You can download the world and texture pack here. Take the complete tour here.

The Simpsons paid tribute to filmmaker, writer, manga artist and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki, who turned 72 this month, recently said that The Wind Rises is his last feature-length animated film.

The full trailer for Studio Ghibli’s Kaguya-hime no Monogatari shows the story’s beginning: a bamboo cutter finds a mystical child inside a bamboo stump and takes her home. This is going to make a lot of kids cry.

The latest movie from Studio Ghibli, Kaguya-hime no Monogatari aka The Tale of Princess Kaguya is based on a 10th century Japanese folktale. It’s directed by Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies). More here.

The latest animated feature from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises) is a highly fictionalized – and controversial – biography of engineer Jiro Horikoshi, who designed many of Japan’s WWII fighter planes.

The trailer for the U.S. release of Studio Ghibli’s From Up on Poppy Hill, a movie about young romance blooming in 1960s post-war Japan. It was the top grossing film in Japan in 2011.

Finally, an English trailer for Studio Ghibli and Level 5’s much-awaited role-playing game for the PS3. Oliver sets out to make a young girl’s heart whole and search for his mother in Ni No Kuni.

The trailer is in Japanese, but it still doesn’t detract from the gorgeous anime-style graphics of this game. We hope it plays as good as it looks. Coming to North America and Europe in 2012.

The latest trailer for the Studio Ghibli and Level-5 RPG Ni No Kuni is as enchanting as the others. Top notch art. It would be a crime against humanity not to release this game outside Japan.