Awesome Studio Ghibli

Animator Alan Becker is best known for his Animation vs. series. When he’s not making those, he spends his time painstakingly replicating the vibrant worlds of Studio Ghibli entirely inside of Minecraft. You can join his Ghibli Minecraft server here, and check out the GhibliCraft YouTube channel for more videos.

Eugene Koksharov and Anna Dobrunova of Russia’s Art Brothers Glass created this fantastic tribute to the characters of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. A customer commissioned this extraordinary handmade stained glass window, but they’d be happy to create a custom piece just for you.

For fans of the work of Studio Ghibli, their museum in Japan is one of the most elusive and desired places to visit. With travel limited these days, they decided to post a series of videos which show off of the museum, including murals, stained glass, drawings, and exhibits of the celebrated animation studio’s history.

There’s so much to love about the style, stories, creatures, and characters in Hayao Miyazaki’s catalog of animated films. But what is it about these artful pieces of cinema that make them so dear to us? Kaptain Kristian digs into how Studio Ghibli breathes such life into every frame.

There’s a whole lot to love about the visuals and storytelling in Hayao Miyazaki’s films. Among his regular subjects are flying machines, and The Royal Ocean Film Society takes to the skies to find out why they’re a recurring theme, and why aircraft are so important to this master of anime.

This boxed set comes with a total of 100 full-color postcards, with more than 20 unique designs, each based on the final frames of one of Studio Ghibli’s incredible feature-length animated films. Each 5 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ card would make a beautiful piece of wall art, individually, or framed together.

Studio Ghibli has released a pair of velveteen sukajan or souvenir jackets for fans of My Neighbor Totoro and Ponyo. The Totoro jacket features the Nekobasu or the Catbus, while the Ponyo jacket features the titular heroine and her many sisters.

An incredible promo for Travel Oregon in the style of Studio Ghibli. It looks like idyllic, but we’re sad that there aren’t actually giant bunnies you can ride outside of Portland. Created by Ansel Wallenfang and Nick Stokes. Animated by Psyop and Sun Creature.

Nine of Studio Ghibli’s animated masterpieces are coming to select theaters in the US. You can book individual screenings or the entire series, which includes My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. And Grave of the Fireflies, but, well.

“Not to pursue reality, but to replicate an impression of emotions.” Channel Criswell pays homage to former Studio Ghibli animator and director Hiromasa “Maro” Yonebayashi. Maro-sama’s work uses the surroundings and objects to reflect a character’s inner state.

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″.

A documentary about Studio Ghibli, filmed while the studio was finishing The Wind Rises and the Tale of The Princess Kaguya. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness focuses on Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki and Isao Takahata.

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.