Studio Ghibli is possibly one of the most amazing animation and film studios in the world. I’ve grown up watching Hayao Miyazaki’s brilliant films. He surely knows how to capture the hearts of the any audience, both young and old. The animations are colorful, realistic with even the finest of details, and heartwarming. Check out my personal favorite Studio Ghibli films. If you haven’t seen any of these, you are definitely missing out! More »

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From Wirebot: Ni no Kuni, the collaboration between Level-5 and Studio Ghibli, will be coming stateside to the States and thus, it seems like it’ll be receiving an English title. Why? Well, only because its Japanese title is really long and a mouthful. More »

Studio Ghibli’s “Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro)” has managed to stay on the Oricon DVD Ranking chart for 500 weeks now. Having been released on September 28th, 2001, the DVD has stayed on the rankings for nine years and ten months as of August 1st. More »

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If you’re a fan of Studio Ghibli you may know Howl’s Moving Castle a film adapted from one of Diana Wynne Jones‘ books. It’s sad to say but Jones passed away on the March 26 from cancer. She’s left us with more than 40 books and plays to remember her by. More »

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In an interview with the Studio Ghibli owned magazine, Neppuu, renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki discussed his distaste towards, well, just about everything tech related. His newest device to hate on is the iPad, or as he call it, the “game machine-like thing.” More »

From Ningin: Two movies that I’m looking forward to watching are GANTZ and Studio Ghibli’s The Borrowers. Fortunately for me, a new trailer was released for each of these movies that has raised my anticipation even further. More »

From Ningin: Battle Royale and Death Note star Tatsuya Fujiwara will star in Studio Ghibli’s newest animated movie, Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Borrowers). More »

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From the studio who brought us My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke, and most recently Ponyo brings us Ni no Kuni. The adventure game for the Nintendo DS follows Oliver, a young boy who just lost his mother, into a parallel universe called Ni no Kuni. More »

From Ningin: If Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro was medicine, I’d say it’d be the cure for old age. Sure, I’m only 25 but a lot of things remind me of my old age on a daily basis. Justin Bieber, body aches and pains in places never before and the constant urge to fight every possible chance to leave home to name a few. Staying in one night to watch the special edition DVD of My Neighbor Totoro was like having the fountain of youth in front of me, in DVD format. More »

It’s that time again bento boxers. This week saw the kickoff of two Rekuru specials, the Akira Kurosawa Tribute Month as well as our New Year’s Resolution Week so if you haven’t checked them out, do so. Between a classic film review and a hoard of new year’s resolutions, there’s plenty of good readin’ to be had. Also of note this week was the next entry in Jacob’s continuing Japanese travel guide as well as a look at Japanese music group SMAP’s NYC filmed commercials and news on the unemployment crisis in Japan. That’s it for this week, see you next Sunday. XOXO More »

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