Hayao Miyazaki Making CG Short Film

Famed animator Hayao Miyazaki is returning to the drawing board… literally. It’s been two years since Miyazaki’s retirement and the release of his last film, The Wind Rises, yet it was only a matter of time before the legendary director got the creative itch and returned to work on a new project. However, there are a […]

[Trailer] The Tale of Princess Kaguya

[youtube id=”K6btxEdjZCo”] While Hayao Miyazaki might be retiring (or might not… conflicting reports still haven’t cleared the entire situation up), Studio Ghibli was seen as being stuck in a limbo. To be fair, while Miyazaki was the driving force that made Studio Ghibli the purveyor of family Japanese animation films, there are still other animators […]

Is Studio Ghibli Shutting Down?

Studio Ghibli is one of the greatest animation studios around. At one point, Ghibli was seen as the East’s equivalent of Disney (and hell, many still do) thanks to the amazing vision and talent from Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. It’s Miyazaki’s many films, including My Neighbor Totoro, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away, that helped elevate the widespread […]