Posted on April 17, 2012. Filed under: anime, manga, Japan, Consuming, films, events, history, haiku, pictures | Tags: Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, Ponyo, Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Hugo, Smithsonian Institution, cosplay, cinema, Washington DC, National Cherry Blossom Festival, Martin Scorsese, Nausicaa of the Valley of Winds, AFI Silver Theatre, matsuri |
An anime marathon was just part of Washington’s annual Japanese extravaganza. The streets and screens were packed with geisha, ninja, gods and monsters. Helen McCarthy has some dreams to share.
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Posted on April 9, 2012. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, history | Tags: anime, film, Hayao Miyazaki, movies, My Neighbour Totoro, Arts, Eastercon, Blade Runner, Television, cinema, fandom |
You can’t turn back time, and the post-modern trend is to personalise and isolate every experience. Helen just wants to go to the cinema.
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Posted on September 2, 2011. Filed under: anime, books, Consuming, films, history, Japan | Tags: Barbican Japanimation, Borrower Arrietty, dancing about architecture, Hayao Miyazaki, John Lydgate, Mai Mai Miracle, Makoto Shinkai, Mary Norton, My Neighbor Totoro, Optimum Releasing, Ponyo, Sunao Katabuchi |
Comparing three recent anime movies: odious or enriching? A contest where Hayao Miyazaki comes in third means three films well worth watching.
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Posted on August 20, 2011. Filed under: anime, manga, Japan, Consuming, books, films, history | Tags: anime, Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, Ponyo, Isao Takahata, My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, fantasy novel, Mary Norton, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Borrower Arrietty, Borrowers, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Kokuriko-zaka Kara, Philip Pullman |
Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s film “Arrietty” is a beautiful movie that fits the Studio Ghibli tradition, and will delight fans of Mary Norton’s original “Borrowers” books.
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Posted on June 26, 2011. Filed under: anime, Creating, events, workshops | Tags: animation, anime, Balenciaga, Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Cinema, Basho, Chinese animation, Fan Ming, Hayao Miyazaki, Helen McCarthy workshops, Ippei Okamoto, Osamu Tezuka, Princess Iron Fan, Reza Ben Gajra, Tadahito Mochinaga |
I spend a generous proportion of my time with some of the greatest creative intelligences the world has ever known (definitely more than I spend on housework, admin, and the perpetual hunt for that missing sock.) It’s a never-failing source of delight and energy to explore the worlds of people like Osamu Tezuka, Hayao Miyazaki, [...]
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Posted on June 4, 2011. Filed under: anime, appearances, costume, events, Japan, manga, needlework, pictures, writing | Tags: anime, Anime Hell, Anime North, Anime UK, Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, Canada, Carl Macek, Claude Pelletier, Corinne Orr, cosplay, Doctor Who, Ed Miliband, Frank Miller, Fred Ladd, Go Nagai, Hayao Miyazaki, iPad, Jan Howard Finder, manga, Manga Cross Stitch, Momiji Award, Peter Fernandez, Pokemon, Takayuki Matsutani, The Beguiling |
Anime North was my first visit to Canada, and it was a blast. They gave me an award, but that was only the beginning.
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Posted on May 17, 2011. Filed under: anime, appearances, films, Japan | Tags: anime, Audio-visual, education, Hayao Miyazaki, mythology, Nausicaä, Princess Mononoke, Rosemary Sutcliff, Studio Ghibli, United States, University of Maryland College Park |
The University of Maryland invited me to lecture last month. Want to hear it? There’s a video link here.
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Posted on June 30, 2010. Filed under: anime, books, Consuming, films, history, Japan | Tags: Anime Encyclopedia, Goodbye Little Hippo, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Mamoru Kanbe, Minoru Kawasaki, Mysterious Koala Blinky, Noozles, Panda Go Panda, Shuichi Oshida, Tokyo Ueno Zoo, wartime elephants, Yasuo Maeda, Yutaka Ozawa, Zoo Without An Elephant |
Japan’s oldest female koala died on 27 June, aged 21 – or over 100 in human terms. Named Yoshi when she was born at Tokyo’s Tama Zoological Park, she was moved to Awaji Island in Hyogo prefecture at the age of 5, and spent the rest of her life at Awaji Farm Park England Hill. [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2010. Filed under: anime, comics, Consuming, films, history, Japan, manga | Tags: anime, Captain Ultra, Hayao Miyazaki, Juzo Yamasaki, Kenichi Kitami, Kenji Okamura, Key Hunter, Makoto Yamasaki, manga, Mitsuru Adachi, Miyoko Akaza, Oh Deok-Soo, Satchmo, Shogakukan, Sonny Chiba, Toei trade union dispute, tokusatsu, Tsuri Baka Nisshi |
Juzo Yamasaki is a successful and much-loved manga author and anime creator who could walk down any European or American street unrecognised.
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Posted on April 27, 2010. Filed under: anime, Consuming, Japan, manga, travel | Tags: Anime Hero/Heroine Series, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hayao Miyazaki, Hello Kitty, Japan Post, manga, Naruto, Osamu Tezuka, Pokemon, Shigeru Mizuki, Stamp collector |
Souvenir postage stamps of your favourite anime series
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