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 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 March 12, 2010. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan | Tags: Alice Walker, Anne Geddes, Astro Boy, Denis Friedman Productions, Gisaburo Sugii, Hakujaden, Harmagedon, Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo, Katsuya Terada Rakugaking, M. C. Escher, Mabel Lucie Atwell, Madhouse, Mai Mai Miracle, Metropolis, My Neighbour Totoro, Mysterious Cities of Gold, Neo-Tokyo Manie Manie Labyrinth Tales, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Osamu Tezuka, Ponyo, Rintaro, Salvador Dali, Sunao Katabuchi, The Peanuts, Toei Animation, Tomoko Konparu |
Rintaro has made a masterpiece for children that adults can enjoy. Not since My Neighbour Totoro has a film aroused Helen McCarthy’s sense of wonder in the same way.
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Posted on November 17, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films | Tags: Barbican, Hayao Miyazaki, Ponyo |
Demand for tickets to the London Children’s Film Festival screening on 21 November and the 26 November Japanimation screening has been so high that the Barbican Cinema team have added an extra screening on 29 November. Many thanks to Optimum Releasing for enabling this. Details and booking link here.
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Posted on October 7, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films | Tags: anime, Barbican, Hayao Miyazaki, Japanimation, Mai Mai Miracle, Ponyo, Studio Ghibli, Sunao Katabuchi |
The new season seems to be going well so far. You’ll be able to see some very exciting anime and talk to anime-makers – if you’ve already booked, that is. Tickets are still available for the October and November sessions but they’re selling fast. This month I’ll be talking to Masahiro Ando and Masahiko Minami [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan | Tags: Barbican, Hayao Miyazaki, Kiki's Delivery Service, Madhouse, Mai Mai Miracle, Ponyo, Sherlock Hound, Studio Ghibli, Sunao Katabuchi |
Two London screenings no Ghibli fan will want to miss!
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Posted on August 17, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan | Tags: anime, Castle in the Sky, Disney, Goro Miyazaki, Hakujaden, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, Panda and the Magic Serpent, Ponyo, Shakespeare, Spirited Away, The Little Mermaid, Toshio Suzuki |
Hayao Miyazaki’s little mermaid has a long line of elder sisters in world literature, as well as in his works. But does she mark an ongoing shift in how he presents female characters?
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