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 January 28, 2012. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan | Tags: Arrietty, Fullmetal Alchemist, Go Nagai, Gundam, Hetalia, Katsuhito Ishii, Kokuhaku, Madhouse, Mai Mai Miracle, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Redline, Studio Ghibli, Summer Wars, Takeshi Koike, Tetsuya Nakashima, Universal Century, Yona Yona Penguin |
Helen really, really tried to get excited about anime in 2011. Honestly. But sometimes you just can’t muster the enthusiasm to try hard enough.
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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 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 May 30, 2010. Filed under: anime, Consuming, Japan, manga | Tags: anime, anime cels, Ant Boy, appraising art, authenticating art, manga, manga art, Mitsuyo Seo, rosturm camera, Studio Ghibli, Superflat, Tadahito Mochinaga, Takashi Murakami |
Helen McCarthy gets a lot of requests to authenticate anime and manga art. She always says no, but here’s her quick guide to doing it yourself.
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Posted on December 16, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan | Tags: Hayao Miyazaki, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Mary Norton, Studio Ghibli, The Borrowers |
Thanks to Marc Hairston for the information that the website for Karigurashi no Arriety, due in Summer 2010 from Studio Ghibli, has just opened. Based on Mary Norton’s book The Borrowers, the film will be directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and supervised by Hayao Miyazaki. Isao Takahata’s next movie, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo [...]
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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 July 13, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, Creating, films, Japan, writing | Tags: Barbican anime lecture, Clements Musker, deBlois Sanders, Disney, Isao Takahata, Lilo and Stitch, Miyazaki anime, Robert Louis Stevenson, Spirited Away, Stephen King, Studio Ghibli, Toshio Suzuki, Treasure Planet, Ursula K. LeGuin, Workers Educational Association |
Studio Ghibli has influenced and been influenced by world animation. One of the strongest cross-currents has been between Ghibli and Disney.
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Posted on June 24, 2009. Filed under: anime, Consuming, films, Japan | Tags: animation, anime, Hayao Miyazaki, movies, Ponyo, Porco Rosso, Studio Ghibli |
The new Hayao Miyazaki movie trailer is available on Apple.com
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