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Launch Trailer For Studio Ghibli’s Beautiful Video Game, Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

While Ni No Kuni has drawn some great reviews for its gameplay, and I’m certainly happy about that, I’d be on board for the look of the thing alone.

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Posters For The Two New Ghibli Films For 2013

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

World War 2 fighter planes and a miniature princess found growing inside a stalk of bamboo.

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Video: A Live Action Nausicaä Spin-Off From Studio Ghibli And Evangelion’s Hideaki Anno

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Shunji Higuchi, a storyboard artist on Evangelion, has directed a live action film featuring the God Warriors from Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki‘s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. It’s going to be screening at The Museum of Contemporary …

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Two New Ghibli Projects Appear On The Radar – One Samurai Film, One From Evangelion’s Hideaki Anno

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

The most recent releases from Studio Ghibli have been Goro Miyazaki‘s Up on Poppy Hill, back at home in Japan, and Arietty, here in the UK and, just about now, in the US. Miyazaki the younger seems to be already …

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Blu-Ray Review: Studio Ghibli’s Whisper Of The Heart

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Ghibli’s Whisper of the Heart was the one film directed by animator Yoshifumi Kondo before his sad, early death. He was being touted as a successor to Hayao Miyazaki, and this film stands as testament to the faith his fans, …

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An Exclusive Clip From Studio Ghibli’s Arrietty To Show You What This Film Can Do

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

One of my most beloved films of the last year was Studio Ghibli’s Arrietty, which arrives on UK DVD and Blu-ray thus Monday, January 9th  – nicely ahead of the US theatrical release in mid-February, so importers take note.* I’ve …

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Miyazaki’s Next Film “Realistic” And Not A Relaxing Watch

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki has decided his next film won’t be “the sort of work that everyone in the audience can relax and watch.” Quotes from Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki were published this weekend on the Japanese site Hollywood Channel, …

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Isao Takahata Still At Work On New Ghibli Film

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Both of the wise old men of Ghibli are working up new projects. We’ve already talked about Hayao Miyazaki‘s next picture, which is said to be an “autobiography,” and now Isao Takahati has confirmed that his next film should be …

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Hayao Miyazaki Working On Autobiographical Film, Full Trailer For Next Ghibli Picture, Up On Poppy Hill

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Hayao Miyazaki, seemingly the most beloved of all anime directors, has been working on his next feature film for some time. This week, the first shreds of information were formally announced by Toshio Suzuki, one of the producers at Studio …

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Exclusive Interview With Olivia Colman: Arrietty, Tyrannosaur And More

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Hannah Shaw-Williams

If you have even a smidgen of taste in comedy then you’ll already be familiar with Olivia Colman, who played Mark’s on-off (mostly off) girlfriend in Peep Show, PC Doris Thatcher in Hot Fuzz and harassed mum-of-many Harriet Schulenberg in …

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Union Hijack – UK Trailer For Studio Ghibli’s Arrietty

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

It’s Independence Day. Therefore, all of my film stories on Bleeding Cool today are going to be UK-centric. I mean, even though it’s the fourth of July, we’re still bothering with the internet over here on this little island. We …

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Studio Ghibli’s Arrietty UK Poster Premiere, Voice Cast News

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Here’s the first UK poster for the next Studio Ghibli picture, Arrietty. It has been adapted from Mary Norton‘s The Borrowers by Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa and director Hiromasa Yonebayashi. As you’d expect, it looks wonderful. And it will sound …

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Art Book For Studio Ghibli’s Arietty the Borrower Now Up For Preorder

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Brendon Connelly

If you want to pre-order the Japanese The Art of Arietty the Borrower book , it’s now up for pre-order on Amazon. 2900 yen concerts to under 22 pounds or around 33 dollars, but shipping and any charges due at …

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Final Trailer For Ghibli’s Arrietty The Borrower

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Brendon Connelly

This latest promo for Studio Ghibli’s deliciously visualised adaptation of The Borrowers shows us a lot more than either of the previous teasers. Not being able to speak or read Japanese, however, I’m not exactly sure what it’s telling us. …

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