Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron from Stubio Ghibli has broken a record in the United States, as the first original anime title in history to reach the top of the country’s charts with an impressive $12.8 million.
The research has been done: Geek films don’t especially polarise audiences
Rave Reviews crunched some stats around the most divisive movies and did it by the decade.
Studio Cerca: Carbon 2185 and Dragon Drop creator launches RPG company
Studio Cerca will focus on games directly inspired by the beautiful work of Hayao Miyazaki.
Hayao Miyazaki helmed music video
http://vimeo.com/48043470 The great Hayao Miyazaki apparently needed a break while working on Princess Mononoke in 1995 after hitting a writer’s block. The solution? Work on a music video for Chage and Aska’s “On Your Mark”. The result is a 7-minute long musical adventure in typical emotional Miyazaki flare. Via io9.
My Neighbor Kurama
This is an anime mashup. Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro is blended with Naruto. The result? My Neighbor Kurama. Created by Jin Joson, the clever image refers to the spirit of the Nine Tail Fox that is trapped inside Naruto. The mashup works not just as a smashup but as an inspired way to show […]
Kokurikozaka kara trailer
Kokurikozaka kara (or Kokuriko-Zaka Kara – someone help with the translation) is the latest from Studio Ghibli. I’m a Ghibli high after their very good Karigurashi No Arrietty / the Borrowers work. In fact, Kieko Niwa is one of the co-authors of this adaption and he worked on The Borrower Arrietty and Tales from Earthsea. […]
Howl’s Moving Paper Castle
Could you build Howl’s Moving Castle out of paper? Would you? It’s quite a papercraft project. It’s been done! Check out this imgur gallery for the full collection. There’s a sample below. This is a good year to be remembering Howl’s Moving Castle. Some Geek Native readers may know it only as Hayao Miyazaki‘s anime. […]
