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‘Wolf Children’ Wins Best Animation Japan Academy Prize

March 13, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The latest animated feature from acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda, Wolf Children (Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki) has been awarded the Best Animation award at the 36th Japan Academy Prize this month. It also received an award of excellence in animation, as did the four other films vying for the [...]

12 Animated Pics Make the Golden Globes Shortlist

November 26, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Twelve animated features are on the shortlist for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Best Animated Feature Golden Globe category. The HFPA can choose up to five films for the final nominee list. The list is very close to the familiar titles up for an Oscar nod, with the exception of [...]

Buenos Aires Fest Launches Toon Event

July 20, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film has announced a new spin-off event called Animated BAFICI – Winter Collection. The three day toon festival will kick off July 26, with the Argentine premiere of Seth MacFarlane’s Ted closing out the celebration. (www.bafici.gov.ar) BAFICI programmers Juan Manuel Dominguez and Fran [...]

‘Arrietty’ and More Secrets Revealed on DVD

May 21, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The endless font of Japanese animated goodness spews forth on DVD shelves this week! The can’t-pass-up offering today is Disney’s North American version of Studio Ghibli’s The Secret World of Arrietty, which arrives on DVD [SRP $29.99] and DVD/Blu-ray combo pack [$39.99]. This exquisitely rendered take on Mary Norton’s beloved [...]

Disney Sets Three Ghibli Flicks for Blu-ray

April 16, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

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Walt Disney Studios will be releasing three hit traditionally animated features from Japanese toon house Studio Ghibli on Blu-ray May 22—The Secret World of Arrietty, Castle in the Sky and Whisper of the Heart. Released this past February in U.S. theaters, Arrietty is a modern take on Mary Norton’s classic [...]

Studio Ghibli’s ‘Arrietty’ Hits U.S. Theaters Today

February 16, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 2 Comments divider image

How Disney brought Studio Ghibli’s take on The Borrowers to U.S. audiences. For over two decades, the enchanting traditionally animated features of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata’s Studio Ghibli have been awing audiences at home in Japan, and increasingly around the world. Thanks to its partnership with Disney, the works [...]

Film Independent Offers Miyazaki Program at LACMA

November 21, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Film Independent has planned a special night of programing devoted to the films of Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki on Saturday, Nov. 26 at the L.A. County Museum of Art. The program begins at 4:30 p.m. with a screening of a new 35 mm print of the 1986 classic Castle in [...]

Trailer for U.K. Release of Studio Ghibli’s ‘Arrietty’ Arrives

July 5, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 3 Comments divider image

No word yet on when audiences in the United States will get to see Studio Ghibli’s 2010 release Arrietty in theaters, but the movie is coming to the United Kingdom on July 29 and an English-language trailer has been released to promote it. Take a look at the trailer, courtesy [...]