Tag "Kiki’s Delivery Service"

Live-Action ‘Kiki’ Confirmed, Takashi to Direct

April 25, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

After a week of competing internet rumors, Twitch Film has triumphantly announced confirmation of their hint at a live-action version of Ghibli Studios’ anime classic Kiki’s Delivery Service, based on the popular novel by Kadono Eiko. The follow up report cites Japanese news outlets Sports Nippon and Sports Hochi as [...]

Japan Pollsters Rank Favorite Miyazaki Flicks

February 26, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 9 Comments divider image

Most animation aficionados have a soft spot for Studio Ghibli founder and animation master Hayao Miyazaki’s works—some would even be hard pressed to pick a favorite out of the director’s timeless library of anime classics. However, an ambitious polling website called Research Panel put this challenging question to over 130,000 [...]

GKIDS’ Ghibli Line Up Returns to NY’s IFC

November 13, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Back by popular demand, U.S. distributor of international animated films GKIDS is returning to New York’s IFC Center for another five week run of its retrospective on Japan’s Studio Ghibli features. Fifteen films from 1984 to 2009 will make their encore appearance from November 16 to December 20. The premiere [...]

GKids to Release Ghibli’s ‘Poppy Hill’

June 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

New York-based indie distributor GKIDS announced today that it has picked up Studio Ghibli’s award-winning 2011 movie From Up on Poppy Hill. Although the national release date in the U.S. will officially be March 2013, the studio is planning a special Academy Award consideration window for the film later this [...]

Question for the Week of February 13 2012

February 13, 2012 by admin 11 Comments divider image

Studio Ghibli’s Secret World of Arrietty is opening this Friday in U.S. theaters. What is your favorite animated movie from Miyazaki’s influential studio? Spirited Away My Neighbor Totoro Howl’s Moving Castle Kiki’s Delivery Service Grave of the Fireflies