Hayao Miyazaki

Studio Ghibli takes a bow at Cannes with an honorary Palme d’Or

Studio Ghibli, the Japanese anime factory of surreal ecological wonders that has for 39 years spirited away moviegoers with tales of Totoros, magical jellyfish and floating castles, was celebrated Monday by the Cannes Film Festival with an honorary Palme d’Or.

Japanese animation studio founder Miyazaki isn’t ready to retire just yet, after latest Oscar win

At 83, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki earns historic Oscar for ‘The Boy and the Heron’

We may be living in the golden age of older filmmakers. This year’s Oscars are evidence

Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ is No. 1 at the box office, a first for the Japanese anime master

Hayao Miyazaki wins second Oscar

Hayao Miyazaki, the legendary Japanese filmmaker whose anime classics have enchanted fans around the world for decades, has won his second career Oscar, this time for “The Boy and the Heron.” (March 11)

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Review: Swan song or not, Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ is a master surveying his empire

Watching Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” is like returning to a faintly familiar dreamland.

Hayao Miyazaki invites moviegoers to dream with him one last time

The loudest applause on opening night at the Toronto International Film Festival was for Totoro. When the Studio Ghibli logo of the magical creature from Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro” appeared on the screen Thursday night, it meant to the audience the premiere of Miyazaki’s latest and perhap

Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ to open Toronto Film Festival

“The Boy and the Heron,” the first film in a decade by Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki, will open the 48th Toronto International Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday.

Graphic novel by Miyazaki to be issued in the US

A graphic novel by Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is being released for the first time in the United States nearly 40 years after it was published in Japan.

Review: In ‘Belle,’ a dazzling anime ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Anime master Mamoru Hosoda makes movies that, even at their most elaborate, can reach such staggeringly emotional heights that they seem to break free of anything you’re prepared for in an animated movie — or in most kinds of movies, for that matter.

Animated ‘Demon Slayer’ strikes chord with pandemic Japan

TOKYO (AP) — The demons are everywhere, sometimes spreading like purple slime, lurking, killing. The terrifying plight depicted in the swashbuckling animated film, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train,” has struck a chord with pandemic-era Japan, and possibly with the world.

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Academy Museum details plan for inaugural Miyazaki exhibit

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is finally opening its doors in Los Angeles in April with an exhibit celebrating the works of the legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.

Studio Ghibli co-founder, director Isao Takahata dies at 82

TOKYO (AP) — Isao Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn “manga” look in the face of digital filmmaking, has died.