Hayao Miyazaki

Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki and director Hayao Miyazaki

Ocean Waves: An Underrated Studio Ghibli Gem

HBO Max boasts an impressive catalog of Studio Ghibli films. The Japanese animation house is most closely associated with director Hayao Miyazaki, who has helmed classics for Ghibli like the anime staple Spirited Away. Thanks to Miyazaki’s aesthetic, “Ghibli” is an international shorthand for bucolic settings, themes of environmentalism, and coming-of-age tales infused with magic and …

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Anime and Lo-fi

Anime and music are inextricably linked. In Japan “anisongs”- anime theme songs – are a genre unto themselves; a broad one spanning rock, pop and categories in between. Artists regularly score chart-topping hits with themes to animated films and tv series such as LiSA’s smash “Gurenge” for the anime juggernaut Demon Slayer: Kumetsu No Yaiba. …

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English cover of Hayao Miyazaki graphic novel next to portrait of Miyazaki

Miyazaki Graphic Novel to Be Published in the US

The Associated Press reported on February 22 that a graphic novel by master Japanese animation auteur will be published in the U.S. for the first time—nearly forty years after its initial release in Japan. Titled Shuna’s Journey, the Mizayaki graphic novel is Miyazaki’s adaptation of a Tibetan folk tale about a prince who travels to a …

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