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Ioue Naohisa and Studio Ghibli dvds to be released soon

…Studio Ghibli’s Ghibli ga Ippai Collection. Ioue Naohisa is known for his fantasy artwork in the 1995 Studio Ghibli film Whisper Of The Heart. The website also suggests that Iblard…

Updated: Studio Ghibli may no longer make feature films

There have been rumors that Studio Ghibli will be shutting down operation on animated films, and unfortunately they appear to be true, ComingSoon.net is reporting. The news comes from an…

Toshio Suzuki steps down as Studio Ghibli President

…remain as a board director and producer for Studio Ghibli films. Hoshino started working for Ghibli in 1996 after Disney started releasing Ghibli filims on home videos and DVDs in…

Studio Ghibli Protests Nuclear Power

…a banner on top of their building that reads, “Studio Ghibli wa Gen-Patsu Nuki no Denki de Eiga o Tsukuritai” or “Studio Ghibli Wants to Make Movies With Electricity That…

Ghibli's Ocean Waves DVD release in UK

Anime News Network reports that Studio Ghibli’s Ocean Waves has been scheduled for a dvd release by Optimum Home Entertainment on August 17 in UK. The 72 minute animated movie,…

IFC centre to host Studio Ghibli retrospective

…Studio Ghibli to handle North American theatrical distribution for their library of animated features, also plans limited releases of select Studio Ghibli titles, many of which have never been released…

Nick Park visits Studio Ghibli

…and producer Toshio Suzuki. Nick Park took a tour of the studio, meeting the Ghibli team and viewing the play school, designed by Hayao Miyazaki. He also visited Ghibli Museum…

Studio Ghibli goes independent

Yomiuri On-Line reports that Studio Ghibli will leave major publishing company Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co. by the end of March, in order to become an independent corporation. Establishing in Koganei,…

Miyazaki projects ready for Studio Ghibli Museum and TCM

Starting today and lasting until March 13th, the Studio Ghibli Museum in Japan is presenting three new short features from Hayao Miyazaki, notes AWN. The three shorts include: House-Hunting, the…

Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki retires

Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki has announced his retirement as a producer, reports AnimeNewsNetwork. Suzuki, who co-founded Studio Ghibli together with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, is voluntarily stepping down…

Studio Ghibli adapts 12th century manga to promote Marubeni Power

Studio Ghibli has been enlisted by Marubeni Power to help in promoting their new electric power option called Plan G by adapting a 12th century manga called Chōjū-Jinbutsu-Giga Emaki, or…

Ghibli animator talks Ponyo on the Cliff

GhibliWorld has posted an English summary of an interview with Studio Ghibli veteran Kondo Katsuya, one of their top animators. Starting his career with Castle in the Sky in 1986,…

Studio Ghibli Region 1 DVD release updates…

Bad news, and potential good news concerning the Region 1 (U.S. and Canada) releases for several Studio Ghibli films, a good handful of which are classic Hayao Miyazaki titles. The…

John Lasseter at Studio Ghibli

PixarPlanet shares details on John Lasseter’s recent visit to Studio Ghibli in Tokyo. Lasseter, who was in Japan to promote Bolt, visited Ghibli Museum and also signed the wall of…

Studio Ghibli documentary due in fall

Anime News Network has details on a Studio Ghibli documentary titled Yume to Kyōki no Ōkoku (The Kingdom of Dreams & Madness) set to open this fall. “The documentary follows…

Interview with Ghibli Dub Director

GhibliWorld has an extensive interview with Gualtiero Cannarsi, the director behind the Italian versions of Studio Ghibli films such as Howl’s Moving Castle, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind,…

Arrietty director on the beauty of Studio Ghibli

LA Times has posted an interview with Gary Rydstrom, director of the English language version of the Studio Ghibli film The Secret World of Arrietty. In the interview, Rydstrom talks…

Arrietty Biggest Profit for a US Release of a Studio Ghibli Film

The Secret World of Arrietty has wowed both the US and Japan by finishing 8th in the President’s Day weekend box office. The Studio Ghibli film earned $8.1 million within…

Arrietty and next batch of Ghibli Blu-ray titles in May

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray/DVD combo releases of Studio Ghibli’s The Secret World of Arrietty, Castle in the Sky and Whisper of the Heart on May 22nd….

Ghibli reviews; Animatrix revisited; and win Pan!

Bringing our review count up to over 145 are a trio of commentaries on animated pictures from Japan’s Studio Ghibli. Longtime aficionado Randall Cyrenne has added his takes on Whisper…

Studio Ghibli Highlights from AnimAICN

This week’s anime article on Ain’t It Cool News has some more coverage on Studio Ghibli DVDs in the works. In addition to Porco Rosso (which has been tenatively set…

GKIDS to bring Ghibli’s The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya Stateside

GKIDS has announced that they have acquired the theatrical and home release North American distribution rights for Studio Ghibli’s The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya, the new animated feature by…

Studio Ghibli to announce new film in December

Koji Hoshino, President of Studio Ghibli, announced at the Rome International Film Festival recently that the next Studio Ghibli film will be announced on December 15, reports Collider. While it…

Studio Ghibli Wave 2 titles announced!!

Many thanks to Ultimate Disney for the exciting press release! Buena Vista has, at last, announced the release of three more 2-disc Special Edition DVDs of long sought-after Studio Ghibli

More Region 1 Ghibli titles on the way!

Ultimate Disney has the exciting news that, due to arrive August 16th, are 2 more titles from Studio Ghibli! “My Neighbors the Yamadas and Pom Poko will arrive the same…

Studio Ghibli at Tokyo International Anime Fair

GhibliWorld has few exclusive pictures of Studio Ghibli booth at the International Anime Fair currently being held in Tokyo. The stills are from this summer’s exhibition Studio Ghibli Layout Designs:…

Studio Ghibli’s Next Film Announced

Studio Ghibli, the animation studio co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Ponyo) has announced its next film, set for release in Japan in the summer of 2010. The Anime News…

Ghibli to release Anne of Green Gables compilation film

…Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables novel was directed by Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, Pom Poko) in 1979, a few years before Studio Ghibli was found….

Pixar storyboard artist talks Ghibli and more

Ghibliworld has an exclusive in-depth interview with Pixar storyboard artist Enrico Casarosa wherein he talks about Studio Ghibli, Pixar and how Hayao Miyazaki’s films have influenced his own work. According…

First Look at Studio Ghibli’s New Film

Collider shares the first teaser from Studio Ghibli’s upcoming feature Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty). Based on Mary Norton’s popular The Borrowers series of children’s books, and directed by…