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To mark the re-release of Studio Ghibli’s Whisper of the Heart on DVD and Blu-ray Double-play, Studio Canal have given us three copies to give away on Blu-ray. You can see our review of it here. From the creators of the Academy Award-winning SPIRITED AWAY comes a tale scripted by the legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki. [...]
Who could ever say no to Studio Ghibli? For more than two and a half decades, the Japanese animation studio set-up by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata have continued to put out success after success, becoming quite probably the best-known non-English language animation studio in the world. With the advent of Blu-Ray, the studio’s earlier [...]
In adapting Mary Norton’s The Borrowers the talented hands of Studio Ghibli crafted a magnificent and moving film with Arrietty. Pleasingly the film was very well received and marked a fine debut for director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who was a key member of the animation department under Miyazaki’s old and young with early work on Princess [...]
Since their foundation back in 1985, Studio Ghibli have risen to become the biggest and best known animated film studio outside of America, earning the only Oscar for Best Animated Feature to be awarded to a film developed outside of English-speaking parts of the world. As you can imagine, we here at HeyUGuys are big [...]
With Ghibli’s Arrietty just out in UK cinemas the studio’s follow up has already found it’s way into cinemas in Japan and we’ve got a trailer for Kokuriko-zaka Kara, which translates to From Up on Poppy Hill. Goro (son of Hayao) Miyazaki pulls on his directing trousers for the first time since 2006′s Tales from [...]
While I now, of course, appreciate the full genius of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli – I’m only human – it wasn’t exactly love at first sight. Having caught Spirited Away as a teenager, complete with pig parents and a rather spiritless American voice-over, I was clearly ill-equipped to take it in – distracted as [...]
HeyUGuys brings you the latest in World Cinema film trailers in association with Film Dates UK. Each week we’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in [...]
In an interview with Tom Hanks on the BBC Breakfast Show this morning, he told the BBC that not only is Toy Story 4 going ahead, but that it’s being worked on right now, Ain’t It Cool News report. A decade had lapsed in between the releases of the second and third films, which left [...]
Those lucky enough to be up in Edinburgh for the International Film Festival have the chance to see the latest from Studio Ghibli, and there’s a new UK poster out in the wild tonight for Arrietty. Based on Mary Norton’s The Borrowers the animated film has had some excellent trailers over the past year and [...]
Marking the directorial debut of animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Arrietty – Studio Ghibli’s latest output – is a magical adaptation of Mary Norton’s much-loved British classic The Borrowers, and a personal project for esteemed Ghilbi co-founder and animator extraordinaire Hayao Miyazaki. The film centres on 14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family who live [...]
The first film from the unrivalled Studio Ghibli is Hayao Miyazaki at his finest, with a stirring adventure told with care and invention making a welcome appearance on Blu-ray. Laputa: Castle in the Sky is highly influential as an adventure film and as an animation marked a new wave of rich and exciting visual storytelling [...]
Never has my interest in all things Japanese been more piqued than during this past week since news broke about the devastation caused by the Tsunami which has struck beautiful Japan. A number of us here at HeyUGuys are huge fans of the films of internationally acclaimed Director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, so the following music [...]
Walt Disney Pictures will release Arrietty on February 17, 2012 in the US. Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Arrietty is based on Mary Norton’s fantasy novel The Borrowers, and adapted for the screen by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki. 14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home [...]
Just over a year ago the Anime News Network reported on a possible sequel to Studio Ghibli’s 1992 animation Porco Rosso, citing an edition of the Model Grafix magazine where Hayao Miyazaki threw out the idea. Today news is blowing around that Miyazaki is developing the idea and it may become one of the studio’s [...]
The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films as ranked by the users of the biggest Internet movie site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of the Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie [...]
This week I watched five Animated films of differing styles and topics that were My Neighbour Totoro, The Incredibles, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Lion King and Grave of the Fireflies. Now we are around the half way mark at week 26 I’m starting to consider the films which are not on the list and wonder [...]
Ponyo is Studio Ghibli’s award winning tale of a boy and his goldfish, and is another masterpiece for Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki, and to celebrate the home entertainment release of the film we’re giving you the chance to win a copy of the film on DVD. Fans of Miyazaki (that means anyone who has ever [...]
The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films, as ranked by the users of the biggest movie Internet site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of The Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie masses, [...]
“Hey, let’s go! Hey, let’s go! I’m happy as can be…“ Welcome to the wonderful world of Hayao Miyazaki, world-renowned Japanese Animation Director and creator of award-winning animated films such as Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and Kiki’s Delivery Service. My Neighbour Totoro (Tonari no Totoro), undoubtedly has brought Miyazaki well-deserved global recognition and international acclaim. [...]
Ponyo might not be a name that you’ve seen or heard before but when you get a chance, check out the trailer below and I think it will capture your imagination as it has mine. The movie comes from Oscar winning director, Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) and from the looks of this trailer, I think [...]
