Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024

When Hayao Miyazaki was contemplating whether he would come out of retirement in 2016, he put together a curiously self-critical proposal.

"There's nothing more pathetic than telling the world you'll retire because of your age, then making yet another comeback," wrote the filmmaker, now...

Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023

For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki's decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime master is No. 1 at the North American box office. Miyazaki's latest enchantment, "The Boy and the Heron," debuted with $12.8 million, according to studio estimates.

"The Boy and the Heron," the...

Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023

When Hayao Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, the filmmaker Guillermo del Toro said in his introductory remarks: "We are privileged enough to be living in a time where Mozart is composing symphonies."

You might be tempted...

Friday, Sep. 8, 2023

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...

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014

Hayao Miyazaki is retiring from feature filmmaking, but the 73-year-old writer, director and animator says he'll make movies for the rest of his life.

An Oscar winner for his 2002 film, "Spirited Away," Miyazaki will accept an honorary Academy Award...

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