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Whisper of the heart is a Japanese animation directed by Yoshifumi Kondō. The screenplay was written by Hayao Miyazaki. It was released in 1995. This was the first time that Studio Ghibli released a film that wasn’t directed by Miyazaki or Takahata. Sadly this was Kondō’s only film as a director as he died in... Read More »
The Cat Returns is a Japanese animation directed by Hiroyuki Morita and written by Reiko Yoshida. It is based on the manga Baron-Neko no Danshaku by Aoi Hiiragi. It came after, and is related to, Whisper of the Heart. It was released in 2002. The film is about a girl called Huru. She is always... Read More »
Only Yesterday is a Japanese animation directed and written by Isao Takahata. It is based on the manga of the same name by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone. It was released in 1991. It is another of Takahata’s experiments. It is written as a realistic adult drama. The film looks at the life of 27-year-old... Read More »
My Neighbours the Yamadas is a Japanese animation directed and written by Isao Takahata. It was released in 1999. It is based on the manga Nono-chan by Hisaichi Ishii. There is not so much in the way of a plot with this animation. It’s more about following the trials and tribulations of the Yamada family.... Read More »
Kiki’s delivery service is a Japanese animation directed, written and produced by Hayao Miyazaki. It was released in 1989. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Eiko Kadono. The plot revolves around a young witch called Kiki. As she gets to thirteen she leaves her home town on her broomstick, with... Read More »
Laputa is a Japanese animation directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki. It was released in 1986. The title comes from Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, which also had a flying island. The animation opens with an airship carrying a girl called Sheeta. She has been abducted by Muska, a government secret agent. They are attacked by... Read More »
Ponyo is a Japanese animation written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. There are elements of The Little Mermaid here but this is very much a Studio Ghibli story. The animation starts with the little fish-girl, Brunhilde and her father Fujimoto (once human) who lives under the sea. Brunhilde sneaks off on the back of a... Read More »
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is a Japanese animation directed by Isao Takahata. The screenplay was co-written by Takahata and Riko Sakaguchi. It was originally released in 2013. The story is based on the folktale of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Princess Kaguya received critical acclaim and was nominated for an Academy award... Read More »
Howl’s Moving Castle is a Japanese animation directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki also wrote the screenplay. It was released in 2004. The film was adapted from the novel by Diana Wyn Jones. The film follows Sophie, an eighteen year old hatter. She encounters a mysterious wizard called Howl whilst visiting her sister. On her return... Read More »
Tales From Earthsea is a Japanese animation directed by Goro Miyazaki. It was released in 2006. It is based on the Earthsea series of books by Ursula K Leguin. The characters and plot come from the first four books, “A Wizard of Earthsea”, “The Tombs of Atuan”, “The Furthest Shore” and “Tehanu”. Hayao Miyazaki had... Read More »
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