Studio Ghibli brought you many wonderful films, like Spirited Away, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, etc! The official website has been updated with details of the next film, titled Karigurashi no Arrietty.
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Heard of Ponyo? It’s another one of Hayao Miyazaki’s movies. And yes I caught the movie when it premiered in Singapore! Simply love it – though I prefer if the story had more to it. The ending was really sudden ^^”.

I can’t blow any noise out from my hands!!! T_T. This guy should invent the hand flute or something. Lol.
Source: Japan Probe

The perks of living in an Asia Country is that we get to watch Asia movies faster than those in the States XD. Ponyo Film has finally hit the shores of North America on Thursday, one minute after midnight at various theaters. The movie should start showing at other theaters on Friday.

From ANN:
As of Thursday, the movie has a 94% “Fresh” rating on the Rotten Tomatoes review aggregator website and a score of 91 out of 100 on the similar Metacritic website.
The plot centers on a goldfish named Ponyo who …

Several months ago I heard about a video game in production called Ninokuni, a Nintendo DS RPG by Level 5 (who also made Dark Cloud and Proffesor Layton Games). Its plot seemed pretty simple, about a boy who’s mother dies and he goes to another world to try and bring her back.  What stood out to me is that Studio Ghibli was behind working on the animated cutscenes. I found this very amusing since its a well known fact Miyazaki, Ghibi’s most famous director, hates video games.

^ The trailer for …

Remember back then when I blog about the movie Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea? Unfortunately that movie and two other Japanese Films wasn’t able to claim the Golden Lion Award at the 65th Venice International Film Festival! However, each movie did had a prize to pick up in other competitions ^^.

Quote from Mainichi New:
“Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” took home the Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award and the viewers’ choice award. Mamoru Oshii’s animated film, “The Sky Crawlers,” earned the Future Film Festival Digital Award, and Takeshi …

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is a new film produced by Studio Ghibli and written by Hayao Miyazaki. Said to be released July 19 2008 in Japan, it will be a good few months before we can get the film at our local theaters.

This film is Miyazaki’s ninth film with Studio Ghibli. The plot centers on a goldfish named Ponyo who desperately wants to be a human. In pursuing her goal, she befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sousoke. Miyazaki has been working on this film since October 2006 …