
The gifted pixel artists of Cinefix have made another retro adaptation of a popular studio Ghibli film, this time with Princess Mononoke being given the honor as the entire movie is summarized over the span of 3 minutes – once again demonstrating the influential might of studio Ghibli.
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Dedicated Minecraft players have shown off another breathtaking masterpiece composed of precisely positioned blocks and hundreds of hours of highly productive labor, as the world of Studio Ghibli’s revered movie “Laputa – Castle in the Sky” is stunningly recreated – bound to be recognizable to those who have witnessed the legendary movie.
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Revered animation studio Ghibli has received a tribute in the form of an 8-bit recreation of their magnum opus film “Spirited Away“, summarizing the movie in but a mere 5 minutes as it hastily transitions from one scene to the next – whilst making several references to the 8-bit console games of yore.
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Lady anime watchers have compiled a concise ranking of the anime that can be watched again and again without becoming stale – with the animated film powerhouse that is Studio Ghibli as usual dominating nicely, which may be as well considering the studio is now on “hiatus”…
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Ghibli giant Hayao Miyazaki has – to the surprise of nobody it seems – retracted his latest promise to retire, making it the 7th time he has vowed to quit only to think better of it.
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Though a taboo subject for some, Japanese anime fans quizzed on which anime titles they would like Hollywood to adapt into a movie (or, perhaps more realistically, despoil into an abomination) have gamely surrendered their favourite classics for inclusion into the remake mill…
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Cinema going anime fans have been attempting to rank the best received or most hotly anticipated of 2013’s theatrical releases – with an outstanding shonen showing well in evidence, and barely a look in for otaku favourites…
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Studio Ghibli has announced world-renowned director Hayao Miyazaki “is retiring from making feature films,” throwing the future of Studio Ghibli into immediate doubt.
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Ghibli classic Kiki’s Delivery Service is receiving a (Japanese) live action adaptation, and for once there is some enthusiasm that it may not be butchered – based largely on the response to rookie 16-year-old actress Fuuka Koshiba’s “picture perfect” cosplay casting as Kiki.
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Anime movie lovers have compiled a ranking of their most beloved anime films – with Gainax and KyoAni for once handily supplanting the inescapable Ghibli movies.
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As if it were not already plain enough how much the tastes of American anime fans differ to those of the Japanese, a survey of what the Japanese think of the USA’s “Top 30 Anime Classics” confirms it in no uncertain terms, with Ghost in the Shell and Akira yet again losing out to such genre classics as Pokemon, although it seems virtually everyone can agree on the greatness of Ghibli.
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Whether for their villainy, annoying nature or just because they have their own legion of detractors, anime fans have ranked the most unforgivable of anime characters, providing some unusual choices for once…
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