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Asian cinema: Japanese films
Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki, born 5 January 1941, is a revered Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist. The animated films produced through his company, Studio Ghibli, commonly smash box office records in Japan and achieve international acclaim. Miyazaki is particularly well known for imaginative fantasy-themed productions including 1988's My Neighbour Totoro and 2001's Spirited Away.
Born
5 Jan 1941
Industry
Entertainment, Film
Job Title
Filmmaker
An image generated by AI in the style of Hayao Miyazaki’s anime films for Studio Ghibli. Photo: AFP
Asian cinema: Japanese films

AI threatens anime artists but Ghibli’s Miyazaki irreplaceable, son says

Goro Miyazaki talks about AI, animation and why making films as deep as his father’s is impossible, as ChatGPT releases new image generator.

Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT usage hits record as Studio Ghibli-style AI images go viral

Art

Are ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli-style AI images fun memes or copyright breach?

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Asian cinema: Japanese films

Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki’s treasured car put on display

The Citroen 2CV, a French classic car, can be seen at Ghibli Park, with an original manga depicting how Miyazaki fell in love with it.

Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki’s Citroen 2CV is displayed at Ghibli Park, a theme park featuring characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli’s films such as My Neighbor Totoro, in Nagakute, Aichi prefecture, on January 29, 2025. Photo: Kyodo
European cinema

Robot Dreams director on telling a tear-jerking story with ‘no words’

The director of Oscar-nominated Robot Dreams, Pablo Berger, opens up about adapting his animated movie from a tear-jerking graphic novel, and why it’s too real to be a children’s film.

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Asian cinema: Japanese films

‘Breathtaking’: anime classic Spirited Away becomes a sold-out West End hit

The live version of Hayao Miyazaki’s hit anime Spirited Away has found new fans in London’s West End – the three-hour play is filling the London Coliseum and its run has been extended by five weeks.

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Asian cinema

Can’t wait for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga? 5 post-apocalyptic movies from Asia

While you wait to see Anya Taylor-Joy battle Chris Hemsworth, how about treating yourself to some of the best Asian films depicting an uninhabitable future, from Akira to Snowpiercer.

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Anya Taylor-Joy in a still from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Ahead of the film’s release, why not indulge in some of the best post-apocalyptic visions from Asian filmmakers, from Akira to Snowpiercer and Warriors of Future? Photo: Jasin Boland
China-Japan relations

Chinese nationalists take aim at Japanese animation master Miyazaki’s WWII film

Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron is a box office success in China, but some say the Studio Ghibli co-founder’s anti-war stance is ‘hypocritical’ as the film portrays Japanese characters as victims.

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Asian cinema: Japanese films

Profile | ‘Fantasy is necessary’: Oscar winner and anime legend Hayao Miyazaki, 83

Hayao Miyazaki won the Oscar for best animated feature for his ‘last’ film The Boy and the Heron. We look back at the life and work of the 83-year-old Studio Ghibli co-founder.

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American cinema

Oscars 2024 as it happened: Oppenheimer wins best picture and 6 other awards

Christopher Nolan’s biopic of the father of the atomic bomb dominates the Oscars, winning the top prize, plus best director for Nolan, best actor and four technical awards. Hayao Miyazaki also wins.

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Cillian Murphy, winner of the Academy Award for best actor, in a scene from Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s epic about the father of the atomic bomb. Photo: Universal Pictures via AP
Academy Awards

Oscars 2024: predictions for Oppenheimer, best actor and screenplay and more

Our 2024 Academy Awards predictions, from why Oppenheimer should and will win best picture, to how Ryan Gosling may be pipped at the post for best supporting actor.

Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt in a still from Oppenheimer.
Asian cinema: Japanese films

Anime master Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron tops box office in US, Canada

Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Boy and the Heron, has topped the box office in the US and Canada, beating out the latest Hunger Games and Godzilla movies.

Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | The Boy and the Heron: Hayao Miyazaki goes out on a high

Hayao Miyazaki’s latest and possibly last anime is about a boy searching for his mother in wartime Japan. He moves to a farm, where he meets a goblin that looks like a heron and tells him his mother is still alive.

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Asian diaspora

Profile | ‘A fire in my belly’: actress Mei Mac on fighting stereotypes about Asians

Actress Mei Mac relishes roles that defy stereotypes, and is proud that her part in an adaptation of Studio Ghibli film My Neighbour Totoro led to her being the first East Asian to be nominated for an Olivier Award.

Mei Mac in a scene from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “My Neighbour Totoro” stage show. The actress, born in Britain to a Hong Kong immigrant family, became the first East Asian nominated for an Olivier Award for her role. Photo: Twitter/@totoro_show
Asian cinema: Japanese films

Launch of Hayao Miyazaki’s film How Do You Live? sparks fan frenzy online

Chinese fans of anime master Hayao Miyazaki joined in a social media frenzy over the release in Japanese cinemas of How Do You Live? – the director’s latest, and possibly last, film for Studio Ghibli.

Merchandise for Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, “How Do You Live?” is displayed for sale at a cinema in Tokyo on the first day of its screening in Japan. Photo: AFP
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi’s HK Phil concerts: flair and fantasy

Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi led a triptych of Hong Kong premieres from the podium himself, with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra proving itself up to the musical challenges.

Japan

All-Asian cast of My Neighbour Totoro breaches UK theatre ‘bamboo ceiling’

Royal Shakespeare Company’s staging of adaptation of Studio Ghibli film feels like a breakthrough to its East Asian cast members.

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Arts & Culture

Video | Studio Ghibli theme park opens in November

‘Spirited Away’ studio to open Ghibli theme park in November 2022
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Asian cinema: Japanese films

13 things you may not know about Japanese Cinema

From Akira Kurosawa to Yasujiro Ozu, from Takeshi Kitano to Hirokazu Koreeda, from samurai to yakuza to the Japanese New Wave, and from anime to J-horror to pink films, this is the place to go for reviews, interviews and features about movies both classic and new from Japan.

Stories behind top Asian brands

The story of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki, anime film legends

From My Neighbor Totoro to The Wind Rises, Studio Ghibli has produced some of the biggest anime hits in the world. Its co-founder Miyazaki’s love of art shines through in its animated productions.

Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Earwig and the Witch: Studio Ghibli’s first CG animation

The animation in Earwig and the Witch is the first from Studio Ghibli to be fully computer generated, but it still retains its unique hand-drawn look.

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A still from Earwig and the Witch.
Asian cinema: Japanese films

Explainer | What makes animator Hayao Miyazaki's films so special?

Apart from Walt Disney, Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki is the most famous animator to have ever lived, his films capturing the imagination of viewers of all ages. We look at his amazing career and his biggest influences.

A still from Spirited Away (2001). Photo: Studio Ghibli
Asian cinema: Japanese films

The 25 best Japanese movies of the 21st century

From Battle Royale to Spirited Away to Shoplifters, this selection of the best Japanese movies of the 21st century highlights the strength of the country’s cinema industry over the last 20 years.

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Books and literature

Review | Studio Ghibli memoir: big on detail, lacking in movie magic

Hayao Miyazaki’s creative process at the Japanese animation studio, Harvey Weinstein and Neil Gaiman clashing over a translation of Princess Mononoke, all things Japanese, and more, in American Ghibli executive’s memoir.

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NetEase

NetEase, Studio Ghibli team up to stream music from iconic anime films

On-demand streaming service NetEase Cloud Music will make Studio Ghibli’s music catalogue, including albums and soundtracks from acclaimed animated films such as My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away, available to millions of subscribers in China.

The albums and soundtracks from popular anime films directed by Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and one of Japan's greatest animators, will be available online in China via music streaming service NetEase Cloud Music. Photo: Indie Wire
Travel news and advice

Travellers' Checks | In 1920, 11 pilots set out to fly from Rome to Tokyo – only two made it

It took the successful crews more than three months to reach their destination, where they received heroes welcomes.

Pilot Arturo Ferrarin, who was the first person to fly from Europe to Japan, in a kimono given to him at the end of the Rome to Tokyo race.
Netflix

Netflix releases 21 of Ghibli Studios’ most iconic animated films

Netflix has the rights to 21 Studio Ghibli classics, including Japanese animator and manga artist Hayao Miyazaki’s films

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Netflix

Netflix bets on Japanese animation with Studio Ghibli films

Streaming platform Netflix is betting on the popularity of Japanese animated films with the release from next month of 21 movies from Studio Ghibli in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

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