Though Miyazaki usually writes his own stories, he based Howl's Moving Castle on a young adult novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones. It tells the story of a girl transformed into a 90-year ...

Castle in the Sky is one of the many Studio Ghibli films that prove that Hayao Miyazaki is a master of storytelling and creation. I can’t wait to watch the rest of the films that I haven’t seen.

OBI HATTORI-TEI. Location: 4-3-19 Obi, Nichinan, Miyazaki 889-2535. Direction: Follow the street that runs past Obi Castle’s Ote-mon Gate for about 150 yards.Hattori-tei is on the opposite side ...

The politically defined Kyushu region comprises the seven prefectures on the island of Kyushu—Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Oita, Saga, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima—and Okinawa prefecture to the south. Each ...

Together, Miyazaki’s story and Takahata’s production created a new industry standard through Castle in the Sky, with the film ...

Similar to Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle is a sumptuously illustrated fairy tale with a pro-environment and anti-war slant, though unlike those modern ...

Hayao Miyazaki”s animated films are loved by the world over and his 2004 film, “Howl”s Moving Castle,” is a truly magical experience. Miyazaki has been called “The Walt Disney of Japan ...

Miyazaki’s DVD castle. March 30, 2006 12:00 am by Daily Free Press Admin. In an age ... Hayao Miyazaki, director of 2003’s Oscar-winning Spirited Away, is one artist who never fails to exhilarate ...

Every Hayao Miyazaki movie binge should start with his rollicking feature directorial debut, and fortunately it's now streaming on Netflix.

Anime legend Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved 1986 film Castle in the Sky is making a return to the big screen — in China. The movie, which never opened theatrically in the country during its original ...

Anime legend Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved 1986 film Castle in the Sky is making a return to the big screen — in China. The movie, which never opened theatrically in the country during its original ...