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REVIEW: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

virginiakublawi | Aug 25, 2021 | 0

Studio Ghibli released a second movie in 2013, this time directed by Hayao Miyazaki’s longtime associate and the studio’s co-founder, Isao Takahata. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya is based on “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” an ancient Japanese fairy tale about a girl found in a bamboo stal...

Star Wars Releases Final Visions Trailer and Announces Voice Cast

virginiakublawi | Aug 17, 2021 | 2

Just over a month from the premiere of Star Wars: Visions on Disney+, Lucasfilm has released the final trailer in both English and Japanese. The English and Japanese voice casts have also been revealed. The anthology series’ English cast will feature Star Wars veterans like Andrew Kishino (Saw Ger...

REVIEW: The Wind Rises (2013)

virginiakublawi | Aug 9, 2021 | 0

The Wind Rises is in the later batch of Studio Ghibli movies I never saw for one reason or another. I was always curious about this one because it’s actually based on a true story, that being the life of Jiro Horikoshi, engineer of the Mitsubishi A6M “Zero” fighter. The Wind Rises ...

REVIEW: From Up On Poppy Hill (2011)

virginiakublawi | Aug 2, 2021 | 0

From Up On Poppy Hill was Gorō Miyazaki’s second attempt at directing a film for the studio his father co-founded. I’ve seen them all out of order, first watching Earwig and the Witch when it was released on HBO Max. I wasn’t impressed with that film and was left perplexed by the ...

REVIEW: Erased (2016)

virginiakublawi | Jul 20, 2021 | 1

Based on a manga of the same name by Kei Sanbe, Erased is an anime miniseries from 2016. The series only ran 13 episodes but covers a lot of ground, following a character who experiences “revivals,” or the rare opportunity to change the past. Erased finds protagonist Satoru Fujinuma at 2...

REVIEW: The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

virginiakublawi | Jul 12, 2021 | 0

Based on The Borrowers by Mary Norton, The Secret World of Arrietty follows a family of tiny people as they try to survive an increasingly hostile world. The film was released in 2010 and was the directorial debut of Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who would go on to direct When Marnie Was There, also for Stu...