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Toshio Suzuki is a film producer of anime and a long-time colleague of Hayao Miyazaki, as well as the former president of Studio Ghibli. Suzuki is renowned as one of Japan's most successful producers after the enormous box office success (in Japan) of many Ghibli films.
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- 2 min
- Nagoya, Japan
In 1986 Suzuki served on the production committee for the Studio Ghibli film Laputa: Castle in the Sky for Tokuma Shoten, released in August, and he succeeded Ogata as Animage editor-in-chief in October. In 1988 he again served on Tokuma Shoten's production committee.
Feb 8, 2024 · THE BOY AND THE HERON From Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Animated Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature Now playing in theatres...
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- 115.7K
- GKIDS Films
- Tales from Earthsea
- The Cat Returns
- My Neighbors The Yamadas
- When Marnie Was There
- From Up on Poppy Hill
- Ocean Waves
- The Secret World of Arrietty
- Whisper of The Heart
- The Wind Rises
- Pom Poko
Even the greatest studios occasionally have a misfire, and this cluttered adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea is Ghibli’s Green Lantern. It was the debut directorial effort by Goro Miyazaki, son of the legendary Hayao Miyazaki. Tales From Earthsea is a beautifully animated, yet difficult to follow fantasy epic that tries to cram too much nar...
The Cat Returns is a perfectly lovely children’s film, though at 75 minutes feels a little rushed. When Haru stops a cat from being run over she discovers he is actually Prince Lune of the Cat Kingdom. Journeying to the Cat Kingdom, Haru is offered the Prince’s hand in marriage. But when she begins to become a cat herself, Haru finds herself racing...
This family-based comedy from Isao Takahata is a vivid change of pace from his tragic masterpiece Grave of the Fireflies. Based on a popular Japanese comic, this film follows the antics of the Yamadas family as they cook, work, struggle over the remote, and fight off bikers. Oddly dark at times, My Neighbors the Yamadasis a brightly colored comedy ...
Using childhood illness and isolation as a jumping point, When Marnie Was There is a reflective fantasy with a mysterious twist. Following an asthma attack, a young girl named Anna is forced to move to a small town by the sea. Things seem hopeless until Anna meets a ghost. Using hyperrealistic animation to ground the world while injecting moments o...
Goro Miyazaki makes up for Tales from Earthsea with this gorgeous coming of age period piece. Set before the 1964 Olympic games, viewers join two high school students trying to save a beloved landmark. But behind the scenes, the duo learns an important lesson about love. Satoshi Takebe’s score is straight out of a classic Hollywood love story, full...
This 1993 made for TV movie is one of the true treasures of HBO Max, having never been formally released in America. On a trip home for his high school reunion, Taku reflects on his final year of school and the love triangle that defined it. At 72 minutes this is a brisk love story that doesn’t waste time. Instead, Ocean Waves uses nostalgia to bui...
Arrietty is just like every teen: curious, adventurous, and clashing with her folks. The only catch is she’s just a few inches tall. Living deep in the walls of a suburban home, her family spends their days hiding from the homeowners and scrounging for supplies. Everything is fine until Arrietty meets a 12-year-old Shawn who moves into her home, br...
Viewers join a shy 14-year-old girl named Shizuku with a vivid fantasy life and dreams of becoming a writer. Then she meets Seiji, a neighborhood boy who flusters and frustrates her in equal measure. Using mind-bending fantasy sequences to augment the characters’ arch, Whisper of the Heart cleverly recreates the tension of youth. Mayao Miyazaki did...
Hayao Miyazaki’s career output is known for its anti-violence messages. So you might find it strange he’d make a film about Jiro Horikoshi, who designed Japanese fighter jets for World War II. Horikoshi is portrayed as a man of science, who dreams of a day when his inventions will move beyond military uses. In keeping with Miyazaki’s history of pac...
No film will push the limits of parents new to Studio Ghibli quite like the tanuki testicle bouncing insanity of Pom Poko. Standing proudly on the precipice of absurdist humor and social commentary comes this story of nature vs. capitalism. The Tanuki are a mysterious, mystic race of playful raccoon-like creatures with big eyes and massive testicle...
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Founded on June 15, 1985, the studio is headed by the directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and the producer Toshio Suzuki. Prior to the formation of the studio, Miyazaki and Takahata had already had long careers in Japanese film and television animation and had worked together on Horus: Prince of the Sun (aka The Little Norse Prince ...
Aug 21, 2023 · Studio Ghibli's co-founder Toshio Suzuki delves into his decades-long friendship with Hayao Miyazaki, and why he won't retire just yet.
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His most famous films include My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Princess Mononoke (1997), and Spirited Away (2001). Each film from Studio Ghibli takes you on a unique emotional...
