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Over the weekend, a rumor started circulating that the iconic Japanese animation studio, Studio Ghibli, was shutting down nearly a year after co-founder and Walt Disney of Anime, Hayao Miyazaki, retired. The other co-founder and current general manager, Toshio Suzuki, has cleared up this rumor a bit, explaining that the studio might be dissolved, but for now they are doing some "housecleaning" in order to try to save it. Read More »
Earlier this year, Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement from filmmaking. The living legend is responsible for such classic Studio Ghibli animated films as Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro, and his final film, The Wind Rises, was released this year. Just like all other Ghibli films, The Wind Rises gets an English-language dubbed cast to replace the Japanese for a wider audience. This cast was just released and it includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci, Mandy Patinkin, William H. Macy, Werner Herzog, Mae Whitman, and Elijah Wood. Read More »
