Rounding out Studio Ghibli Fest 2022, the Academy Award-winning Spirited Away screens Oct. Howl’s Moving Castle, a 2004 fantasy adventure based loosely on a Diana Wynne Jones novel, merges magic and technology to express filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s fierce opposition to the Iraq War it will be in theaters Sept. The 1991’s film 2016 English dub features actors Daisy Ridley, Dev Patel, Ashley Eckstein and Alison Fernandez. Only Yesterday,from Academy Award-nominated director Isao Takahata, is next on Aug. In the English version, Kiki the entrepreneurial witch is portrayed by Kirsten Dunst and her black cat, Jiji, is voiced by the late Phil Hartman. 1 and 3, comes Kiki’s Delivery Service, a delightful 1989 story of a young provincial witch learning to make her own way in a larger world with her fussy feline companion. The English cast of this whimsical tale includes Anne Hathaway, Cary Elwes, Peter Boyle, Elliot Gould, Tim Curry and Andy Richter.
Up next is 2002’s The Cat Returns, June 26-27. Ponyo follows the 25th anniversary screening of Princess Mononoke, which kicked off Studio Ghibli Fest 2022 last month.
Studio Ghibli Fest 2022 continues in May with Ponyo, Hayao Miyazaki’s 2008 indirect adaptation of Hans Christen Andersen’s classical Little Mermaid fairy tale.Ĭatch the English dub of Ponyo - starring the voices of Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Lily Tomlin and Liam Neeson - May 15 and 18 and the original Japanese - with English subtitles - May 16. What’s more, The Wind Rises avoided blaming any sole country for the cataclysm that was World War II, for doing so would, as Hayao Miyazaki stated, put innocent people, who had little to do with the start of the war, in the same group as the malicious leaders who desired to see bloodshed no matter how catastrophic.Īs he steps into creating his final film inspired by the 1937 novel How Do You Live?, the forever-esteemed Hayao Miyazaki is sure to uphold his beliefs once more so that audiences can leave theaters with their hearts full of pride rather than their minds filled with violence.Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Email He did this by showing the tragedy of Jiro Horikoshi, the film’s protagonist, who saw his innovative creations meant to improve Japanese society become weapons of mass destruction. In the 2013 film, Miyazaki focused on highlighting the collateral damage that does, indeed, come with war. The critically acclaimed title The Wind Risesalso exhibits Miyazaki’s sentiments. Case in point, Grave of the Fireflies and Princess Mononoke, two of the many Studio Ghibli films that not only withheld from making a mockery of any culture or nationality but also made it a point to shed an unbiased light on the true complexities of war. Though his words are relatively recent, Hayao Miyazaki’s morals and values always rang true.
There’s no pride, no historical perspective.” Watching without any self-awareness is unbelievable. “You are the ones that, ‘bang,’ get shot. “Even in the Indiana Jones movies, there is a white guy who, ‘bang,’ shoots people, right? Japanese people who go along and enjoy with that are unbelievably embarrassing,” Miyazaki reportedly stated in a resurfaced interview. Those who don’t know that, yet say they love fantasy are idiots.” Hayao Miyazaki questions the violence in Hollywood’s iconic filmsĪdding on to his belief that Hollywood films often romanticize the horrors that come with war’s “collateral damage” for its audiences, Miyazaki notes the beloved Indiana Jones franchise is also another film that he grew to dislike to some extent for similar reasons. If you read the original work, you’ll understand, but in reality, the ones who were being killed are Asians and Africans.
Lord of the Rings is like that.”Ĭontinuing on, Miyazaki stated, “ The Lord of the Rings is a movie that has no problem doing that. “If someone is the enemy, it’s okay to kill endless numbers of them. “Americans shoot things and they blow up and the like, so as you’d expect, they make movies like that,” Miyazaki expressed at the time.