Hayao Miyazaki once scrapped a mysterious 1980s anime film. Here’s how his philosophy killed anime’s greatest unmade movie.

Hayao Miyazaki remains the most captivating name attached to the anime genre. Often described as the modern equivalent to Walt Disney, Miyazaki revolutionized anime for an entire generation of fans, ...

Miyazaki's biggest film was cancelled in the '80s, and here is everything that diehard Studio Ghibli fans need to know about ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

Hayao Miyazaki has become one of the biggest names in the anime world, routinely creating heart-wrenching, legendary films thanks to Studio Ghibli. Even though The Boy And The Heron, the recently ...

Yoshiharu Sato shares how Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki supposedly abandoned an early anime project.

For many fans, Spirited Away was the film that put Miyazaki on the map. But insiders were well aware of his genius years beforehand. Critics hailed Princess Mononoke (1997 with a U.S. release in 1999) ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki’s decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime master is No. 1 at the North American box office. Miyazaki’s latest enchantment, “The ...

Ask a hundred random people on the street to name an anime director and at least 90% of anyone who can even answer will say “Hayao Miyazaki.” The Studio Ghibli cofounder and two-time Oscar winner ...