hayao miyazaki
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Studio Ghibli Park Unveils Its Wondrous Valley of Witches
With the Valley of Witches set to open March 16, Ghibli Park will finally be complete. Since 2022, the attraction—nestled in the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagoya, Japan—has unlocked realms inspired by Studio Ghibli’s legacy of films. But it’s not to be mistaken for a modern theme park; Hayao Miyazaki himself mandated that…
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10 Studio Ghibli Dubs We Love, Including The Boy and the Heron
In defense of English dubs, no one does it better than Studio Ghibli. It’s not a matter of either-or; with the incredible global talents that span the original Japanese voices and the English casts, it just means we get more! With the release of The Boy and the Heron, which features Robert Pattinson’s dedicated vocal bird…
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Robert Pattinson Went Full Bird for Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron
When Hayao Miyazaki announced that The Boy and the Heron might be his last picture, Studio Ghibli’s U.S. distributor GKIDS knew it had a big task ahead, assembling a very special dub cast for the English-language version of the film. While dubs can be a contentious topic in the animated film world, GKIDS and Ghibli have…
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Check Out This Year’s Harvey Award Nominees
The year 2023 marks the 35th anniversary of the Harvey Awards, one of the most prestigious ceremonies in comics—and a celebration of the myriad forms they’ve inspired across the world and across mediums. To mark the occasion, io9 has teamed up with the organization to lift the lid on this year’s nominees, ahead of the…