Renowned animation outfit Studio Ghibli ponders its future as its new Tale of the Princess Kaguya looks to the past.
by J.R. Jones
This past August the renowned Japanese animation outfit Studio Ghibli announced that it would halt production temporarily to ponder its creative and financial future following the retirement of director and founding member Hayao Miyazaki. For years Miyazaki has been the international face of Ghibli, with such critical and commercial hits as Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), and The Wind Rises (2013).…[ Read more ]