blog
Aug 31 2023
https://discoverghibli.com/castle-in-the-sky-novel-chapter-1-slug-valley/
I will now post 1 or 2 chapters of the Castle in the Sky novel per week. The first couple of chapters are not in the film and fans might find it interesting. Hope you like it!
Aug 29 2023
Arrietty: Making Convincing Visuals Preparations for a Complete Scene
(Interview with Ghibli animator Atsushi Okui)
https://discoverghibli.com/making-convincing-visuals-preparations-for-a-complete-scene/
Kiki’s Delivery: I Want to Show Various Facets of a Single Person
(Interview with Hayao Miyazaki)
https://discoverghibli.com/i-want-to-show-various-facets-of-a-single-person/
Kiki’s Delivery: Bringing Out the Local Color of a Fictional Country
Interview with Isao Takahata
https://discoverghibli.com/bringing-out-the-local-color-of-a-fictional-country/
Aug 26 2023
Reading “Porco Rosso” Through the Lens of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
https://discoverghibli.com/reading-porco-rosso-through-the-lens-of-antoine-de-saint-exupery/
The Power of Animation by Akiyuki Nosaka (Author of “Grave of the Fireflies”
Aug 24 2023
A World From Shou’s Perspective w/ Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (Arrietty)
I Thought “The Little People Under the Floor” Could Hint at the Times by Hayao Miyazaki (Arrietty)
https://discoverghibli.com/i-thought-the-little-people-under-the-floor-could-hint-at-the-times/
20 Aug 2023
Overdone the Pigeon Cut (Castle in the Sky) Interview with Ghibli Animator Makiko Futaki
https://discoverghibli.com/overdone-the-pigeon-cut/
I Want to Create Popular Culture that Transcend Time (Castle in the Sky) Interview with Hayao Miyazaki
https://discoverghibli.com/i-want-to-create-popular-culture-that-transcend-time/
18 Aug 2023
3 Articles on Whisper of the Heart:
The Night the 45 Year Old Rookie Director Kondo Yoshifumi Cried by Toshio Suzuki
https://discoverghibli.com/the-night-the-45-year-old-rookie-director-kondo-yoshifumi-cried/
The Sound That Connects the World and Time-Yukari Fujimoto
https://discoverghibli.com/the-sound-that-connects-the-world-and-time/
Meeting Someone I Admire: Interview with Yoshifumi Kondo x Aoi Hiiragi (Original author of “Whisper of the Heart”)
https://discoverghibli.com/meeting-someone-i-admire-yoshifumi-kondo-x-aoi-hiiragi/
17 Aug 2023
What We Wanted to Convey in this Film w/ Kondo Yoshifumi (Whisper of
the Heart)
https://discoverghibli.com/what-we-wanted-to-convey-in-this-film-yoshifumi-kondo/
Why Girls’ Manga Now–The Aim of This Film w/ Hayao Miyazaki
(Whisper of the Heart)
https://discoverghibli.com/why-girls-manga-now-the-aim-of-this-film/
12 Aug 2023
“Grave of the Fireflies” and Modern Children
https://discoverghibli.com/grave-of-the-fireflies-and-modern-children/
9 Aug 2023
Grave of the Fireflies: It’s Okay to be Weak, Toward Becoming a Kind Country
https://discoverghibli.com/its-okay-to-be-weak-toward-becoming-a-kind-country/
5 Aug 2023
Family Landscape- Brother of Hayao Miyazaki (Shiro Miyazaki) written in 1990
https://discoverghibli.com/family-landscape-brother-of-hayao-miyazaki-1990/
Ordered these book and am excited to try to translate them and add them in the site in the future.
Stories of Studio Ghibli by Toshio Suzuki, Textbooks of When Marnie Was There, Princess Kaguya
Novelized version of Castle in the Sky with Hayao Miyazaki and Osamu Kameoka
27 July 2023
What I Learned From “Totoro” by Pete Docter
25 July 2023
44 Questions to Hayao Miyazaki on “Princess Mononoke”
https://discoverghibli.com/44-questions-to-hayao-miyazaki-on-princess-mononoke/
Taking on the Role of a Supporting Producer (Isao Takakhata Interview about Nausicaa)
https://discoverghibli.com/taking-on-the-role-of-a-supporting-producer/
23 July 2023
My Grandfather, Gianni Caproni- The Era Depictred in Porco Rosso
https://discoverghibli.com/my-grandfather-gianni-caproni-the-era-depicted-in-porco-rosso/
22 July 2023
Self Reflection in Porco Rosso: A Conversation with Hayao Miyazaki
https://discoverghibli.com/self-reflection-in-porco-rosso-a-conversation-with-hayao-miyazaki/
13 July 2023
Here is more information about the upcoming film “How Do You Live?”
How Do You Live? Film Information Prior to Release
https://discoverghibli.com/how-do-you-live-film-information-prior-to-release/
12 July 2023
Nirvana’s West Wind
https://discoverghibli.com/nirvanas-west-wind/
A Discussion on Totoro from the Perspective of the Guardian Forest
https://discoverghibli.com/a-discussion-on-totoro-from-the-perspective-
of-the-guardian-forest/
10 July 2023
5 July 2023
I added 3 articles, one on Princess Mononoke and the other 2 are for Howl’s Moving Castle.
Fierce gods and Mankind by Hayao Miyazaki
https://discoverghibli.com/miyazaki-fierce-gods-and-mankind/
2 July 2023
What is the Magic of “Howl’s Moving Castle”
https://discoverghibli.com/what-is-the-magic-of-howls-moving-castle/
A Playboy has No Heart
https://discoverghibli.com/a-playboy-has-no-heart/
Here are two articles for the Nausicaa page
What are Storyboards or Ekonte?
https://discoverghibli.com/what-are-storyboards-or-ekonte/
The Princess Who Loves Insects
https://discoverghibli.com/the-princess-who-loves-insects/
31 June 2023
Updated another 3 articles on Howl’s Moving Castle:
Capturing the Characters Sensibilities in Howl’s Moving Castle
https://discoverghibli.com/capturing-the-characters-sensibilities-in-howls-moving-castle/
The Charm of Characters that Transform Freely
https://discoverghibli.com/the-charm-of-characters-that-transform-freely/
Miyazaki: “Yamashita’s ‘flair’ stands out in this film”
https://discoverghibli.com/miyazaki-yamashitas-flair-stands-out-in-this-film/
30 June 2023
Update 3 articles on Howl’s Moving Castle:
Howl’s Moving Castle: Director’s Vision Statement (2002)
https://discoverghibli.com/howls-moving-castle-directors-vision-statement/
The Most Challenging Work in All of Miyazaki’s Film
https://discoverghibli.com/the-most-challenging-work-in-all-of-miyazakis-films/
What is True Beauty?
https://discoverghibli.com/what-is-true-beauty/
29 June 2023
Just updated 4 pieces for Spirited Away:
“I Wanted to Depict the Inner Conflict of a Ten Year Old”
https://discoverghibli.com/depicting-the-inner-conflict-of-a-ten-year-old-girl/
Chihiro Within All of Us
https://discoverghibli.com/chihiro-within-all-of-us/
The Perfect Tunnel
https://discoverghibli.com/the-perfect-tunnel/
Lonely No-Face
28 June 2023
Just updated with three more pieces:
Kiki’s Delivery- Solving the Mystery of Ursula’s Painting
https://discoverghibli.com/solving-the-mystery-of-ursulas-painting/
Kiki’s Delivery- Kiki’s Black Dress & Daily Life by Hayao Miyazaki
https://discoverghibli.com/kikis-black-dress-and-daily-life/
Spirited Away- The Purpose of Spirited Away
27 June 2023
Just update the website with two more pieces:
Castle in the Sky- The Myth of the Girl Who Fell from the Sky
https://discoverghibli.com/the-myth-of-the-girl-who-fell-from-the-sky/
Kiki’s Delivery- About the Girl that Flies
26 June 2023
Hi all, I’m currently spell/ grammar checking articles, but so far I was able to get 3 articles posted:
Nausicaa-Biology of the Sea of Decay
https://discoverghibli.com/biology-of-the-sea-of-decay/
Nausicaa-Nausicaa as a Girl & Nausicaa as a Heroine
https://discoverghibli.com/nausicaa-as-a-heroine/
Castle in the Sky-The Inner Trajectory of Pazu and Sheeta
https://discoverghibli.com/inner-trajectory-of-pazu-and-sheeta/