Adziu's small corner

Miyazaki and Takahata have been in the anime business for a very long time. Watching Panda Kopanda , it really feels like going back to the ...

Jarinko Chie is another pre-Ghibli movie directed by Isao Takahata, this one from 1981. This is perhaps his most immediate and light film a...

Tonari no Yamada-kun was the second Ghibli film I ever saw, and the contrast with Mononoke-Hime couldn’t have been greater. However, I was...

If Miyazaki-sensei is the main-mast of the good ship Stajio Jiburi -go, his sturdy foremast has to be Takahata Isao, director of the hauntin...

What I suspected is now confirmed. I’ve seen every Ghibli film directed by Miyazaki, and with Poroporo, every Ghibili film directed by Takah...

Forget Nausicaa . This is where Ghibli really begins. Takahata may not have the mass international appeal of Miyazaki, but he is at least a...

This film is beyond a doubt Takahata Isao’s masterpiece (although I may personally prefer Cero-hiki no Gauche ), and amongst Studio Ghibli’...

The idea behind Fuyu no Hi is a very clever one, and it is one of two things that draw an arthouse audience to this short animated film – to...

Even from Takahata, I wasn’t expecting something quite so good. Perhaps it’s because I associate his pre-Ghibli work with Horus and Pand...