New Ghibli Film: Kokuriko-Zaka Kara

Kokuriko-Zaka Kara (Ghibli)

Best Anime OP ED: 1990s

This is a third installment of Kitsune’s Thoughts special look back at the decades of anime music (70s, 80s). This time, Kitsune teamed up with Ayu to select anime themes of the 90s. The post is organized chronologically again, but spans many pages, so take your time.

Bring on the 90’s!

Best Anime OP ED: 1980s

After covering best anime themes of the 70s, let us look at the golden age of anime The time it took me to put together this post is measured in days rather than hours, but pleasant memories and wonderful voices certainly compensated the effort. This post contains more than 50 clips and 15 pages, so take your time – I hope you’ll enjoy at least some of these songs as much as I did

Studio Ghibli was founded in 1984 and released its first film, Laputa: Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ), in 1986. The illustration above depicts a scene from that movie

Ghibli Academy (comic)

Art and story by Maldives

Howl’s Moving Castle Anime

Howl’s Moving Castle Anime

Teru no Uta – Aoi Teshima

Joe Hisaishi and Studio Ghibli

Joe Hisaishi composed many wonderful music scores for Ghibli films. This is an excerpt from his concert featuring music for some of my favorite anime: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, and Kiki’s Delivery Service

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Impressions

“I believe that making animation with pencils is the only way for us to survive.”
- Hayao Miyazaki

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is a Hit

“I believe that making animation with pencils is the only way for us to survive. Everybody is discarding pencils. Because of that, at least we should not lose track of ourselves.”
- Hayao Miyazaki