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Hayao Miyazaki

Of Deities and Dragons: Newtown, Trauma and the Uses of Fantasy

Susan J. Napier | Posted 02.20.2013 | Arts
Susan J. Napier

The muzak was playing "Tis the season to be jolly" when I walked into the supermarket on Friday December 14.

From Apocalyptic Tapestries to Apocalyptic Conferences: Watching and Waiting for the End of the World

Susan J. Napier | Posted 01.13.2013 | Arts
Susan J. Napier

Eschatology, the study of the end of the world, can seem a little heavy duty but these days it seems to me that discussions of apocalypse can be pretty significant, if not actually sexy.

The Story Of A Japanese Girl And Her Pig Parents

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 02.03.2012 | Home

The images reposted here originally appeared in a post for JoBlo.com. Over at the movie-cataloguing site JoBlo, a guy named Steve Seigh keeps writi...

WATCH: The 20 Most Innovative Animated Films

Posted 12.30.2011 | Arts

Animation has long experienced the stigma that it is a medium designed for children, yet examples can be seen that defy this classification. Many ...

Diana Wynne Jones: An Appreciation

Monica Edinger | Posted 05.28.2011 | Books
Monica Edinger

One of the great, great, great writers of fantasy is no longer with us. For so many of us who love this genre, there was no one more esteemed than Diana Wynne Jones.

Animation Legend Hayao Miyazaki Calls iPad Use 'Disgusting,' 'Masturbation-Like'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, known for animated cinematic greats like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Howl's Moving Castle , is no fan of Apple's ...

HuffPost Review: Tales From Earthsea

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

I'm sure that Tales from Earthsea, taken from the science-fiction writing of Ursula LeGuin, will entertain undiscriminating young viewers and will probably thrill anime lovers. It left me bored and impatient.

ReelzChannel: Top Ten "Hazardous Cargo" Movies

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Dan Persons

For the ambitious music industry intern Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) in Get Him to the Greek, the task was supposedly easy: Escort a musician from London ...

The Final Destination 3D Defeats Halloween II in the Year's Dumbest Showdown: Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Scott Mendelson

Yup, summer is officially over. Now we can get to what's really important -- trying to keep up with the dozen or so new Oscar-bait releases and overestimating James Cameron's Avatar.

Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo on the Cliff:" A Huffington Post Review

Eric Lurio | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Eric Lurio

Much has been written about the Japanese "cult of the cute". The great animation director Hayao Miyazaki has used this cult to create one of the more disturbing monsters in cinematic history.