Found in Spain: this gorgeous guide to the life and films of Hayao Miyazaki, fully illustrated and handwritten by artist-designer Amaia Arrazola.

Photo of a book with a pinkish cover with the capitalised yellow title THE MANGA BIBLE, with author credit HELEN McCARTHY

Helen's beautiful new book, spotted out in the wild! (@glider.bsky.social, @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social)

Reviewed ARCO for @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/reviews/arco 🌈

Arco, from sketch to screen

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One week until we screen Mamoru Hosoda's BELLE on the biggest cinema screen in Europe!

New screening!

*Absurdly* short notice but we're screening the Oscar-nominated ARCO along with a selection of short films by director Ugo Bienvenu, followed by a recorded Q&A with the man himself.

Friday 20th March at Picturehouse Central. Come along!

www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

🎙️ NEW EPISODE! 🎙️

This week, @michaeljleader.bsky.social speaks with director Kenichiro Akimoto about his time loop sci-fi flick All You Need Is Kill, which is screening in UK cinemas now!

🎧 - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Cover images of The Manga Bible American, French and German editions and promo materials. The cover colour scheme is hot pink and black with bright yellow and white lettering. Cover art c Baron Yoshimoto, used with permission

All I want for my birthday is for everyone who sees this to buy #TheMangaBible or borrow it from their local library. If you buy it from an indie bookstore or bookshop.org that's even better because it shares the love even further.

📽️ NEW SCREENING!

To mark the release of Mamoru Hosoda's new film, we're presenting a special screening of his digital age spin on Beauty and the Beast... BELLE!

⌚ - 11.30am
🗓️ - Sat 14th March
🍿 - BFI IMAX

🎟️ - whatson.bfi.org.uk/imax/Online/...

We've got a few Ghibliotheque screenings coming up in March. Here's the first!

BELLE has an amazing soundtrack. That is worth the admission alone.

📽️ NEW SCREENING!

To mark the release of Mamoru Hosoda's new film, we're presenting a special screening of his digital age spin on Beauty and the Beast... BELLE!

⌚ - 11.30am
🗓️ - Sat 14th March
🍿 - BFI IMAX

🎟️ - whatson.bfi.org.uk/imax/Online/...

Great film, great poster! Kiki's Delivery Service in IMAX!

*in US and Canada

New book coming out in August! A fun challenge to write capsule micro-essays on hundreds of different Ghibli-related topics.

With over 200 bite-sized entries spanning iconic creatures, famous characters, legendary filmmakers and their many themes, influences and collaborators, the Ghiblipedia covers everything from Arrietty to Zeniba and beyond.

Now available to pre-order!

📚 Coming in August.. Ghiblipedia!

After travelling around the globe with our last book, we're returning to Studio Ghibli to present this beautifully illustrated encyclopedia that dives deep into the details of the world's greatest animation studio.

Poster for the animated film Little Amelie

Very short notice, but we're doing a 'Ghibliotheque Presents' screening of LITTLE AMELIE, one of the year's best animated films, this Friday (13/02) at the Vue West End in London.

Directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han will be with us for a Q&A afterwards, too!

www.myvue.com/book-tickets...

It's official. Anime Ltd are releasing AKIRA, GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES and ANGEL'S EGG in the UK this year!

Dates to come!

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New podcast!

A big chat with artist and filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu about Arco and all sorts: Dragon Ball Z, Marguerite Duras, the power of "the idea", the importance of routine, and the danger of living 'Instagram Lives'.

Strap in!

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...

Isao Takahata's epic transatlantic anime series 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (aka Marco) started its run on Japanese TV 50 years ago today.

It's still relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, so I'm chuffed that I got to write a mini-essay on the series in our book Ghibliverse.

The Wallace and Gromit exhibition at the Harris Museum in Preston is brilliant and free and finishes on the 4th!

Although... expect a queue! We had to wait for an hour to get in but it was more than worth it to see these icons of animation up close - and in Nick Park's hometown, too.

Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki, still at it.

Happy new year from Studio Ghibli (illustration by Hayao Miyazaki)

www.ghibli.jp/info/014035/

Dreaming that we get a proper UK release of this someday!

Cheers for reading my question out @ghibliotheque.bsky.social ; a great selection of shorts to add my crimbo limbo watchlist ✌🏼

Amazing stat on @ghibliotheque.bsky.social - that Julia Donaldson is the best selling English language author in the world, even if you include the wizard stuff.

Cheeky pre-Christmas episode!

If The Snowman defined an era of animated festive telly, the Donaldson-Scheffler adaptations have ruled the last 15 years.

So here's a nice little chat with Axel Scheffler to mark the *thirteenth* of his collabs with Julia Donaldson making the leap to the screen.