Since the first time I caught Studio Ghibli's 2001 anime Spirited Away, I've always had a special place in my heart for the animation studio dubbed the "Disney of the East". In preparation for my ...

Within the first ten minutes of watching Hayao Miyazaki’s newest film, ”Ponyo,” audiences can already predict what the story will be about. Fish meets boy, fish turns into girl and reunites with boy.

If you don’t mind semi-ignoring the plot of “Ponyo” — and the movie makes it exceedingly easy to do just that — the latest feature from Japanese animation god Hayao Miyazaki (“Spirited Away,” “Howl’s ...

The first of two feature-length animated films to be presented in competition at Venice, Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea" is a refreshing thirst-quencher. By The Associated Press More ...

An exhibition of the most rapturous watercolors is currently on display at U.S. movie theaters. Ponyo, the latest film from anime master Hayao Miyazaki — Academy Award winner for his 2001 film, ...

While Hurricane Gustav was chewing up Cuba and storming toward Louisiana, the screen of the Venice Film Festival’s Sala Grande was showing a very sweet tsunami. In the animated movie Ponyo on the ...