The Art of Anime: Studio Ghibli

6/2/05 to 6/30/05

  • Howl's Moving Castle, June 9|© 2004 Nibariki • TGNDDDT

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  • Past
    Films
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Past Films

  • Only Yesterday

    • Thursday, June 30 19:30

    Please see June 19.

  • My Neighbors the Yamadas

    • Sunday, June 26 14:00

    Takahata adopts a soft watercolor style for this wry, charming sketch of Japanese family life.

  • Pom Poko

    • Sunday, June 26 16:05

    Please see June 17.

  • Grave of the Fireflies

    • Sunday, June 26 18:25

    Two children survive on their own in the last days of World War II in Takahata's haunting anime.

  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    • Sunday, June 19 14:00

    Please see June 2.

  • Porco Rosso

    • Sunday, June 19 16:15

    Please see June 17.

  • Only Yesterday

    • Sunday, June 19 18:00

    Takahata's elegiac anime shows the value of an ordinary life lived in ordinary times, as a young Tokyo office worker nostalgic for small-town ways communes with the ghost of her childhood.

  • Porco Rosso

    • Friday, June 17 19:30

    With its spectacular flight scenes, this saga of a flying–ace antifascist pig is a showcase for Miyazaki's lifelong aviation obsession. Repeated June 19.

  • Pom Poko

    • Friday, June 17 21:25

    Raccoon–like shapechangers use their trickster talents to thwart destruction of their habitat in Isao Takahata's witty, visually stunning film. Repeated June 26.

  • Princess Mononoke

    • Thursday, June 16 19:30

    Please see June 5.

  • My Neighbor Totoro

    • Sunday, June 12 14:00

    Young girls befriend forest spirits in Miyazaki's classic charmer.

  • Kiki's Delivery Service

    • Sunday, June 12 15:50

    A 13–year–old witch's life takes off in this enchanting coming–of–age story.

  • Spirited Away

    • Sunday, June 12 18:00

    Miyazaki's Oscar–winner is set in a bathhouse of the gods.

  • Howl's Moving Castle

    • Thursday, June 9 15:00

    Special Added Matinee! Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones, this spectacular new anime blends European fairy tale with director Hayao Miyazaki's distinctive sensibility. Also screened as 6 and 9 p.m.

  • Howl's Moving Castle

    • Thursday, June 9 18:00

    Special Screenings! 6 p.m. Show Introduced by Russell Merritt. Please see description above.

  • The Cat Returns (Free Screening!)

    • Sunday, June 5 14:00

    A schoolgirl finds herself transported to a swashbuckling feline realm in Hiroyuki Morita's anime.

  • Castle in the Sky

    • Sunday, June 5 15:35

    Miyazaki imagines the floating kingdom of Laputa for this delicately beautiful adventure.

  • Princess Mononoke

    • Sunday, June 5 18:00

    The beast-gods of the forest battle encroaching humans in Miyazaki's dark, mythic eco-fable. Repeated June 16.

  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    • Thursday, June 2 19:30

    Essential Miyazaki, with a resourceful heroine, spectacular aerial scenes, and strong environmental themes. Repeated June 19.