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Time Out’s Top 50 Animated Movies of All Time Curated by Terry Gilliam

7 October 2009 9:20 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Time Out London has published a list of the 50 greatest animated feature films of all time curated by Terry Gilliam . I'm not sure if this means that Gilliam hand picked the titles on the list, or if the filmmaker was simply commenting on the list created by the TimeOut editors. Either way, you can find a listing of the top 20 entries below: 1. My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Hayao Miyazaki 2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) David Hand 3. The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) Chuck Jones and Phil Monroe 4. Fantasia (1940) 5. Toy Story (1995) John Lasseter 6. Spirited Away (2001) Hayao Miyazaki 7. Yellow Submarine (1968) George Dunning 8. Belleville Rendez-vouz (2003) Sylvain Chomet 9. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) Trey Parker 10. Robin Hood (1973) Wolfgang Reitherman 11. Bambi (1942) David Hand 12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Isao Takahata 13. Dumbo (1941) Ben Sharpsteen 14. Gandahar (1988) René Laloux 15. The Iron Giant ... »

- Peter Sciretta

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Studio Ghibli's New Film... and More Miyazaki

29 September 2009 4:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Director Isao Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, has revealed that he will be directing his first feature-length flick since 1999's My Neighbors the Yamadas. Takahata, who also wrote and directed the tear-jerker Grave of the Fireflies, will be taking on the classic folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, or Taketori Monogatari. According to Asian Pulse, "Taketori Monogatari has directly and indirectly inspired many Japanese manga and anime, such as Sailormoon and Inuyasha. This beloved story is considered to be the oldest surviving example of Japanese narrative... A little baby is found inside the stalk of a glowing plant by a bamboo cutter. He takes her home, and raises her with his wife as their own daughter, and they give her the name Kaguya-Hime (radiant-night princess). She grows into a beautiful adult woman, with many suitors, even the Emperor of Japan - and she rebuffs them all. »

- Jenni Miller

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Ghibli Directors Miyazaki and Takahata Get Back to Work

29 September 2009 4:07 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

“Grave of the Fireflies”, in my mind, is one of the finest animated films ever made. The movie is quiet and introspective, whereas I think that a lot of anime is loud and pretentious. Unfortunately, the film’s director, Isao Takahata, who is also the co-founder of Ghibli, hasn’t really directed anything since 1999’s “My Neighbor the Yamadas”. Now Asian Movie Pulse is reporting that Takahata is resuming his role as director so that he can work on a film called “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter” (also known as “The Tale of Princess Kaguya”), which is based on a 10th century Japanese folktale. Asian Movie Pulse has a description of the story: Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) has directly and indirectly inspired many Japanese manga and anime, such as Sailormoon and Inuyasha. This beloved story is considered to be the oldest surviving example of Japanese narrative, »

- Jacob

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Studio Ghibli to Make The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

28 September 2009 6:41 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio behind films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and the recent Ponyo, has announced that co-founder and director Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) will be directing The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, based on an ancient folktale. It will be Takahata’s first film in 10 years.

According to asianmoviepulse.com, the story has particular historical storytelling relevance in Japanese culture:

“The story is considered to be the oldest surviving example of Japanese narrative, and every Japanese person knows this story. A little baby is found inside the stalk of a glowing plant by a bamboo cutter. He takes her home, and raises her with his wife as their own daughter, and they give her the name Kaguya-Hime (radiant-night princess). She grows into a beautiful adult woman, with many suitors, even the Emperor of Japan – and she rebuffs them all. Then, things become »

- John Cooper

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Studio Ghibli Announces Next Film, Miyazaki Directing More

28 September 2009 5:06 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Over on the Asian Movie Pulse blog (via SlashFilm) they say that Isao Takahata, one of the co-founders of Studio Ghibli, has announced that he will be directing a new feature-length animated film. Takahata will direct a new film called Taketori Monogatari, or The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter in English, which is an adaptation of the classic 10th century folktale (known as The Tale of Princess Kaguya). He'll be breaking his 10-year hiatus since last directing My Neighbors the Yamadas in 1999. They also mention that Hayao Miyazaki is "in discussions with studio staff to make two more feature-length films in the next 3 years." Takahata also directed Grave of the Fireflies, one of my favorite Ghibli films, so I'm happy to see him back again. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is about a mysterious girl called Kaguya-hime, who was discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a ... »

- Alex Billington

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Gigantor - The Collection, Volume 2 (1964 - 68) (Short Ends and Leader)

25 September 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | PopMatters | See recent PopMatters news »

For most audiences in America, anime arrived in the '80s. In celebrated titles like Akira and Grave of the Fireflies, the new highly stylized animation taught unaware Westerners the value of the ethereal Eastern approach. It was an aesthetic carried over to popular cartoon series like G-Force and Robotech catching on quickly with the underage demo. But for those of us old enough to remember local kids shows and syndicated cartoon packages, our first exposure to the artform was probably the spunky Speed Racer. Arriving in the late '60s, the Mach 5's main man and his supportive family unit offered… »

- By Bill Gibron

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