Tag: Japan
New “Pokémon with Guns” Game Palworld is a Hit
Sometimes, it’s the simplest concepts that prove the most popular. Over the past few days, the latest example of this is “Pokémon with guns.” That phrase is being used to describe Palworld, a new action survival video game from Japanese game developer Pocketpair. Palworld drops you into an o...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Boy and the Heron (2023)
I wish I could say I’ve followed Studio Ghibli for decades. But unlike Disney, Pixar, and DreamWorks, I was unfamiliar with the Japanese studio until I was a young adult. Over the last decade or so, I’ve watched all of their movies at least once and some several times. But The Boy and t...
Read MoreMiyazaki Not Retiring After All?
At the Toronto International Film Festival, Studio Ghibli Vice President Junichi Nishioka indicated that famed director Hayao Miyazaki might not retire after The Boy and the Heron, as previously reported. Check out Nishioka’s translated statement here: “Other people say that this might ...
Read MoreNew Miyazaki Film Featured at NYFF
Hayao Miyazaki‘s new anime film, The Boy and the Heron/How Do You Live has been selected to screen at 2023’s New York Film Festival for its American premiere. The latest Studio Ghibli release follows in the footsteps of Miyazaki’s last feature-length film, The Wind Rises, from a de...
Read MoreWizarding World Studio Tour Will Open in Japan in June 2023
BlabberingCollector | Mar 18, 2023 | 0
This is not a drill: the Harry Potter Studio Tour Japan is opening this year! It will open on June 16th. The official website states: “This will be the largest indoor Harry Potter attraction in the world and the first Warner Bros. Studio Tour to open in Asia. Building on the success of Warner...
Read MoreHayao Miyazaki’s Next Film Revealed
Studio Ghibli has slated a new movie, How Do You Live, for July 14th, 2023, in Japanese cinemas. This would be exciting news in and of itself, but animation legend Hayao Miyazaki is coming out of retirement (again) for the venture. At this time, the title is all that’s known about the movie, ...
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