Whisper Of The Heart (1995) – Review

When it comes to Studio Ghibli – or its early days, at least – it’s always tempting to think of it as mainly a two-man

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Pom Poko (1994) – Review

Up until this point in Studio Ghibli history, you could count on three things – the first was that it was painfully clear that the

Only Yesterday (1991) – Review

Just because your motion picture is made up of thousands upon thousands of individually hand-drawn pictures, it doesn’t mean you can’t be subtle with the

Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) – Review

By the end of the 80s, Studio Ghibli was cooking, creatively speaking, but was still finding it tough to get the appropriate amount of traction

Grave Of The Fireflies (1988) – Review

In the realms of animated history, it’s become common knowledge that Pixar has an unerring ability to leech salty tears from from even the most

My Neighbour Totoro (1988) – Review

While animated films are usually undefeated when it comes to delivering magical, impossible worlds, delivering magical, impossible worlds is just another weekday to the vibrant

Castle In The Sky (1986) – Review

You’d think that when starting a brand new animation house, you’d want to come up with something as fiercely original as you possibly could to

Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind (1984) – Review

Everything has to start somewhere, and in the case of life-enriching animation house, Studio Ghibli, it began on the winds of a post apocalyptic future.

Porco Rosso (1992) – Review

If I’m being totally honest, I didn’t really appreciate the full spectrum of animation coming out of Japan, back in the younger years. While I