Ghibliotheque - A Podcast About Animation and Studio Ghibli

This week, Cartoon Saloon's Nora Twomey joins us to talk about her new film, My Father's Dragon, available to watch on Netflix from today. Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more:  Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us: ghibliotheque@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @ghibliotheque and Instagram @ghibliotheque.pod. @MichaelJLeader –...

This week, friend of the show Alex Dudok de Wit joins Michael and Jake to talk about his new translation of Hayao Miyazaki's graphic novel, Shuna's Journey. Originally released in Japan in 1983, Shuna's Journey has never been translated into English, and so provides a new perspective on Miyazaki's work and worldview in the years before the success of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and the subs...

Michael and Jake talk with Basil Twist, the puppetry designer for the stage production of My Neighbour Totoro, which recently premiered at the Barbican Centre in London. Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more:  Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us: ghibliotheque@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @ghibliotheque and Instagram @ghibl...

With Masaaki Yuasa's musical odyssey Inu-Oh being released in UK cinemas this week, Michael talks to the prolific director about his work, influences, and recommendations on anime we should dive into next... Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more:  Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us: ghibliotheque@gmail.com or follow us on Twitt...

Michael, Jake and Steph round off the miniseries with a special episode looking back at Henry Selick's short films Moon Girl, Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions and Seepage, looking ahead to the films made (and not made!) by Henry Selick and Laika since we last heard from them, and looking inside the mailbag at some listener correspondence. Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord...

From the archive, here is Michael talking with Missing Link director and Laika veteran Chris Butler, originally recorded for Truth & Movies, a Little White Lies podcast, back in March 2019. Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more:  Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us: ghibliotheque@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @ghibliothe...

We're off on an adventure this week for the final Laika film in our mini-series: Chris Butler's Missing Link. Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more:  Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us: ghibliotheque@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @ghibliotheque and Instagram @ghibliotheque.pod. @MichaelJLeader – Michael @jakehcunningham – J...

If you must blink... Do it now! This week, Michael, Jake and Steph clash swords with Travis Knight's directorial debut, the stop-motion samurai epic Kubo and the Two Strings. Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more:  Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us: ghibliotheque@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @ghibliotheque and Instagram @...

Michael, Jake and Steph head into the depths of Cheesebridge for The Boxtrolls, Laika's very loose adaptation of Alan Snow's children's novel, Here Be Monsters. Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more: Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us:  ghibliotheque@gmail.com  or follow us on Twitter @ghibliotheque and Instagram @ghibliotheque.pod....

We've officially left the Selick-tionary behind and are delving into Laika's independent forays into stop motion in the second half of our series, The Laika-nography. This week, Chris Butler and Sam Fell's creepy delight, Paranorman. Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more: Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us:  ghibliotheque@gmail.com &nbsp...

This week, our miniseries collide with this crossover between the Selick-tionary and the Laika-nography, as Henry Selick teams up with the fledgling studio to create the stop-motion adaptation of Neil Gaiman's creepy kids' novella, Coraline. Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more: Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us:  ghibliotheque@gmail.c...

A nightmare world. An incredibly rude cartoon monkey. Brendan Fraser in leather trousers singing Brick House. That's right, in this episode of our Selick-tionary mini series, we're talking about Henry Selick's foray into live action, Monkeybone! Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more: Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us:  ghibliotheque@gma...

For the second episode of our Selick-tionary miniseries, we dive into the world of Roald Dahl for Henry Selick's stop-motion adaptation of a children's classic, James and the Giant Peach. Join us on Patreon for ad-free and bonus episodes, Discord access and show footnotes and more: Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us:  ghibliotheque@gmail.com  or follow us on Twitter @ghibliotheque and In...

It's a new Ghibliotheque miniseries! And this one's a two-parter; first up, we're entering the nightmare worlds of stop-motion animator Henry Selick in the Selick-tionary up to his time at Laika Studios. Then we're continuing on to follow Laika's advancement in stop-motion features in the Laika-nography. As always, expect historical context, reviews and film rankings, plus some extra discussions o...

All aboard the Chatbus for the final stop on our route - to comedian, presenter and writer Bec Hill for tales of her first Ghibli watches, going to Tokyo alone on an unplanned trip, and why Totoro reminds her of a kiwifruit. More information on Bec's book, Horror Heights: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/bec-hill-2/horror-heights-now-livescreaming/9781444962345/ Join us on Patreon for ad-free and...

All aboard the Chatbus once more! Maisie Williams of Game of Thrones, The New Mutants, and host of the Frank Film Club podcast, talks about seeing Ponyo for the first time, her journey through the Ghibli catalogue, and her experiences of voice acting for animation. Join us on Patreon for bonus episodes, Discord access and more: Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us:  ghibli@littledotstudios.com...

This week on our Chatbus miniseries, playwright and screenwriter Julia Cho joins us to talk about writing Turning Red with director (and former Ghibliotheque guest!) Domee Shi, plus how she got into Studio Ghibli movies, and visiting the Ghibli Museum. Join us on Patreon for bonus episodes, Discord access and more: Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us:  ghibli@littledotstudios.com  or foll...

This week on our Chatbus interview miniseries, we talk to two people who worked on the Oscar nominated documentary, Flee: Background artist Jess Nicholls and Animation Director Kenneth Ladekjær. Join us on Patreon for bonus episodes, Discord access and more: Patreon.com/ghibliotheque Email us:  ghibli@littledotstudios.com  or follow us on Twitter: @ghibliotheque @MichaelJLeader – Michael...

All aboard the Chatbus! For the first episode of our new interview miniseries, we talk to the designer of the incredible open world game Sable, Gregorious Kythreotis, and musician Michelle Zauner, aka Japanese Breakfast, who composed the score, about their favourite Ghibli films and their influences on the game. Sable is nominated for Best British Game at this year's BAFTA Game Awards. Japanese Br...

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The final episode in our Hosodathon mini series is a bumper special, as Michael, Jake and Steph explore Mamoru Hosoda's early works, and read letters from listeners on their thoughts on Hosoda's films. Check out Hosoda's early works: Digimon: Our War Game One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island Ojamajo Doremi - Doremi and the Witch That Stopped Being a Witch Superflat Monogram Samurai Cham...

In this special episode of our Hosodathon mini series, Michael and Jake talk to the director himself, Mamoru Hosoda, all about the making of Belle. The interview has been edited in a style that lets you hear only the English translation, but if you want to hear the full conversation with Mamoru Hosoda's answers in Japanese, skip forward 25 minutes. Let us know what you think of Hosoda's works via...

This week on our Hosodathon miniseries, Michael, Jake and Steph put on their headsets and dive into the magical world of U to discuss Mamoru Hosoda's latest film, Belle, a modern reworking of Disney's Beauty and the Beast told via the director's unique point of view and storytelling methods. Belle is out now in UK cinemas. Let us know what you thought of the film, or any of Hosoda's works, via ema...

Our Hosodathon miniseries continues this week with a time-bending tale of a boy whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of a newborn sister. Mirai found director Mamoru Hosoda once again drawing inspiration from his family life, and remains a landmark entry in his filmography for, among other things, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival and becoming the first Japanese animation not made...

This week in our Hosodathon miniseries, Mamoru Hosoda's biggest hit to date: The Boy and the Beast. Inspired by Hosoda becoming a dad, this is an ambitious story of a boy estranged from his family in real-life Tokyo, who finds an unlikely father-figure in the fantasy world filled with beasts and gods. Get in touch with Ghibliotheque at  ghibli@littledotstudios.com  or follow us on Twitte...