Michael Leader, Jake Cunningham & Steph Watts

Ghibliotheque - A Podcast About Animation and Studio Ghibli

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Welcome to the Ghibliotheque , the podcast that leafs through libraries of films from the world’s greatest animation studios. In 2018, Michael Leader, an avowed Studio Ghibli fanatic, sat down with Jake Cunningham, who had never seen any of the Studio’s work before. Together they looked at the history behind Ghibli's films (including Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro and Princess Mononoke), and got a critical perspective from Jake as a first-time viewer. They covered all of Studio Ghibli's films, visited Japan on the ultimate Ghibli pilgrimage, and have since interviewed artists, animators an...

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Michael Leader, Jake Cunningham & Steph Watts

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Only Yesterday (with Robbie Collin) | Ghibliotheque #6 31.08.2018 33:55

Welcome to the Ghibliotheque , the podcast that leafs through the library of films from the world’s greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli . In this special end-of-season episode, Michael & Jake are joined by Telegraph critic, Wittertainment guest-host and all-round Studio Ghibli expert Robbie Collin , given the choice to bring with him any Ghibli film to discuss, Robbie selected Isao Takaha...

Princess Mononoke | Ghibliotheque #5 24.08.2018 29:57

Welcome to the Ghibliotheque , the podcast that leafs through the library of films from the world’s greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli . In this episode, Michael & Jake travel back to 1997 for Hayao Miyazaki's fantasy epic, Princess Mononoke . A huge box office hit in Japan, Mononoke was originally set to be Studio Ghibli's entrance onto the international stage, but this long, complex an...

Whisper Of The Heart | Ghibliotheque #4 17.08.2018 25:46

Welcome to the Ghibliotheque , the podcast that leafs through the library of films from the world’s greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli . In this special, host's-choice episode, Michael picks one of his personal favourite Ghibli films for Jake to watch: the whimsical teenage romance, Whisper Of The Heart . Adapted by Hayao Miyazaki from a manga by Aoi Hiiragi, the film was the first, and, sad...

My Neighbour Totoro (with Beth Webb) | Ghibliotheque #3 10.08.2018 31:50

Welcome to the Ghibliotheque , the podcast that leafs through the library of films from the world’s greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli . In this episode, Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham are joined by film programmer and journalist Beth Webb (Empire Magazine, Little White Lies, Bechdel Test Fest) to talk about everyone's favourite forest spirit, My Neighbour Totoro . First released in a do...

Grave of the Fireflies | Ghibliotheque #2 03.08.2018 26:04

Welcome to the Ghibliotheque , the podcast that leafs through the library of films from the world’s greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli . Tissues are recommended for this episode, as Michael and Jake discuss Isao Takahata’s devastating Second World War tragedy, Grave Of The Fireflies. A modest success on its first release in 1988 (when it was presented as an odd double bill with the...

Spirited Away | Ghibliotheque #1 31.07.2018 26:49

Welcome to the Ghibliotheque , the podcast that leafs through the library of films from the world’s greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli . To coincide with UK broadcaster Film4's complete Studio Ghibli retrospective this summer, Michael Leader ( Little White Lies , Sight & Sound ), an avowed Ghibli fanatic, is sitting down with Jake Cunningham (The Independent, BFI), who has never see...

Ghibliotheque | Trailer 24.07.2018 1:18

Welcome to the Ghibliotheque , the podcast that leafs through the library of films from the world’s greatest animation studio, Studio Ghibli . To coincide with UK broadcaster Film4's complete Studio Ghibli retrospective this summer, Michael Leader (Little White Lies, Sight & Sound), an avowed Ghibli fanatic, is sitting down with Jake Cunningham (The Independent, BFI), who has never seen any of...