Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Studio Ghibli fans know who Hayao Miyazaki is, but they are going to be thanking Toshio Suzuki ...

Japan has a long and revered history of pottery making that stretches all the way back to the Jomon period (10,000–300 BCE), making it one of the world’s oldest ceramic traditions in the world. Today, ...

There are a lot of cozy anime out there, but very few are as cozy as "My Neighbor Totoro." With really only one scene of actual conflict and maybe two or three with any feeling of suspense, watching ...

How did a fantastical animation featuring a giant plush toy and a cat in the shape of a bus capture the imagination of the world? In the 1988 animated film My Neighbor Totoro, by Miyazaki Hayao, two ...

My Neighbor Totoro, known in Japan as Tonari no Totoro, is often regarded as one of the best animated family films of all time. Little do many Western fans realize that two versions of the English ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “I love an impossible stage direction,” says Tom Morton-Smith, grinning broadly. The playwright’s previous ...