later a Best Animation win at the Oscars. "It was the right film for the right time," says Gkids president Dave Jesteadt.

Previous anime productions have snagged an Oscar in the past, however. Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away became the first anime ...

Despite multiple farewell announcements, Hayao Miyazaki, the legendary Studio Ghibli director is already working on a new ...

Oscar-winning Flow movie has to bow down to Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service when it comes to making the audience ...

The last Japanese film to get an Oscar nod in the category was Mamoru Hosoda’s “Mirai” in 2019. Miyazaki’s latest project is his first feature-length film in 10 years, since “The Wind ...

Miyazaki Didn’t Lose a Step Back from temporary retirement, Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film, The Boy and the Heron, is a reminder of what makes him an animation legend. Pixar’s Messy ...

Miyazaki’s latest enchantment ... Ava DuVernay’s “Origin,” played an Oscar-qualifying run in two theaters in New York and Los Angeles with a per screen average of $58,532 for Neon.

When the flood waters rise, a band of animals takes shelter on a boat, where they have to work together to survive. Flow is a radiant fantasy, where solidarity, not selfishness, can save the day.

Miyazaki announced his intention to retire from making feature films. At a news conference, the Oscar-winning director, then 72, cited his age as the reason for the decision. It wasn’t the first ...