Miyazaki Week – The Nerds of Color

Miyazaki Movie Marathon Bingo

by Sondra Morishima Up until I was eight, my dad traveled frequently for work, often for weeks at a time.

In a conversation with an acquaintance about The Wind Rises, I told her I was already inclined to love it (and

In 2008, a character with a two-syllable name captivated a then 4 year-old NOC-in-training as she watched a movie about

by Martin Hsu | Originally posted at MartinHsu.com Among all the amazing animated movies Studio Ghibli has produced, Totoro continues

Every person has that storybook or movie (or cartoon) that they would watch over and over again until it would

Out of all of the Hayao Miyazaki films I have known and loved, only one has remained my favorite over

Around 1987 or ’88, I was in junior high and in a funny stasis where my nerd creativity was beginning

by Martin Hsu | Originally posted at MartinHsu.com [Ed. Note: Two Februarys ago, the artist Martin Hsu made a pilgrimage

Yeah, I said it. Look, like any good nerd, I normally prefer watching a foreign movie as it was originally

Hayao Miyazaki’s most recent film The Wind Rises was finally released in the U.S. over the weekend. Earning an estimated