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Anime-style illustration featuring an adult male figure with a facial covering and a young child, set against a background of traditional Japanese buildings and greenery.

How personal trauma and national tragedy inspired Grave of the Fireflies

by Alex Dudok de Wit

Read an exclu­sive extract from the new BFI Clas­sics book on Isao Takahata’s sem­i­nal 1988 animé.
A male character with dark eyes and a red cap, wearing a dark jacket against a bright red background.

The story of Border 1939, the great lost Studio Ghibli film

by Alex Dudok de Wit

Isao Takahata’s unre­alised pas­sion project was intend­ed as a fol­low-up to Grave of the Fireflies.
Two human figures standing opposite each other in a snowy outdoor scene; one wearing a red coat, the other a grey outfit.
In Praise Of

Only Yesterday is a masterful reflection on youth’s impermanence

by Kambole Campbell

With the release of Stu­dio Ghibli’s back cat­a­logue on Net­flix, we look back at one of their unsung greats.
Two young students, a boy and a girl, sitting together in a school hallway.
Review

Only Yesterday (1991)

by David Jenkins

A vital re-release of Isao Takahata’s serene slice of rus­tic nos­tal­gia with a new Eng­lish lan­guage voice dub.

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In Retrospect
Stylised illustration of a person sleeping, with petals and feathers surrounding them. Soft pink and grey tones.
Review

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

by Anton Bitel

Stu­dio Ghi­b­li does it again with this vibrant, bit­ter­sweet adap­ta­tion of a clas­sic Japan­ese folk tale.

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In Retrospect