📚 Our new book is out today! 📚

The Animation Atlas, our round-the-world trip through the global history of animation, is now available from all good bookshops!

It’s taken a couple of years, but I have now watched every film in @ghibliotheque.bsky.social Anime Movie Guide. Some if seen before, some were first time watches. My favourites were Akira, Belle, Millennium Actress, Mind Game and Your Name, but really there’s no bad film on the list.

Fun screening coming up in London! Love to continue our cheerleading of all things Cartoon Saloon a double bill of their brand new short film, plus the feature that started it all.

In between our screenings of ÉIRU and THE SECRET OF KELLS, we're thrilled to welcome director Giovanna Ferrari and producer / studio co-founder Nora Twomey for a mid-screening Q&A!

🎟️👇 www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...

📽️ NEW SCREENING! 📽️

ÉIRU + THE SECRET OF KELLS + Q&A

⌚ 6.10pm
🗓️ 8th October
🍿 Barbican Centre, London

We're delighted to present a special screening of Cartoon Saloon's brand new short film in a double bill with the studio's Oscar-nominated debut feature!

🎙️📚 New Episode! 📚🎙️

@michaeljleader.bsky.social speaks with critic @nicolasrapold.bsky.social about his new book, The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki, which examines the films of our favourite grumpy Japanese master through a spectrum of influences and inspiration.

Find it wherever you find your podcasts!

Thanks to the writers, critics, editors and hosts who are sharing their time, insights and expertise with us across the Film in Print weekend at the LFF.

All these events are free and going on "sale" on 2nd October. See you there! 📚

Film in Print is returning to the London Film Festival!!

I'm back in curator mode and we've put together a stellar weekend of events celebrating books, magazines and the art and craft of writing about cinema.

Coming to the BFI Reuben Library, 11th-12th October! 📚

Despite being a big Mamoru Hosoda fan and having interviewed the man, I somehow hadn’t seen the terrific SUMMER WARS until @ghibliotheque.bsky.social’s IMAX screening today

The Animation Atlas is almost here!

Animation is cinema, but it's also *world* cinema, and in our latest book, Jake and I take off and travel around the globe, celebrating great animation from 30 countries. 🌍

Landing in all good bookshops on 9th October! 📚

There's a big piece over at The Observer asking that billion-yen question: What next for Studio Ghibli?

I had a couple of long chats with the journalist to share my thoughts... observer.co.uk/culture/film...

Akiyuki Nosaka's Grave of the Fireflies, the story that inspired Isao Takahata's 1988 film, is being published in English by Penguin Classics on 4th September. An essential addition to every Ghibli bookshelf.

@ghibliotheque.bsky.social spotted in Locarno

Two months 'til the new book is out!

📽️ New screenings! 📽️

On September 6th, we're taking over the BFI IMAX for an afternoon celebrating the early work of Mamoru Hosoda! 💫

Come join us for special screenings of THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME and SUMMER WARS on the UK's biggest cinema screen! 🍿

Would really love to cover them on the podcast one day, but we've been waiting for official releases. Hopefully Future Boy Conan is just the start... (We've written about them a bit in our books, though!)

The utterly delightful Ghibli gem WHISPER OF THE HEART was released 30 years ago today! 👒🎻

Princess Mononoke 4K is coming to BFI IMAX from 15th August!

Had a nice long chat about Studio Ghibli and video games with @lewisgordon.bsky.social for this piece for the New York Times.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/a...

Oh!

@ghibliotheque.bsky.social and @michaeljleader.bsky.social in today's New York Times!!!

"It is more common for games to superficially crib from the studio’s visual qualities, said Michael Leader, host of the “Ghibliotheque” podcast"

Is that a first for both?

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/a...

Happy birthday to Studio Ghibli. In these confusing times, it's needed more than ever to provide a place where dreams and nightmares can find their balance. Long may its works endure.

Studio Ghibli was founded 40 years ago today, on 15 June 1985.

New addition to the Ghibli bookshelf, coming out in September

Last week I went to the Zlín Film Festival and it was a blast!

Big crowds of youngsters mingling with filmmakers and industry folk, watching films and responding with infectious enthusiasm.

I gave a lecture on the theme of youth in the films of Hayao Miyazaki, and introduced a bunch of films, too.