The warmth, gentleness, and sincerity of Studio Ghibli films seem to fit right into the theme of gratitude for the week as we enter the Thanksgiving holiday. Tyler, Mike, and Paris chat about thankfulness in today’s episode as they look toward three Studio Ghibli classics! We’d also love to hear your feedback! What’s your favorite… Read More Tangle x Cast 4: Ghibli and Gratefulness
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of November 6th through 12th! Check out the latest episode in our player below, or subscribe to us on SoundCloud, where you can also find breaking news episodes! Are you planning to go to Anime… Read More Doki Doki News: One Piece is #2, Tensura Season 3, and Jedi Master Totoro?
When one of my favorite artists, 旧都なぎ, does an illustration of one of my favorite anime characters, Nausicaa, you better believe I take notice. I rewatched Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind a couple of years ago and it remains every bit of the masterpiece it was in earlier years. Who’s your favorite Studio… Read More Fanart Friday: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Doesn’t this illustration just make you want to go awwwww? Precious characters from an all-time great film, Haku and Chihiro have a lovely connection that helps them save each other in the the fantastical world of Spirited Away. ★ 【Mion】「 夕焼け空に浮かぶ2人 」
Spirited Away is 21 years old. Can you believe that? It’s one of the first anime films I watched in theaters, and still holds up today as a classic of animation. Check out this lovely piece by T5 illustrating one of the many great scenes in the film. ★ 【T5】「 小千 」 ☆
Neg has quickly become one of my favorite artists on Pixiv, at first because of Chainsaw Man fanart, but other pieces, too, including this lovely one of Howl’s Moving Castle. ★ 【Neg】「 少年ハウル 」 ☆
I revisited these lovely illustrations recently, which Popman3580 first posted around the time that Mary and the Witch’s Flower, now a kind of forgotten movie, came out—and it certainly makes sense with that film’s similarity to Ghibli fare and the director’s relationship with the studio. Thus, a virtually automatic comparison to Kiki should be drawn… Read More Fanart Friday: Kiki’s Revenge and Mary (the Other Witch)