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Koju Hoshino, President of Studio Ghibli, announced at the Venice Film Festival that Hayao Miyazaki will be retiring. Miyazaki’s latest animated film The Wind Rises will be his last film. Other films that everyone knows him by are Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo, and many others that are to numerous to list. His films have become classics in the animated world and Miyazaki is considered a Master and Champion of the animated film.
Attention librarians in the New York area. Inform your patrons about Carnegie Hall showing two Hayao Miyazaki shorts this month. On March 26, Carnegie Hall will have two showings of Hayao Miyazaki’s Yado-Sagashi (House Hunting) and Mizugumo Mon Mon (Mon Mon the Water Spider). The first showing is at 6:30 p.m. and the second showing of the two shorts will be at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person. Follow the link to Anime News Network for the short article.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-02/new-york-carnegie-hall-to-show-2-miyazaki-shorts