He went to work at Studio Ghibli in 1987. After “Whisper of the Heart,” he was expected to take over the studio when Miyazaki retired. But Kondô died suddenly in 1998, at the age of 47.

Studio Ghibli has produced some of the greatest anime films of all time, and the team there has dabbled with romance more than once. In fact, back in 1995, Whisper of the Heart took audiences by ...

Ghibli’s Whisper of the Heart gets a live-action film, but is postponed to release. It’s a story after 10 years of the original anime, starring Nana Seino as Shizuku, Tori Matsuzaka as Seiji ...

Following 1995's Whisper of the Heart, Studio Ghibli later created a spin-off film titled The ... Shizuku Tsukishima discovers that all the books she has checked out at the library were all once ...

Pom Poko tackles environmental issues & tonal shifts, offering mature storytelling. Studio Ghibli has earned worldwide acclaim for animated films that tackle deep, complex themes while ...

Studio Ghibli’s theatrical anime "Whisper of the Heart" (Mimi wo Sumaseba in its Japanese-language release) has an ending that simultaneously seems to tie everything up and leave hardly ...

UPDATE, 1/20/2020 – Ghibli is spreading the wealth! Per a report from Variety, Netflix will also add a handful of Studio Ghibli features to its streaming library as soon as February.(The report ...

Studio Ghibli has just confirmed that the Yamaha SRX600 is the best bike ever. When I say “just confirmed,” what I really mean is “confirmed 27 years ago with the film Whisper of the Heart ...

He went to work at Studio Ghibli in 1987. After "Whisper of the Heart," he was expected to take over the studio when Miyazaki retired. But Kondô died suddenly in 1998, at the age of 47.