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Ponyo (Japanese: 崖の上のポニョ Hepburn: Gake no Ue no Ponyo, literally “Ponyo on the Cliff”), initially titled in English as Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Buena…
The finished model: The story: It’s a boat! It’s a plane! It’s SUPERMARINE S.7! I love building scale models, but one glance at the main topics of my modelling blog and you should be able to tell that I chose…
The finished model: The scene: Working as a part-time mechanic while putting himself through flight school, Shin Kazama meets a sixteen-year-old Ryoko Tsugumo for the first time. After a slight case of mistaken identity, Ryoko convinces her father, Zenzo Tsugumo to…
Goh “Rocky” Mutsuki, Japanese correspondent from the NP News Service arrives at the AREA 88 base for a one month photo report on the Asran military’s use of mercenary pilots. His ride out to the far side of hell? A Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport.
The finished model: The scene: It’s just another day on the battlefield in the Middle East. Shin and Mickey, having just returned from a sortie, stop to admire the Asran Government’s latest plane, an F-15A Eagle and then proceed to…
The finished model: The scene: There’s a new player on the battlefields of North Africa! When the anti-government forces hire their own band of mercenaries, known as “the Wolfpack”, the pilots of Area 88 face their toughest challenge yet –…
Howl’s Moving Castle (Japanese: ハウルの動く城 Hepburn: Hauru no Ugoku Shiro) is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film is loosely based on the 1986 novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli and distributed…
My Neighbor Totoro (Japanese: となりのトトロ Hepburn: Tonari no Totoro) is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten. The film—which stars the voice actors Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi—tells the story of the two young daughters (Satsuki and Mei) of a professor…
Kiki’s Delivery Service (Japanese: 魔女の宅急便 Hepburn: Majo no Takkyūbin, “Witch’s Delivery Service”) is a 1989 Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki as an adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same name by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transport and the Nippon Television Network and distributed by…
Castle in the Sky (Japanese: 天空の城ラピュタ Hepburn: Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta) (known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky in Europe and Australia) is a 1986 Japanese animated steampunk fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was the very first film animated by Studio Ghibli and was animated for Tokuma Shoten. It follows the adventures…