A sweeping, panoramic view of the Tokyo cityscape, all blinking neon lights and bustling traffic, is the first thing we see in Whisper of the Heart.The camera glides gently down to street level where ...

Who could ever say no to Studio Ghibli? For more than two and a half decades, the Japanese animation studio set-up by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata have continued to put out success after ...

Whisper of the Heart, a 1995 adaptation of the Aoi Hiiragi manga Mimi o Sumaseba, dares to subvert this standard. Director Yoshifumi Kondō and screenwriter Hayao Miyazaki follow 14-year-old ...

My Neighbor Totoro/Whisper Of The Heart. Shortly after My Neighbor Totoro became a massive hit in Japan, Miyazaki's partner in Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata, made his own masterpiece about young ...