When Marnie Was There is a Japanese animated psychological drama film, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. The plot revolves around Anna. Anna is an emotionally distant 12-year-old girl who feels ...

Studio Ghibli has dominated Japanese animated films for decades with the likes of Grave of the Fireflies, Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle, and Spirited Away. Just this ...

A 12-year-old girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with long, flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels, it is ...

Hayao Miyazaki may have retired (again) after THE WIND RISES, but the studio he co-founded will continue to produce exquisite films. Here in the West we are still waiting for THE TALE OF PRINCESS ...

Kevin Credo is a columnist, essayist, and comics writer, specializing in anime and feature film. He has had multiple works of short fiction published by Ahoy Comics, and his first novel has been ...