On January 11, the new masterpiece by Hayao Miyazaki, Oscar winner for “Spirited Away,” will be released. The film by the acclaimed Japanese animator has been causing a sensation around the world.
The next January 11 arrives in our country El Niño and the Heronthe new one movie of Studio Ghibli, written and directed by acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki who revolutionized animated cinema with classics such as “My Neighbor Totoro”, “Princess Mononoke”, “Spirited Away”. Miyazaki is one of the fathers of anime (Japanese animation), for many the Walt Disney of Japanand without a doubt a world-renowned filmmaker.
In November, the distributor Cinetopia He confirmed on his social networks the release date of The Boy and the Heron: the next January 11, 2024. From this weekpre-sale tickets are now available to see it in the cinemas.
The premiere of the film in USA entailed a surprising success for the genre raising US$12.8 million in its first weekend. It was the most watched film in its early days, even surpassing The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which grossed $9.4 million.
Even though this was announced as Miyazaki’s last film, his loved ones have already confirmed that the animator is working on his next feature film. Some rumors even suggest that it could be a sequel to one of his first films, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
Miyazaki originally retired in 2013 after releasing “The Wind Rises”. Suzuki, who accompanied the artist throughout his career, had said that the director now wanted to deliver one last film to leave to his grandson. The filmmaker was director and screenwriter of the Oscar winner for best animated film: Spirited Away. He also worked on animation classics such as My Neighbor Totoro, The Incredible Tramp Castle or Kiki: home deliveriesamong other.
The Boy and the Heron: the film that was released without promotion in Japan
A peculiarity of the film is that In Japan it was released without any advertising other than a poster. “A poster and a title, that’s all we had when we were kids,” explained Studio Ghibli president and co-founder Toshio Suzuki. In an interview with the Japanese channel NHK, he explained: “I enjoyed trying to imagine what the movie was about, and I wanted to bring that feeling back.”
A few months ago the first advance was released, since This situation was not replicated in the United States and the rest of the world. In the US and Canada it will be released on December 8 after participate in the Toronto and San Sebastián festivals.
Source: Ambito
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