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Studio Ghibli will be simultaneously releasing 2 new movies, "Kaze Tachinu" and "Kaguya hime no Monogatari", during the summer of 2013.
"Kaze Tachinu", which translates to "The Wind Has Risen", will be directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the author of the manga series the movie will be based off of. The movie will focus on the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the chief engineer of Japan's Zero fighter planes used during World War II.
"Kaguya hime no Monogatari", or "The Story of Princess Kaguya", will be directed by Isao Takahata, marking his return to cinema after a 14 year hiatus. The movie will be based on he Japanese folk tale "Taketori Monogatari".
The upcoming releases will be Studio Ghibli's first time releasing two movies at the same time since 1988 when Miyazaki and Takahata released their double-feature "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Grave of the Fireflies".
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looking foward to watch these movies
I really want to see Kaguya hime no monogatarii waah
aaah good news!
Good news for the beginning of this year
Good news indeed!
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yay~~~~ im gonna watch
Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies came out together? That's a stark contrast. XD
nice! Something to look forward to
Something to look forward to next summer
I So Can't Wait!
cool~
yay! XD can't wait!
Ooh can't wait! The posters look amazing!
Oh where's summer 2013!!!
I'm so looking forward to the releases!!!! I hope they will be as good or even better than Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies.
Can't wait to watch those movies!! X)
wooow, very good! Im very excited about this! I bet they are really good
OMG I WANNA SEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!
Anime movie based in WWII? I'm looking forward to this
Yay! Now I got something to look forward to! Love them