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Chinese man defies demolition orders to build madcap rural home
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» XINGYI (CHINA) - Surrounded by the rubble of demolished homes, Chen Tianming's ramshackle tower of faded plyboards and contorted beams juts into the sky in southwestern China, a teetering monument to one man's stubbornness.
Studio Ghibli marks 40 years, but future looks uncertain
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» TOKYO - Japan's Studio Ghibli turns 40 this month with two Oscars and legions of fans young and old won over by its complex plots and fantastical hand-drawn animation.
From Messi to Trump, AI action figures are the rage
AFP, Published on 20/04/2025
» PARIS - The latest internet obsession is one impossible to escape on social media: images of well-known figures in plastic toy packaging alongside evocative props... welcome to the meme of AI action figures.
Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-style images go viral
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» NEW YORK — The release of the latest image generator on OpenAI's ChatGPT has triggered an online flood of memes featuring images done in the style of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese studio behind classic animated films like My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke.
Miyazaki's likely swan song charms Toronto as film fest opens
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» TORONTO (CANADA) - The Toronto International Film Festival opened Thursday with admiring applause for "The Boy and the Heron," Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's likely last movie -- a meditation on love, loss and the horrors of World War II.
Ghibli producer offers Totoro drawing lesson online
Life, AFP, Published on 15/05/2020
» Time on your hands and a love of anime? A producer from Japan's Studio Ghibli is offering an online tutorial for drawing one of its most beloved characters: Totoro.
Asia virus latest: S. Korea using mobile data on cluster, sports eye restart
AFP, Published on 12/05/2020
» Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic:
Home anime: Ghibli producer offers Totoro lesson online
AFP, Published on 12/05/2020
» TOKYO - Time on your hands and a love of anime? A producer from Japan's Studio Ghibli is offering an online tutorial for drawing one of its most beloved characters: Totoro.
Studio Ghibli films to hit Netflix, but US fans miss out
AFP, Published on 21/01/2020
» SINGAPORE: Animated films from Japan's Studio Ghibli, including Oscar winner "Spirited Away", are coming to streaming giant Netflix, delighting many fans but leaving US subscribers disappointed as they will miss out.
Japan anime giant Takahata dead at 82
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» TOKYO - Oscar-nominated Japanese anime director Isao Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and was best known for his work "Grave of the Fireflies", has died aged 82, the studio said on Friday.