Tag Archives: Studio Ghibli
2271 – Planet of Lana (2023 Video game)
Planet of Lana is a 2023 puzzle-platform game developed by Wishfully Studios and published by Thunderful Publishing for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
In the game, the player assumes control of teenage girl Lana and her companion Mui, as they explore a fictional planet invaded by hostile alien machines. The game was inspired by cinematic platformers such as Inside, while its visuals were inspired by films from Studio Ghibli. (wiki)
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM): OS: Windows 10 / Processor: Intel Core i5 / Memory: 4 GB RAM / Graphics: GTX 660 / Storage: 10 GB available space
2250 – Death’s Door (2021 video game)
Death’s Door is a 2021 3D, isometric action-adventure game developed by Acid Nerve and published by Devolver Digital. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on July 20, 2021, and for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on November 23, 2021. It received positive reviews upon release, with several publications praising its mechanics, simplicity, and difficulty level.
The developers wanted to use ideas and themes from their previous game, Titan Souls, and create a more advanced, polished game. They drew inspiration from The Legend of Zelda, Dark Souls, and the work of Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli.. (wiki)
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM): OS: Windows 10 x64 / Processor: Intel Core i5-8250U (4 * 1800) or equivalent; AMD Phenom II X4 965 (4 * 3400) or equivalent / Memory: 8 GB RAM / Graphics: GeForce MX 150 ( 2048 MB); Radeon R7 260X (2048 MB) / Storage: 5 GB available space
1222 – From Up on Poppy Hill / Kokuriko-zaka kara (2011)
timespace coordinates: 1964 Yokohama, Japan
From Up on Poppy Hill (Japanese: コクリコ坂から Hepburn: Kokuriko-zaka Kara, “From Coquelicot Hill”) is a 2011 Japanese animated drama film directed by Gorō Miyazaki, scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, and Toho, and distributed by the latter company. It is based on the 1980 serialized Japanese comic of the same name illustrated by Chizuru Takahashi and written by Tetsurō Sayama.
Set in 1964 Yokohama, Japan, the film tells the story of Umi Matsuzaki, a high school girl living in a boarding house, ‘Coquelicot Manor’. When Umi meets Shun Kazama, a member of the school’s newspaper club, they decide to clean up the school’s clubhouse, Quartier Latin. However, Tokumaru, the chairman of the local high school and a businessman, intends to demolish the building for redevelopment and Umi and Shun, along with Shirō Mizunuma, must persuade him to reconsider. (wiki)
0964 – Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
timespace coordinates: 1945 Kobe, Japan
Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓 Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 Japanese animated war film based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka. It was written and directed by Isao Takahata, and animated by Studio Ghibli for the story’s publisher Shinchosha Publishing. The film stars Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara and Akemi Yamaguchi. The film tells the story of two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, and their desperate struggle to survive during the final months of the Second World War.
The Grave of the Fireflies is commonly described as an anti-war film, but this interpretation has been denied by the director. (wiki)
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