Studio Ghibli Fest 2021 continues with Howl’s Moving Castle Oct. 24 and 28 in English and Oct. 25 in Japanese with English subtitles.
The 2004 fantasy adventure, based loosely on a novel by Diana Wynne Jones, merges magic and technology to express filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s fierce opposition to the Iraq War.
Studio Ghibli Fest 2021 began earlier this month with Spirited Away, an Academy Award-winning Miyazaki film with English performances from Suzanne Pleshette, Daveigh Chase, David Ogden Stiers and Michael Chiklis, celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Next month brings 1986’s Castle in the Sky, the story of a young girl who falls out of the sky and into the arms of a boy who helps her search for a floating island where a long-dead civilization promises fantastic secrets. English voices include James Van Der Beek, Anna Paquin, Cloris Leachman, Mark Hamill, Mandy Patinkin and Andy Dick. Catch the English dub Nov. 14 and 18 and the original Japanese version with English subtitles on Nov. 15.
Finally, 1988’s My Neighbor Totoro screens on Dec. 5 and 9 in English and Dec. 6 in Japanese with subtitles. The iconic Miyazaki family favorite deals with siblings and their encounters with friendly forest spirits in rural postwar Japan during their mother’s illness.
