This time next month will see the last area of Ghibli Park – Valley of Witches – open and to celebrate, Studio Ghibli today released an animated promotional video inspired by the new area’s theme – Howl’s Moving Castle . The staff behind the classic Ghibli film returned to produce the short, including Hayao Miyazaki drawing the storyboards! Along with Miyazaki on the storyboards, Howl’s Moving Castle animation director Akihiko Yamashita directed the promo alongside Noboru Yoshida as the art director, who was in the same role on Howl’s and the latest flick from the anime studio, The Boy and the Heron . Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki noted that the commercial was created by Miyazaki thanks to a request from his son Goro Miyazaki, who is the director of Ghibli Park. Related: Ghibli Park Confirms Opening Dates for Mononoke Village and the Valley of Witches Ghibli Park’s Valley of Witches, with buildings on Howl's Moving Castle,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Daryl Harding
- Crunchyroll
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