November 2006

November 30, 2006 Totoro On Australian Soap 'Neighbours'
A member of the Miyazaki Mailing List noted:

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I was pleased to hear numerous mentions of Miyazaki and see a big stuffed Totoro toy on yesterday's (UK) episode of the Australian soap 'Neighbours'! Although checking the official web site for the original Australian broadcast date, it appears that the plotline ('marking Miyazaki's Birthday') got his birthday wrong - it was apparently broadcast in September 6th, as opposed to the actual birth date, which is 5th January

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You can see the less-Miyazaki centred plot summary and a photo of Sky, Harold and the Tototo on the official site at:
http://www.neighbours.com/Episodes/5048/ (click the top-right image in the selection of six for a slightly bigger version)
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Rebecca Elliott followed up with:

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I was also pleased to see that in today's episode they continued the Miyazaki references by having Harold and Lou sitting through Howl's Moving Castle with Lou getting very into it :)
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November 29, 2006 Late November News Bits
GhibliWorld fills in the near-end-of-year news slump with a flurry of articles.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.

November 16, 2006 Miayzaki featured in Time magazine (Asian edition)
The cover story of the current issue of Time magazine (Asian edition) features "60 Years of Asian Heroes" and lists Miyazaki as one of the "Artists and Thinkers." The short blurb describes Miyazaki as "...Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg and Orson Welles combined, with a dash of Claude Monet in his sumptuous landscapes and more than a smidgen of Roald Dahl in his sly, sophisticated understanding of children."

November 14, 2006 Passing of Murata Koichi
Ghibli World has a write-up (Japanese article) on Murata Koichi who passed away on November 7. A who's-who of the anime industry attended his funeral including Studio Ghibli heads Miyazaki, Takahata, and Suzuki.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt and T.Ishikawa for the news

November 6, 2006 Updated: "Pom Poko" on Film4
Pom Poko will be shown on Film4 on Sunday (November 12) and Friday (November 17) at 3pm (4pm on Film4+1). The first showing is the English dub while the latter utilizes the Japanese dub and English subtitles.

Only Yesterday is planned to show sometime in December on Film4 but no dates have been announced.

Thanks to Jonathan for the news.

November 6, 2006 Ghibli Bits
GhibliWorld has two news items of note, an update of the Studio Ghibli Production Diary and an explanation on an apology issued by Toshio Suzuki concerning the source of lyrics in Tales from Earthsea.

Thanks to Peter van der Lugt for the news.