Coach Carter , to which

Coach Carter

, to which Soderbergh commented, Exactly! I agree! Very much!. Suzuki also brought Soderbergh some gifts, including a 2009 Studio Ghibli Calendar and various US version Studio Ghibli DVDs. He told him Watch it later by all means!! and Soderbergh enthousiastically replied, Absolutely! It s fantastic!. Those who are curious about Suzuki s conversation with Soderbergh can listen to it in English on the podcast version which will be released for download somewhere later during the week. When it is up it can be found here. Next week s Asemamire will continue the on feature Che. Furthermore, would like to remember you about a special article on Gake no ue no Ponyo , Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea and its director of photography Okui Atsushi. Though this time will not release a summary, even those who are unable to read Japanese might want to check it out as it contains some beautiful high resolution Ponyo imagery. Examples include these images of Ponyos father Fujimoto: picture 1 and picture 31st of December 1st of January, HAPPY NEW YEAR: In some places over the world it is still December 31, but in Japan it is already January 1 200 Reason enough for to wish everybody a happy new year! After an unforgettable Ghibli year, what will 2009 bring us? More on the highly awaited new film by Takahata Isao? More on Miyazaki Goro s latest feature? The new Ghibli Museum Short? Either way, there are some good things are coming up. Not long ago had two personal s Peter Lord and one with Pixar s Mark Walsh, so expect more on that soon. To sum things up, below two scans of this years New Year card as sent by Studio Ghibli and Ghibli Museum to its relations. In the style of 2009: the year of the ox. Furthermore, for those interested, below also some of the older Ghibli New Year cards. 30th of December, AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF MIYAZAKI S A TRIP TO TYNEMOUTH AT : It does not take much effort to find out that one of world s most acclaimed animation directors has made interesting comics as well. Having illustrated quite a number of manga, Miyazaki s best known work in this format is of course the seven-volume version of Kaze no Tani no Naushika. That being Miyazaki s only comic that has been released outside of Japan, is now making an effort on making one of Miyazaki s other manga, A Trip to Tynemouth, accessible to the English speaking world. And so a free 25-page digital English translation is now available to everybody. You need to own a copy of the original Japanese version. You will not redistribute it in any other way. Wanting to stress does not support activities like illegal bootlegs, only those who have purchased the Japanese original ISBN 4-00-024632-1 are able to receive the Coach Carter 25-page digital English translation. If you do not own a copy of the Japanese version, then just simply purchase one at a shop like or Yesasia. Those who do not have the original will not receive the translation. No exceptions! Furthermore, fully wants to avoid this translation ends up scattered all over the internet. If you want to own a copy of the translation, then you do not only have to have the original, but you will also need to oblige to the fact that you will not redistribute it in any other way. To furthermore prevent it from being redistributed, each copy of the translation will be personified watermarked and will contain a unique password with 256-bit AES encryption. To receive your own personal copy of the English digital translation of Miyazaki s A Trip to Tynemouth manga, just send an e-mail to Next to its subject line being Tynemouth and the e-mail itself containing your name, address and agreement on keeping the translation strictly to yourself only, it will need have a photograph attached of you holding the Japanese original. This might sound silly, but a photo is the best kind of proof you actually purchased a Japanese copy. Note that your photo Coach Carter not be published and it is a small effort to obtain a free translation. If all is well, then a personified English digital translation of A Trip to Tynemouth combined with some good reading will be on your way. A Trip to Tynemouth is an illustrated essay that is part of Break of Dark, a collection of three young adult short stories by Robert Westall, being Blackhams Wimpey, The Haunting of Chas McGill and The Making of Me first published in Japan by Iwanami Shoten in October 200 Miyazaki based the manga on Westall s stories and his own visit to Tynemouth and North Shields, Westall s birthplace in the UK. 15th of December, NHK PROFESSIONAL COMING TO YOU: Good news from our friends at NHK. After their Professional special on Suzuki Toshio, now Professional Shigoto no Ryugi Special All about Miyazaki Hayao and the Birth of Ponyo in 300 Days will also receive a release. Starting January 23 the behind-the-scenes look at Miyazaki and Ponyo will be available on DVD in shops all over Japan. Pre-orders are open at 30th of November, A NEPPU INTERVIEW WITH MIYAZAKI HAYAO: The November edition of Studio Ghibli s monthly report magazine Neppu features a highly interesting interview with Miyazaki Hayao in which he talks about the latest Ghibli Museum Library addition: 1954 s animated version of George Orwell s Animal Farm . One of the strengths of the interview is that it not only reveals the studio s reason for re-releasing the film a half a century after its production, but that it also is very well able to portrait Miyazaki s thoughts and explore his opinion on Marxcism, socialism and his labor union work. That being already a prime opportunity for Japanese fans, would like to share it with the Japanese-impaired as well and so a summary follows below. Question: What was your first memory of Animal Farm? Miyazaki: The reason why I remember Animal Farm is because I read a book which Halas and Batchelor wrote about animation technique: The Technique of Film Animation written by John Halas and Roger Manvell. When I began working in the animation industry back in 1963, there were only a few books about animation techniques, like this and a Russian one. The Russian one was not so useful, but I can only remember one lesson The one that is interesting in linguistically isnt always interesting visually. JHs book was very thick and told about their experiences on filming, sakuga and various techniques. In it, there is a phrase, Those who try to make a feature length Coach Carter surely feel a sense of cultivating a waste land that was never plowed before. They really must have felt such a sense, because they wrote this book just after they made Animal Farm.