Uncut, Uninterrupted Anime on TV
If you get Turner Classic Movies, they're running a Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli festival this month. All times given are Eastern.
5 Thursday:
8:00 PM: Spirited Away (2002)
A young girl escapes her family to a world of witches and monsters.
Cast: Voices of Michael Chiklis, Lauren Holly, Suzanne Pleshette. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-124 mins, Letterbox Format
10:15 PM: Princess Mononoke (1999)
A woman raised by wolves leads forest animals in a fight to save their homes.
Cast: Voices of Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-135 mins, Letterbox Format
6 Friday:
1:00 AM: Spirited Away (2002)
3:15 AM: Princess Mononoke (1999)
12 Thursday:
8:00 PM: Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (1984)
A warrior princess fights to keep two warring kingdoms from destroying their planet.
Cast: Voices of Alison Lohman, Edward James Olmos, Mark Hamill. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-0 mins, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM: Castle in the Sky (1986)
A boy and girl race pirates to find a legendary floating castle.
Cast: Voices of James Van Der Beek, Anna Paquin, Mark Hamill. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-0 mins, Letterbox Format
13 Friday
12:15 AM: Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (1984)
2:15 AM: Castle in the Sky (1986)
4:30 AM: 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T., The (1953)
A young boy dreams that his piano teacher is a super-villain out to rule the world.
Cast: Hans Conreid, Tommy Rettig, Peter Lind Hayes. Dir: Roy Rowland.
C-89 mins, TV-PG
Okay, this isn't anime, but the script was written by in part by Dr. Seuss, which is why it's one of my favorite B-movies. Worth seeing once.
19 Thursday:
8:00 PM: My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
Two girls with a sick mother find escape with the spirits of the forest.
Cast: Voices of Dakota Fanning, Timothy Daly, Lea Salonga. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-88 mins, Letterbox Format
9:30 PM: Porco Rosso (1992)
An airplane pilot with a pig's head devotes his life to rescuing others.
Cast: Voices of Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Kimberly Williams. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-102 mins, Letterbox Format
11:15 PM: Whisper of the Heart (1995)
A young girl goes looking for the boy who has checked out all the same library books as she.
Cast: Voices of Brittany Snow, Cary Elwes, Harold Gould. Dir: Yoshifumi Kondo.
C-0 mins, Letterbox Format
Studio Ghibli, not Miyazaki, and this is where Baron of The Cat Returns is first met.
20 Friday
1:15 AM: My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
2:45 AM: Porco Rosso (1992)
4:30 AM: Whisper of the Heart (1995)
26 Thursday:
8:00 PM: Only Yesterday (1991)
A young woman looks back on her childhood while traveling around Japan.
Cast: Voices of Miki Imai, Toshio Yanagiba, Youko Honna. Dir: Isao Takahata.
C-105 mins, Letterbox Format
10:15 PM: Pom Poko (1994)
A group of magic raccoons use their shape shifting powers to save their forest home.
Cast: Voices of Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Clancy Brown, J.K. Simmons. Dir: Isao Takahata.
C-119 mins, Letterbox Format
...I never expected to see this one getting a US release, of any sort...
27 Friday
12:30 AM: Only Yesterday (1991)
2:45 AM: Pom Poko (1994)
5 Thursday:
8:00 PM: Spirited Away (2002)
A young girl escapes her family to a world of witches and monsters.
Cast: Voices of Michael Chiklis, Lauren Holly, Suzanne Pleshette. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-124 mins, Letterbox Format
10:15 PM: Princess Mononoke (1999)
A woman raised by wolves leads forest animals in a fight to save their homes.
Cast: Voices of Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-135 mins, Letterbox Format
6 Friday:
1:00 AM: Spirited Away (2002)
3:15 AM: Princess Mononoke (1999)
12 Thursday:
8:00 PM: Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (1984)
A warrior princess fights to keep two warring kingdoms from destroying their planet.
Cast: Voices of Alison Lohman, Edward James Olmos, Mark Hamill. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-0 mins, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM: Castle in the Sky (1986)
A boy and girl race pirates to find a legendary floating castle.
Cast: Voices of James Van Der Beek, Anna Paquin, Mark Hamill. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-0 mins, Letterbox Format
13 Friday
12:15 AM: Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (1984)
2:15 AM: Castle in the Sky (1986)
4:30 AM: 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T., The (1953)
A young boy dreams that his piano teacher is a super-villain out to rule the world.
Cast: Hans Conreid, Tommy Rettig, Peter Lind Hayes. Dir: Roy Rowland.
C-89 mins, TV-PG
Okay, this isn't anime, but the script was written by in part by Dr. Seuss, which is why it's one of my favorite B-movies. Worth seeing once.
19 Thursday:
8:00 PM: My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
Two girls with a sick mother find escape with the spirits of the forest.
Cast: Voices of Dakota Fanning, Timothy Daly, Lea Salonga. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-88 mins, Letterbox Format
9:30 PM: Porco Rosso (1992)
An airplane pilot with a pig's head devotes his life to rescuing others.
Cast: Voices of Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Kimberly Williams. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki.
C-102 mins, Letterbox Format
11:15 PM: Whisper of the Heart (1995)
A young girl goes looking for the boy who has checked out all the same library books as she.
Cast: Voices of Brittany Snow, Cary Elwes, Harold Gould. Dir: Yoshifumi Kondo.
C-0 mins, Letterbox Format
Studio Ghibli, not Miyazaki, and this is where Baron of The Cat Returns is first met.
20 Friday
1:15 AM: My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
2:45 AM: Porco Rosso (1992)
4:30 AM: Whisper of the Heart (1995)
26 Thursday:
8:00 PM: Only Yesterday (1991)
A young woman looks back on her childhood while traveling around Japan.
Cast: Voices of Miki Imai, Toshio Yanagiba, Youko Honna. Dir: Isao Takahata.
C-105 mins, Letterbox Format
10:15 PM: Pom Poko (1994)
A group of magic raccoons use their shape shifting powers to save their forest home.
Cast: Voices of Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Clancy Brown, J.K. Simmons. Dir: Isao Takahata.
C-119 mins, Letterbox Format
...I never expected to see this one getting a US release, of any sort...
27 Friday
12:30 AM: Only Yesterday (1991)
2:45 AM: Pom Poko (1994)