It was a fab party for a fab book. You can buy The Animation Atlas anywhere so please support your local indie bookshop or bookshop.org.uk - the online platform that lets a percentage from your purchases support your chosen bookshop.

Earlier this week... We launched a book! 📚 Such a treat to bring together a mezzanine full of pals and loved ones to mark the release of the new @ghibliotheque.bsky.social book, The Animation Atlas.

📚 Our new book is out today! 📚 The Animation Atlas, our round-the-world trip through the global history of animation, is now available from all good bookshops!

It’s taken a couple of years, but I have now watched every film in @ghibliotheque.bsky.social Anime Movie Guide. Some if seen before, some were first time watches. My favourites were Akira, Belle, Millennium Actress, Mind Game and Your Name, but really there’s no bad film on the list.

Fun screening coming up in London! Love to continue our cheerleading of all things Cartoon Saloon a double bill of their brand new short film, plus the feature that started it all.

📽️ NEW SCREENING! 📽️ ÉIRU + THE SECRET OF KELLS + Q&A ⌚ 6.10pm 🗓️ 8th October 🍿 Barbican Centre, London We're delighted to present a special screening of Cartoon Saloon's brand new short film in a double bill with the studio's Oscar-nominated debut feature!

🎙️📚 New Episode! 📚🎙️ @michaeljleader.bsky.social speaks with critic @nicolasrapold.bsky.social about his new book, The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki, which examines the films of our favourite grumpy Japanese master through a spectrum of influences and inspiration. Find it wherever you find your podcasts!

Thanks to the writers, critics, editors and hosts who are sharing their time, insights and expertise with us across the Film in Print weekend at the LFF. All these events are free and going on "sale" on 2nd October. See you there! 📚

Film in Print is returning to the London Film Festival!! I'm back in curator mode and we've put together a stellar weekend of events celebrating books, magazines and the art and craft of writing about cinema. Coming to the BFI Reuben Library, 11th-12th October! 📚

Despite being a big Mamoru Hosoda fan and having interviewed the man, I somehow hadn’t seen the terrific SUMMER WARS until @ghibliotheque.bsky.social’s IMAX screening today

The Animation Atlas is almost here! Animation is cinema, but it's also *world* cinema, and in our latest book, Jake and I take off and travel around the globe, celebrating great animation from 30 countries. 🌍 Landing in all good bookshops on 9th October! 📚

There's a big piece over at The Observer asking that billion-yen question: What next for Studio Ghibli? I had a couple of long chats with the journalist to share my thoughts... observer.co.uk/culture/film...

Akiyuki Nosaka's Grave of the Fireflies, the story that inspired Isao Takahata's 1988 film, is being published in English by Penguin Classics on 4th September. An essential addition to every Ghibli bookshelf.

@ghibliotheque.bsky.social spotted in Locarno

Two months 'til the new book is out!

📽️ New screenings! 📽️ On September 6th, we're taking over the BFI IMAX for an afternoon celebrating the early work of Mamoru Hosoda! 💫 Come join us for special screenings of THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME and SUMMER WARS on the UK's biggest cinema screen! 🍿

The utterly delightful Ghibli gem WHISPER OF THE HEART was released 30 years ago today! 👒🎻

Princess Mononoke 4K is coming to BFI IMAX from 15th August!

Had a nice long chat about Studio Ghibli and video games with @lewisgordon.bsky.social for this piece for the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/a...

Oh! @ghibliotheque.bsky.social and @michaeljleader.bsky.social in today's New York Times!!! "It is more common for games to superficially crib from the studio’s visual qualities, said Michael Leader, host of the “Ghibliotheque” podcast" Is that a first for both? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/a...

Happy birthday to Studio Ghibli. In these confusing times, it's needed more than ever to provide a place where dreams and nightmares can find their balance. Long may its works endure.

Studio Ghibli was founded 40 years ago today, on 15 June 1985.

New addition to the Ghibli bookshelf, coming out in September

Last week I went to the Zlín Film Festival and it was a blast! Big crowds of youngsters mingling with filmmakers and industry folk, watching films and responding with infectious enthusiasm. I gave a lecture on the theme of youth in the films of Hayao Miyazaki, and introduced a bunch of films, too.

Excited to be at Picturehouse Central’s 4th edition of The World’s Biggest All-Nighter tomorrow. If any Bluesky pals would like tickets to anything, do let me know… I’ve got a few spots on the guest list! 👀

From 42:00 you can hear me summarise in under 3 minutes the @animusmagazine.bsky.social I LIKE TO WATCH erotic thriller screen at Saturday’s Picturehouse Central All-Nighter; then @michaeljleader.bsky.social introducing his fab @ghibliotheque.bsky.social screen : podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

I'll do my best to be there! It's too long since I've seen Totoro on a screen that's REALLY big enough to hold such furry toothy splendour!

Totoro in the cinema 👀

New screening! We're back at the BFI IMAX in June to celebrate 40 years of Studio Ghibli with a special screening of MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO, with a pre-screening discussion on the environmental themes that weave through the studio's work. 📽️ BFI IMAX, London 📅 11am, 29th June

The Animation at War season at the Barbican is expanding! We're presenting a screening of Isao Takahata's 1988 classic, GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, as part of the Barbican's Outdoor Cinema series in August.

Three Studio Ghibli cinema tickets

We're thrilled to be taking part in the Picturehouse all-nighter at Picturehouse Central on 7th June! 🌃📽️ Our screen is filled with favourites from the last 7 years of the podcast, including... WOLFWALKERS PERFECT BLUE APOLLO 10 1/2 THE WRONG TROUSERS ...and one more film to be announced! 👀

A delightful Wednesday evening with @glider.bsky.social and her new Seed Talks lecture on Howl's Moving Castle. Always so insightful and inspiring!

Apollo 10½ had a sorry excuse for a cinema release here (I had to travel all the way up to King's Cross to see it), and this will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see it in the West End! If I could handle all-nighters, I would totally go to this one.

This should be fun! One big coup here is getting a rare chance to show Richard Linklater's excellent Apollo 10 1/2 on the big screen. Ta, Netflix!

We're thrilled to be taking part in the Picturehouse all-nighter at Picturehouse Central on 7th June! 🌃📽️ Our screen is filled with favourites from the last 7 years of the podcast, including... WOLFWALKERS PERFECT BLUE APOLLO 10 1/2 THE WRONG TROUSERS ...and one more film to be announced! 👀

I'm off to the Zlín Film Festival later this month to deliver a lecture on Studio Ghibli: www.zlinfest.cz/-en/news/mas...

I've often wondered when was the first time a Ghibli film was screened in the UK and I think I have an answer. 15th November 1987, Laputa at the London Film Festival. ("...a worthy successor to Warriors of the Wind"!)

New book coming in October! A round the world trip, exploring animated cinema from 30 different countries. Our most ambitious book yet, and certainly the most rewarding. 📚

Great new #animation book due out in October!

📚 NEW BOOK! 📚 Coming in October: THE ANIMATION ATLAS 🌎 Animation is a global artform. In this book, we’re going around the world in 30 countries, highlighting the films and filmmakers who have shaped the landscape of this exciting medium. 🎨

Did you know that MZS.press arts bookstore has a whole section dedicated to Hayao Miyazaki? (Cc @mzspress.bsky.social) mzs.press/Hayao-Miyaza...

Chuffed to find the Spanish editions of our @ghibliotheque.bsky.social anime books - including the recently translated Ghibliverse and Ghibliotheque second edition - in the big Marbella FNAC today. Thank you so much for all your support, @minotaurolibros.bsky.social!

A big thank you to @ghibliotheque.bsky.social - Michael and Jake gave a great overview of their podcast series and book publications. They also had a great discussion with the students about filmmaking and animation in general.

And so happy Glints mentioned Future Boy Conan!

Yesterday was epic! Thank you to everyone who came along to our special afternoon retrospective of the films of Gints Zilbalodis at Curzon Soho, feat. FLOW, AWAY, 2 shorts and a remote Q&A with @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social himself! 🐈‍⬛

Very good @ghibliotheque.bsky.social event showcasing the films of Oscar winner Gints Zilbalodis — 2 shorts then features AWAY and FLOW, plus a virtual masterclass with the man himself in between

I've had this interview with Gints in the can since October and now the UK release of Flow is finally almost here, I can release it! Great chat about a great film.