Netflix adds Grave of the Fireflies to its catalog in September. It is certainly one of the hardest animated films of its kind. As for the feature film The Boy and the Heronwe will still have to be patient. The rest of Hayao Miyazaki’s filmography can be seen on the streaming platform.
It is one of the most heartbreaking films from Studio Ghibli. Grave of the Fireflies is coming to the Netflix platform in September 2024, the streaming site announced in its monthly schedule.
A masterpiece by Isao Takahata, it is adapted from the novel Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka. The story features two young children, a brother (Seita) and a sister (Setsuko), during World War II, in Kobe, Japan during the American bombings. Left to their own devices, and orphaned, the two little ones will gradually sink.
On which platform can you watch Miyazaki’s films?
Almost all of Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s productions can be found in the catalog of the Netflix SVOD platform. The streaming site has been hosting the works of Studio Ghibli for several years now. The addition of Grave of the Fireflies completes the offer. Only one film is missing, The Red Turtle.
Miyazaki’s animated films are on Netflix
This list does not include Studio Ghibli short films.
Where can I watch The Boy and the Heronthe new Ghibli movie?
The latest film from Studio Ghibli is The Boy and the Herondirected by Hayao Miyazaki. It was released in France on November 1, 2023 in theaters. However, given the media timeline, this animated film will not be available on streaming platforms for months. We can hope for a broadcast on MyCanal around the middle of the year.
The whole question is whether The Boy and the Heron will indeed be Hayao Miyazaki’s last film, or if the 83-year-old Japanese filmmaker will ever embark on another project. He has regularly said that this or that film would be his last — as The wind is rising –, but he never really hung up his gloves.
What is true is that a decade has passed between The wind is rising et The Boy and the Heron. A wait that the director can probably no longer afford. That said, Studio Ghibli, which he launched in 1985 with Isao Takahata, has not remained inactive during this time: The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Memories of Marnie, The Red Turtle et Aya and the Witch were released during this interval.
What is the oldest Ghibli movie?
When the studio was born on June 15, 1985, the first film that was released in theaters was Castle in the SkyAugust 2, 1986. And Nausicaä of the Valley of the Windso? It is naturally associated with Ghibli, but its existence predates the studio: it was released on the big screen on March 11, 1984, produced by the now-closed Topcraft studio.
Source: www.numerama.com
