On the surface, From Up on Poppy Hill has a relatively simple plot. The film follows Umi Matsuzaki, a 16-year-old student who develops a rivalry/friendship with her classmate Shun, as they pull ...

Suggesting all that is lost when people rush to replace the old ways with shiny new alternatives, Studio Ghibli's gorgeously hand-drawn period romance "From Up on Poppy Hill" tells the story of ...

Goro Miyazaki, the son of legendary animation auteur Hayao Miyazaki, worked with his father on From Up on Poppy Hill, released Friday. He talks to Melissa Leon about their fragile relationship, ...

So let’s get it out of the way. The answer is, maybe not. There. Now we can talk about “From Up on Poppy Hill,” one of the shimmering highlights of the year. Like “Ponyo” and last year ...

There’s no shortage of magic in “From Up on Poppy Hill,” although it’s not the kind people usually associate with the work of master animator Hayao Miyazaki. His earlier classics gave us a ...

From Up On Poppy Hill, the latest film from the beloved Studio Ghibli, marks the sophomore feature of Gor? Miyazaki, son of the renowned animator and Ghibli co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki. The younger ...

And from Japan comes this creation, the new animated film "From Up on Poppy Hill." It marks the first collaboration of a celebrated father, the Oscar-winning director of "Spirited Away," and his son.

The latest from animation stalwart Studio Ghibli, From Up On Poppy Hill continues the company’s recent trend of smaller, gentler films than its Hayao Miyazaki-forged-heydey. Fans of Miyazaki’s ...