Hayao Miyazaki, aka “The Walt Disney of Japan,” may have retired, but Studio Ghibli, his animation studio, is still alive and kicking. Though it will take massive directorial feet to fill the shoes of the man behind Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, the trailer for Ghibli's newest venture leaves us feeling supremely confident that Miyazaki's legacy will remain in supreme shape.When Marnie Was There, the second film from Hiromasa Yonebayashi, was released in Japan last weekend and its trailer is now viewable online (embedded above). Based on a British children's novel, the movie focuses on a strange friendship between the titular Marnie and a girl named Annie. The Japanese trailer doesn't clarify if there will be fantastical, talking animals and environmental undercurrents, but we can confirm that the animation itself looks stunning.
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