Animation icon Hayao Miyazaki, at age 83, earned an Academy Award nomination for his semi-autobiographical fantasy film The Boy and the Heron in the animated feature competition.. He previously ...

“The Boy and the Heron,” the latest work from beloved Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, has become his first film to top the North American box office.

Miyazaki’s win isn’t exactly a surprise – last month, we wrote, “The deeper we get into awards season, the more [Boy and the Heron] feels the frontrunner to score most of the big animation ...

“The Boy and the Heron” is an original story inspired by Yoshino Genzaburo’s 1937 story about a young boy who comes of age while living with his uncle after the death of his father. Miyazaki ...

With his second animated feature film, Boy & The World, writer-director Alê Abreu aspired to show something of the history of Latin America through the eyes of a young boy. Each film in the Best ...

Hayao Miyazaki Wins First Golden Globe for ‘The Boy and the Heron’ The Japanese animation icon's semi-autobiographical movie collected the award for best animated feature.