Studio Ghibli's latest film comes to the UK on August 3rd.
Goro Miyazaki's latest creation contains all of the elements expected, fantastically detailed painted backdrops, colourful characters and fantasy animals. The story is based on the book series from Ursula Le Guin
The UK website was not working when I tried it last but here's the Australian link that will give you access
http://www.talesfromearthsea.com.au/
Thanks to a bit of help from Amazon AceAnim now has an Animation store full of Studio Ghibli DVDs, Aardman Animation DVD, Ray Harryhausen, Animation books on a very wide range of topics from Stop Motion to Life Drawing.
The aStore has branches in the USA and the UK, let me know if you think a Canada, France or German branch would be of interest.
Some php script and www.hostip.info should auto select the closest shop but if you need to, you can switch to a different branch from the menu at the top.
Forbidden planet is offering 50% off on the whole Studio Ghibli DVD range. That means that you can pay just £9.99 each.
http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/
144 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0UP
Many of these films can also be seen on Film 4
Also spotted this week, were some cat figurines at Play Lounge, I mistakenly thought they were from the Cat Returns but it turns out they are from London based artist Ayako Takagi. Unlike most of Play Lounge's figurines these ones are made from clay rather than vinyl.
http://www.playlounge.co.uk/
19 Beak Street, London, W1F 9RP
