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THE BOY AND THE HERON 12A

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GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES 1988 The WW2 horrors of Heron’s opener take up the whole of this devastating Ghibli classic.

PRINCESS MONONOKE 1997 The adorable warawara hark back to the tree-dwelling kodama of Miyazaki's epic smash.

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE 2004 Heron’s English dub reunites Miyazaki with Christian Bale, here taking the title role.

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Ten years ago, was set to be animation maestro Hayao Miyazaki's feature-film swansong. But, which may or may not be his final movie (reports are circulating that he might be coming up with more ideas for Studio Ghibli, the anime powerhouse he co-founded; see news story, page 11).

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