There’s a scene in Isao Takahata’s Only Yesterday where a family sit at their dinner table staring at a fresh pineapple. They’ve never seen one before, with its spiky leaves and prickly skin. “They do ...

Only Yesterday (1991) is an animated movie based on the manga named Omoide Poro Poro by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone. The movie revolves around a 27-year-old girl who is tired of the busy city life ...

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Intimate and somehow magical, “Only Yesterday” is a classic of Japanese animation, made 25 years ago but never before released in this country. To see it now is to understand the reason for the delay ...

25 years after its original debut, the lesser-known feature is still timeless 25 years after its original debut, the lesser-known feature is still timeless Only Yesterday follows a woman called Taeko ...

Though released in Japan in 1991, anime powerhouse Studio Ghibli’s “Only Yesterday” is only now playing on U.S. movie screens, in time for the film’s 25th anniversary. Not surprisingly, this domestic ...

“Only Yesterday” is sometimes referred to as the “lost” Studio Ghibli film — the only one of the Japanese animation giant’s features not to have been released in the United States. Finally, the 1991 ...

In “Only Yesterday,” 27-year-old Taeko Okajima reflected on her fifth-grade self, unable to grasp the concept of dividing simple fractions. “People who understand fractions right away understand life ...

Only Yesterday is incredibly boring; Only Yesterday is incredibly captivating. Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli’s co-founder and genius filmmaker, first released his wonderful ode to the rich complexities ...

Produced by acclaimed animator and manga artist Hayao Miyazaki and Academy Award-nominated director Isao Takahata, “Only Yesterday” was released exclusively in Japan in 1991. Now, 25 years later, the ...