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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japanese animation auteur Isao Takahata’s modest drama “Only Yesterday” plays with time in a lovely, understated way as it looks at both the late-20s and childhood years of Taeko, an introspective ...

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 ...

What we have here is an animation miracle so subtle that it doesn’t fully hit you till you take it home and into your dreams. Isao Takahata’s Only Yesterday, from Studio Ghibli — the company founded ...