The Ghibli Museum in Tokyo will be closed until March 17 due to coronavirus concerns. The call to close the museum was made in accordance with Tokyo’s decision to cancel events in the next three weeks to help prevent the outbreak from spreading. The Ghibli Museum will refund purchased tickets. 

Hayao Miyazaki’s original Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga will be adapted into a kabuki play that will debut in December 2019, reports Kai-You. It should be interesting to see how the manga is interpreted as traditional Japanese theater.

Hayao Miyazaki’s first animated picture since 2013 will be screened on March 21 at the Ghibli Museum. Titled Boro the Caterpillar, it’s a short film. Miyazaki is currently working on a new feature length animated film as well.